solter

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”) (compare Spanish soltero, Portuguese solteiro). Less likely derived from solt,[1] from the past participle of Old Catalan soldre, from Latin solvere (past participle solutus (“unbound, released, free, at large”)). Compare the doublet solitari.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [sulˈte]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [solˈte]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [solˈteɾ]

Adjective

solter (feminine soltera, masculine plural solters, feminine plural solteres)

single, unmarried (of a person)
free, loose, unattached (of an object)

References

“solter”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

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

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