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solo

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English

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Etymology

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

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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
    Germanic collective: onesome
    Collective of n parts: singlet, singleton
    Greek or Latinate collective: monad
    Greek collective prefix: mono-
    Latinate collective prefix: uni-
    Fractional: whole
    Elemental: singlet, singleton
    Greek prefix: proto-
    Number of musicians: solo
    Number of years: year

Noun

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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.

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Adjective

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solo (not comparable)

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

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Adverb

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solo (not comparable)

  1. Alone, without a companion.
    • 1970, Paul McCartney (lyrics and music), “Two of Us”, in Let it Be:
      Two of us wearing raincoats / Standing solo / In the sun
    • 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
    • 2024 July 27, Ian Youngs, “Celine Dion makes stirring comeback at Olympics”, in bbc.com‎[1]:
      The Canadian superstar had been rumoured to be singing a duet with Lady Gaga, but instead went solo on the Eiffel Tower to bring the four-hour event to a stirring climax.

Verb

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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.

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Descendants

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  • → Portuguese: solar

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Asturian

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Adjective

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solo

  1. neuter of solu

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish solo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsolo/ [ˈso.l̪o]
  • Hyphenation: so‧lo

Adjective

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sólo (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜓ)

  1. sole, only
    Synonym: bugtong
  2. alone
    Synonym: saro

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian solo.

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Noun

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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)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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solo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of solar

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus.

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

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

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

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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From sola +‎ -o.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈsolo]
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Hyphenation: so‧lo

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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

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Borrowed from Italian solo. Doublet of seul.

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Noun

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solo m (plural solos)

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

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Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Latin solum (“soil, ground”).

Noun

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solo m (plural solos)

  1. soil, ground
    Synonym: chan

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Italian solo.

Noun

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solo m (plural solos)

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

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Verb

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solo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of solar

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian solo.

Adjective

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solo (indeclinable, predicative only)

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

Higaonon

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Etymology

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From sulu, compare Cebuano sulu.

Noun

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solo

  1. lamp

Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin sōlus.

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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
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Latin sōlum.

Adverb

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solo

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

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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

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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 ...
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Latin

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Noun

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solō

  1. dative/ablative singular of solum

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sōlō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sōlus

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  • “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

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solo m (invariable)

  1. (music) solo

Malagasy

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a South Sulawesi language, from Proto-South Sulawesi *sulu(r); compare Makasar suluk.[1]

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Noun

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sòlo

  1. substitute, replacement

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  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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English solo.

Noun

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solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music, Jersey) solo

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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solo

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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

Adverb

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solo

  1. solo

Noun

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

  1. (music, dance) a solo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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

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solo

  1. solo

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

  1. (music, dance) a solo

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Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese sol and Spanish sol and Kabuverdianu sol.

Noun

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solo

  1. sun

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus.

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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

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solo (not comparable, no derived adverb)

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

Adverb

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solo (not comparable)

  1. (music) solo (alone, without a companion)
    Synonym: pojedynczo
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  • solo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • solo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: so‧lo

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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solo m (plural solos)

  1. (geology) soil, ground
    • 2014, Venceslau de Morais, Paisagens da China e do Japão, Projecto Adamastor, →ISBN, page 97:
      O shogun, generalíssimo do imperador, com residência em Yedo, assinara por conta própria tratados de amizade e de comércio com a América e com a Europa, e os estrangeiros, em Yokohama, pisavam já afoitamente o solo japonês.
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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solo m (plural solos)

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

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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solo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of solar

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Italian solo.

Noun

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solo m (plural solouri)

  1. solo

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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

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Etymology 1

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

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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.
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Etymology 2

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From Latin sōlum.

Adverb

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solo

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

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Adjective

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solo (comparative mer solo, superlative mest solo)

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

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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

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Declension of solo
nominative genitive
singular indefinite solo solos
definite solot solots
plural indefinite solon solons
definite solona solonas

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Walloon

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Etymology 1

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From Latin sōl, compare French soleil.

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  • Hyphenation: so‧lo

Noun

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solo m (plural solos)

  1. (astronomy) sun
    Synonym: solea

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French solo, from Italian solo

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  • Hyphenation: so‧lo

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solo m (plural solos)

  1. (music) solo
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