solo

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”).

Pronunciation


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    Cardinal: one
    Ordinal: first
    Latinate ordinal: primary
    Reverse order ordinal: last
    Latinate reverse order ordinal: ultimate
    Adverbial: one time, once
    Multiplier: onefold
    Latinate multiplier: single
    Distributive: singly
    Group collective: onesome
    Multipart collective: singlet
    Greek or Latinate collective: monad
    Greek collective prefix: mono-
    Latinate collective prefix: uni-
    Fractional: whole
    Elemental: singlet
    Greek prefix: proto-
    Number of musicians: solo
    Number of years: year

Noun

solo (plural solos or soli)

  1. (music) A piece of music for one performer.
  2. A job or performance done by one person alone.
  3. (games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner
  4. A single shot of espresso.
  5. (Gaelic football) An instance of soloing the football.

Coordinate terms

Translations

Adjective

solo (not comparable)

  1. Without a companion or instructor.
  2. (music) Of, or relating to, a musical solo.

Translations

Adverb

solo (not comparable)

  1. Alone, without a companion.
    • 1984, “Wake me up before you go-go”, George Michael (lyrics), George Michael (music), performed by Wham!:
      Wake me up before you go-go / 'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo

Verb

solo (third-person singular simple present solos or soloes, present participle soloing, simple past and past participle soloed)

  1. (music) To perform a solo.
  2. To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
  3. (Gaelic football) To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.
  4. (slang) To independently perform an action, especially a challenging task.

Translations

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: solar

Related terms

See also

Anagrams

Asturian

Adjective

solo

  1. neuter of solu

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian solo.

Pronunciation

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
  2. (card games) solo (a trick-taking card game played with 36 cards, similar to frog)
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

solo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of solar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsoː.loː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: so‧lo

Noun

solo m (plural solo's or soli, diminutive solootje n)

  1. (music) solo (piece or passage performed or typified by a single performer)

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

From sola +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

Noun

solo (accusative singular solon, plural soloj, accusative plural solojn)

  1. a single, solitary thing
  2. (music) solo
    Synonym: soloo

French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo. Doublet of seul.

Pronunciation

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin solum (“soil, ground”).

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

  1. soil, ground
    Synonym: chan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian solo.

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
    Synonym: só

Etymology 3

Verb

solo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of solar

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo.

Adjective

solo (indeclinable, predicative only)

  1. alone
  2. single (not married nor dating)
    Ich bin solo. ― I'm single.

Higaonon

Etymology

From sulu, compare Cebuano sulu.

Noun

solo

  1. lamp

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin sōlus.

Adjective

solo (feminine sola, masculine plural soli, feminine plural sole, superlative solissimo)

  1. alone, by oneself, unattended, unaccompanied, lonely, lone, lonesome
    Synonym: solitario
    Non sei solo. ― You are not alone.
  2. only, single, just one, unique, sole
    Synonym: unico
  3. (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
    Synonym: assolo
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Latin sōlum.

Adverb

solo

  1. only, just, but, alone, merely
    Synonyms: solamente, soltanto
    solo una volta ― only once
    ha solo quattro anni ― he's just four

Conjunction

solo

  1. (followed by che) but, only
    Synonyms: ma, però
  2. (preceded by se) if only
    se solo lui non fosse qui ... ― if only he was not here ...
  3. (followed by se) only if
    […] solo se lui non è qui. ― only if he is not here.

Noun

solo m (plural soli, feminine sola)

  1. the only one, the only man
    Synonym: unico
    lui è il solo che può ... ― he is the only one/only man that can ...

Related terms

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

solō

  1. dative/ablative singular of solum

Adjective

sōlō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sōlus

References

  • “solo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • solo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Noun

solo m (invariable)

  1. (music) solo

Malagasy

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Sulawesi language, from Proto-South Sulawesi *sulu(r); compare Makasar suluk.

Pronunciation

Noun

sòlo

  1. substitute, replacement

References

  1. ^ Alexander Adelaar (2009) “Loanwords in Malagasy”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, page 726.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English solo.

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music, Jersey) solo

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

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Verb

solo

  1. inflection of soallut:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus (“alone”).

Adverb

solo

  1. solo

Noun

solo (definite singular soloen, indefinite plural soloer or soli, definite singular soloene or soliene)

  1. (music, dance) a solo

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus (“alone”).

Adverb

solo

  1. solo

Noun

solo m (definite singular soloen, indefinite plural soloar, definite plural soloane)

  1. (music, dance) a solo

References

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese sol and Spanish sol and Kabuverdianu sol.

Noun

solo

  1. sun

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus.

Pronunciation

Noun

solo n (indeclinable)

  1. (music) solo (piece of music for one)
    Synonym: solówka
  2. (slang) a one-on-one fight usually between schoolers and agreed to in advance
    Synonym: solówka

Adjective

solo (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (music) solo (without a companion or instructor)

Adverb

solo (not comparable)

  1. (music) solo (alone, without a companion)
    Synonym: pojedynczo

Related terms

nouns

Further reading

  • solo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • solo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: so‧lo

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin solum (“soil, ground”).

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (geology) soil, ground
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus (“alone, solitary”). Doublet of só.

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:solo.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

solo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of solar

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian solo.

Noun

solo m (plural solouri)

  1. solo

Declension

Declension of solo
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) solo soloul (niște) solouri solourii
genitive/dative (unui) solo soloului (unor) solouri solourilor
vocative soloule solourilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin sōlus (“alone, sole, only”).

Adjective

solo (feminine sola, masculine plural solos, feminine plural solas)

  1. sole, only, unique, single
  2. lonely, lonesome
  3. alone, by oneself
  4. automatic; self-, by itself
    La máquina se lava sola.
    The machine washes itself.; The machine is self-washing.
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin sōlum.

Adverb

solo

  1. only, solely, just
    Synonyms: solamente, únicamente
    Solo quiero salir. ― I just want to leave.
    No solo... sino también... ― Not only... but also...
Alternative forms

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

solo (comparative mer solo, superlative mest solo)

  1. (predicative only) alone
    Synonym: ensam
    Hon var solo på jobbet ― She was alone at work

Noun

solo n

  1. (music) a solo (piece of music or dance performed by or strongly centered on a single or limited number of performers)
    Antonym: tutti
  2. (in compounds) something done alone
    soloflygning ― solo flight

Declension

Declension of solo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative solo solot solon solona
Genitive solos solots solons solonas

References

Walloon

Etymology 1

From Latin sōl, compare French soleil.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: so‧lo

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (astronomy) sun
    Synonym: solea

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French solo, from Italian solo

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: so‧lo

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music) solo
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