solo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.loʊ̯/ (US, Canada)

Noun

solo (plural solos)

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.

Adjective

solo (comparative more solo, superlative most solo)

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

Adverb

solo (not comparable)

1. Alone, without a companion.
   • 1984, George Michael (lyrics), George Michael (music), “Wake me up before you go-go”, performed by Wham!:

     Wake me up before you go-go / 'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo

Verb

solo (third-person singular simple present 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.

Anagrams

• Loos, OOLs, Oslo, loos, sloo, sool

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo. Doublet of seul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.lo/

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

1. (music) solo

Further reading

• “solo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology 1

From Latin sōlum (“soil, ground”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian solo.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo.

Adjective

solo

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

   Ich bin solo. ― I'm single.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈso.lo/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: só‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin sōlus.

Etymology 2

From Latin sōlum.

Related terms

Anagrams

• Oslo

Noun

solō

1. dative singular of sōlum
2. ablative singular of sōlum

Adjective

sōlō

1. dative masculine singular of sōlus
2. dative neuter singular of sōlus
3. ablative masculine singular of sōlus
4. ablative neuter singular of sōlus

References

• 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

Noun

solo m (invariable)

1. (music) solo

Etymology

Borrowed from English solo.

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

1. (music, Jersey) solo

Verb

solo

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

Etymology

From Portuguese sol and Spanish sol and Kabuverdianu sol.

Noun

solo

1. sun

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.lu/

Etymology 1

From Latin sōlum (“soil, ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole of the foot”).

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsolo/

Etymology 1

From Latin sōlus (“alone, sole, only”).

Etymology 2

From Latin sōlum.