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sol¹
- /sɒl/ UK
- /səʊl/ UK
- /sɔl/ US
- /sɑl/ US
- /soʊl/ US
Sounds like soul, sole (Canada, US) · Rhymes with -ɒl, -əʊl
Where it comes from
From Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
noun sols · so · soh
- In a movable-do or tonic sol-fa system: the fifth step in a scale, preceded by fa and followed by la. D ſol re, one Cliffe, two notes haue I, / Ela mi, ſhow pitty or I die.
- In a fixed-do system: the musical note G.
sol²
- /sɒl/ UK
- /sɔl/ US
- /sɑl/ US
Rhymes with -ɒl
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Old French sol (“French coin”) (modern French sou), from Latin solidum, the accusative singular of solidus (“Roman gold coin; (adjective) solid”). Doublet of sold, soldo, solid, solidus, sou, and xu.
noun sols
- An old coin from France and some other countries worth 12 deniers. This fellow, For ſix ſols more, would pleade againſt his Maker.
sol³
- /sɒl/ UK
- /sɔl/ US
- /sɑl/ US
Rhymes with -ɒl
Where it comes from
PIE word
*sóh₂wl̥
From Spanish sol (“sun”), from Latin sōl (“sun”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Doublet of Sol and sol, directly from the Latin.
noun sols · soles
- A former Spanish-American silver coin. The Tobacco of this colony is ſo excellent, that if the commerce thereof was free, it would ſell for one hundred ſols and ſix livres the pound, ſo fine and delicate is its juice and flavour.
- In full nuevo sol or new sol: the main currency unit of Peru which replaced the inti in 1991; also, a coin of this value.
sol⁴
- /sɒl/ UK
- /sɔl/ US
- /sɑl/ US
Rhymes with -ɒl
Where it comes from
From Latin sōl (“sun”); see further at etymology 3. Doublet of sol from Spanish.
noun sols
- A solar day on the planet Mars (equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes, 35 seconds). I need to create calories. And I need enough to last the 1387 sols until Ares 4 arrives. If I don't get rescued by Ares 4, I'm dead anyway. A sol is 39 minutes longer than a day, so it works out to be 1425 days. That's my target: 1425 days of food.
sol⁵
- /sɒl/ UK
- /sɔl/ US
- /sɑl/ US
Rhymes with -ɒl
Where it comes from
Sense 1 (“type of colloid”) is derived from -sol (in words like alcosol and hydrosol), an abbreviation of solution.
Sense 2 (“solution to an objection”) is derived directly from solution.
noun sols
- A type of colloid in which a solid is dispersed in a liquid.
- A solution to an objection (or "ob"), for example, in controversial divinity. [F]or that they had nothing elſe to doe, […] haue coyned a thouſand idle queſtions, nice diſtinctions, Obs and Sols, […]
sol⁶
noun
- Clipping of solidarity
Sol⁷
- /sɒl/ UK
- /soʊl/ US
Sounds like sole, soul · Rhymes with -ɒl, -əʊl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin Sōl.
proper noun
- The Sun, the star orbited by the Earth.
- The sun god; equivalent of the Greek Helios. Brother of Luna and Aurora.
- The sun goddess.
- A male given name Sol (named after the solar eclipse on the day of his birth) was born in March 2015 with an undetected clot in his upper left arm.
noun
- Or (gold), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets. 4. Luna, a Mantle of Estate, Mars doubled Ermine, ouched Sol, garnished with Strings fastned thereunto fretways dependent, and tasselled of the same. [...] These Arms do belong to the Town of Beckbock in Wales. 5. Jupiter, a Mace of Majestry in Bend Sol.
- Gold.
Sol⁸
- /sɒl/ UK
- /soʊl/ US
Sounds like sole, soul · Rhymes with -ɒl, -əʊl
Where it comes from
Shortening.
proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given name Solomon. “Chock full o’ science,” said the radiant Captain, “as ever he was! Sol Gills, Sol Gills, what have you been up to, for this many a long day, my ould boy?”
SOL⁹
noun SOLs
- Initialism of statute of limitations
- Initialism of speed of light
- Initialism of slice of life
- Initialism of standards of learning
- Initialism of sleep onset latency
- Space-occupying lesion of the brain can be caused by different pathology such as a malignancy, an abscess or a haematoma
- Initialism of stoppages of leave
adjective
- Initialism of shit out of luck
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: so, soh, colloidal solution, colloidal suspension, fa, solenoid, surface, swirl, sell, him, sunlight, flooring, sunshine, floor, solar, sun
Translations
Every language
noun in a movable-do system: the fifth step in a scale
| Español | sol |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 솔 sol |
| 日本語 | ソル soru, ソ so |
| Português | sol |
| Français | sol |
| Ελληνικά | σολ sol |
| Română | sol |
| Русский | соль solʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | son |
| العربية | سُول m or صُول sūl |
noun main currency unit of Peru
| 中文 | 索爾 /索尔 suǒ'ěr |
|---|
noun solar day on the planet Mars
| 中文 | 火星日 huǒxīngrì |
|---|---|
| Русский | марсиа́нские су́тки marsiánskije sútki |
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title = {sol},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
