solo

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

• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊ.ləʊ/

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• Rhymes: (US, Canada) -oʊloʊ, (UK) -əʊləʊ

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.

• (coffee): doppio, triplo (rare)

solo (not comparable)

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

solo (not comparable)

1. Alone, without a companion.
   • 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

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.

• → Portuguese: solar

• solitaire

• Thesaurus:number

• Loos, OOLs, Oslo, loos, sloo, sool

solo

1. neuter of solu

Borrowed from Italian solo.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɔ.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsɔ.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈso.lo]

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)

• solista

• “solo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “solo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “solo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “solo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɔ.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈsɔ.lo]

solo

1. first-person singular present indicative of solar

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.loː/

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• Hyphenation: so‧lo

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

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

• drumsolo
• gitaarsolo
• solist
• soloactie

From sola +‎ -o.

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

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

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

   Synonym: soloo

Borrowed from Italian solo. Doublet of seul.

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.lo/

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solo m (plural solos)

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

• guitare solo
• soliste

• duo, trio

• “solo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Latin solum (“soil, ground”).

solo m (plural solos)

1. soil, ground

   Synonym: chan

Borrowed from Italian solo.

solo m (plural solos)

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

   Synonym: só

solo

1. first-person singular present indicative of solar

Borrowed from Italian solo.

solo (indeclinable, predicative only)

1. alone
2. single (not married nor dating)

   Ich bin solo. ― I'm single.

From sulu, compare Cebuano sulu.

solo

1. lamp

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.lo/

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: só‧lo

From Latin sōlus.

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

• (single): doppio, triplo

• solamente
• da solo

• → English: solo
• → German: solo

From Latin sōlum.

solo

1. only, just, but, alone, merely

   Synonyms: solamente, soltanto

   solo una volta ― only once

   ha solo quattro anni ― he's just four

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.

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 ...

• Oslo

solō

1. dative/ablative singular of solum

sōlō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sōlus

• “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.

solo m (invariable)

1. (music) solo

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulu/, [ˈsulʷ]

sòlo

1. substitute, replacement

Borrowed from English solo.

solo m (plural solos)

1. (music, Jersey) solo

solo

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

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

solo

1. solo

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

1. (music, dance) a solo

• “solo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

solo

1. solo

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

1. (music, dance) a solo

• “solo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Portuguese sol and Spanish sol and Kabuverdianu sol.

solo

1. sun

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.lɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
• Syllabification: so‧lo

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

solo (not comparable, no derived adverb)

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

solo (not comparable)

1. (music) solo (alone, without a companion)

   Synonym: pojedynczo

• solo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• solo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: so‧lo

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

solo m (plural solos)

1. (geology) soil, ground

• subsolo

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

solo m (plural solos)

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:solo.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

solo

1. first-person singular present indicative of solar

• “solo” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “solo” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “solo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “solo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “solo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “solo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Unadapted borrowing from Italian solo.

solo m (plural solouri)

1. solo

• IPA^(key): /ˈsolo/ [ˈso.lo]

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: so‧lo
• Homophone: sólo

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

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.

From Latin sōlum.

solo

1. only, solely, just

   Synonyms: solamente, únicamente

   Solo quiero salir. ― I just want to leave.

   No solo... sino también... ― Not only... but also...

• (superseded) sólo

• “solo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

solo (comparative mer solo, superlative mest solo)

1. (predicative only) alone

   Synonym: ensam

   Hon var solo på jobbet ― She was alone at work

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

• solo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• solo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• solo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

From Latin sōl, compare French soleil.

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.ˈlɔ/

• Hyphenation: so‧lo

solo m (plural solos)

1. (astronomy) sun

   Synonym: solea

Borrowed from French solo, from Italian solo

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.ˈlɔ/

• Hyphenation: so‧lo

solo m (plural solos)

1. (music) solo