solstice

solstice on Wikipedia

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥

Latin sōl

Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti

Proto-Italic *sistō

Latin sistō

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Italic *-jōs

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin sōlstitiumlbor.

Old French solsticebor.

Middle English solstice

English solstice

From Middle English solstice, from Old French solstice, from Latin sōlstitium.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒl.stɪs/, /ˈsəʊl.stɪs/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.stɪs/, /ˈsoʊl.stɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɒlstɪs, -əʊlstɪs

Noun

solstice (plural solstices)

One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.
Synonym: sunstead

Hyponyms: summer solstice, winter solstice

Coordinate terms: equinox, lunistice
- 2010, Capt Sp Meek, The Solar Magnet‎:
  The point at which the sun is nearest to the south pole we call the winter solstice, and the opposite point, the summer solstice.

Antonyms

equinox

Derived terms

Related terms

solstitial

Translations

point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun

Arabic: اِنْقِلَاب شَمْسِيّ m (inqilāb šamsiyy)
Armenian: արևադարձ (hy) (arewadarj)
Belarusian: сонцастая́нне n (soncastajánnje)
Bulgarian: слънцестое́не n (slǎncestoéne)
Catalan: solstici (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 至日 (zh) (zhìrì), 至點／至点 (zh) (zhìdiǎn), 冬至 (zh) (dōngzhì) (winter solstice), 夏至 (zh) (xiàzhì) (summer solstice)
Czech: slunovrat (cs) m
Danish: solhverv (da) n
Dutch: zonnewende (nl) f, zonnestilstand (nl) m
Esperanto: solstico (eo)
Estonian: pööripäev
Finnish: päivänseisaus (fi)
French: solstice (fr) m
Georgian: ნაბუნიობა (nabunioba), მზებუდობა (mzebudoba)
German: Sonnenwende (de) f
Greek: ηλιοστάσιο (el) n (iliostásio)
Hindi: अयनांत (hi) m (aynānt)
Hungarian: napforduló (hu)
Icelandic: sólstöður (is) f pl, sólhvörf n pl
Irish: grianstad m
Italian: solstizio (it) m
Japanese: 冬至 (ja) (とうじ, tōji) (winter solstice), 夏至 (ja) (げし, geshi) (summer solstice)
Karachay-Balkar: къоргъазин (qorğazin)
Korean: 지점 (ko) (jijeom), 동지 (ko) (dongji) (winter), 하지 (ko) (haji) (summer)
Latin: solstitium n (summer), brūma f (winter)
Latvian: saulgrieži (lv) m pl
Lithuanian: saulėgrįža f
Macedonian: сонцестој m (soncestoj)
Malay: solstis
Malayalam: അയനം (ml) (ayanaṁ)
Maori: takanga o te rā, hikumutu (winter solstice), Ihu o Takurua (winter), Ihu o Hineraumati (summer), te tuakaihautanga o Tamanuiterā
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: shá niighááh, shá niiltłʼah
Norwegian:
Bokmål: solverv n

Nynorsk: solkverv m
Old English: sunstede m
Persian: گشتن (fa) (gaštan), انقلاب (fa) (enqelâb)
Polish: przesilenie (pl) n
Portuguese: solstício (pt) m
Romanian: solstițiu (ro) n, solstițiul verii n, solstițiul iernii n
Russian: солнцестоя́ние (ru) n (solncestojánije)
Sanskrit: अयनान्त (sa) m (ayanānta)
Serbo-Croatian: suncostaj (sh) m, су̏нцоста̄ј m
Slovak: slnovrat m
Slovene: sónčev obràt m, solstícij m
Spanish: solsticio (es) m
Swedish: sommarsolstånd (sv) (the longest day), vintersolstånd (sv) (the shortest day), solstånd (sv) n
Tagalog: solstisyo
Thai: มายัน (mayan)
Tibetan: ཉི་མ་ལོག་ཡག (nyi ma log yag)
Ukrainian: сонцестоя́ння (uk) n (soncestojánnja)
Vietnamese: điểm chí
Welsh: heuldro m