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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
    Abbreviated ordinal: 1st
    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

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.
    • 1970, Paul McCartney, “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:
      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

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.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: solar

Translations

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Anagrams

Asturian

Adjective

solo

  1. neuter of solu

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish solo.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

sólo (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜓ)

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

Derived terms

  • magsolo
  • solohon

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

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

Noun

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

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

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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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

Derived 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

Derived 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

Derived 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 ...

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