solo
English
/ˈsoʊ.loʊ/, /ˈsəʊ.ləʊ/
noun
Definitions
- (music) A piece of music for one performer.
- A job or performance done by one person alone.
- (games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner
- A single shot of espresso.
- (Gaelic football) An instance of soloing the football.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian solo derived from Latin sōlus (alone, solitary, sole, only, lonely, lone, by oneself alone, single).
Origin
Latin
sōlus
Gloss
alone, solitary, sole, only, lonely, lone, by oneself alone, single
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- demisoloist English
- midsolo English
- minisolo English
- nonsolo English
- solipsism English
- sologamy English
- soloism English
- soloist English
- soloistic English
- solopreneur English
- solosexual English
- solosexuality English
- solus English
- desolo Latin
- soligenitus Latin
- soliloquium Latin
- solivagus Latin
- solus Latin
- sōlus Latin
- solo German
- szóló Hungarian
- desolare Italian
- solamente Italian
- solissimo Italian
- solista Italian
- solitudine Italian
- solo Italian
- soltanto Italian
- solipsisme Dutch, Flemish
- solo Dutch, Flemish
- désoler French
- solipsisme French
- solo French
- солипсизм Russian
- соло Russian
- desolar Spanish, Castilian
- solo Spanish, Castilian
- solo Norwegian Bokmål
- desolar Portuguese
- ソロ Japanese
- solówka Polish
- solo Norwegian Nynorsk
- sol Old French
- sole Old French
- sola Esperanto
- solo Catalan, Valencian
- solo Norman
- sol Old Portuguese
- soo Old Portuguese
- 솔로 Korean
- sôl Friulian