solo

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/, [ˈsoʊ.loʊ] ~ [ˈsoloʊ]
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊ.ləʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -əʊləʊ

**English numbers ^(edit)**
	10
	1	2 → ^{[a], [b], [c]}	10 →
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)

(music) A piece of music for one performer.
A job or performance done by one person alone.
(games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner
A single shot of espresso.
(Gaelic football) An instance of soloing the football.

Coordinate terms

(coffee): doppio, triplo (rare)

Translations

piece of music for one

Armenian: մեներգ (hy) (menerg)
Bulgarian: соло n (solo)
Catalan: solo (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獨奏 / 独奏 (zh) (dúzòu), 獨唱 / 独唱 (zh) (dúchàn)
Czech: sólo (cs)
Dutch: solo (nl)
Esperanto: solo (eo), soloo
Finnish: soolo (fi)
French: solo (fr) m
German: Solo (de) n
Greek: σόλο (el) n (sólo)
Irish: aonréad m
Italian: assolo (it) m, solo (it) m
Japanese: ソロ (ja) (soro), 独奏 (ja) (どくそう, dokusō), 独唱 (ja) (どくしょう, dokushō)
Māori: hianga
Norman: solo m
Polish: solo (pl) n, solówka (pl) f
Portuguese: solo (pt) m
Romanian: solo (ro)
Russian: со́ло (ru) n (sólo)
Spanish: solo (es) m
Swedish: solo (sv) n
Vietnamese: độc tấu (vi)(獨奏), độc xướng (vi) (獨唱)
Welsh: unawd m or f

job or performance done by one person

Dutch: solo (nl)
Finnish: soolo (fi)
French: solo (fr) m
Galician: solo (gl), só (gl)
German: Solo (de) n
Greek: σόλο (el) n (sólo)
Italian: in solitaria, da solo
Māori: hīanga
Norman: solo m
Portuguese: solo (pt) m
Romanian: solo (ro)
Spanish: aria (es) f, romanza (es) f
Swedish: solo (sv) n
Vietnamese: một mình (vi)

card game

Chinese:
Mandarin: 惠斯特紙牌戲 / 惠斯特纸牌戏 (huìsītè zhǐpáixì)
Dutch: solo (nl)
Finnish: soolo (fi)
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Solo (de) n
Italian: solitario (it) m
Spanish: solitario (es) m

Adjective

solo (not comparable)

Without a companion or instructor.
- 2026 May, Julie Belcove, “Farm Fresh”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 93:
  Represented by Olney Gleason gallery, she was the subject of a 2025 solo show at the MSU Broad Art Museum in Michigan and recently unveiled a permanent installation at the Princeton University Art Museum.
(music) Of, or relating to, a musical solo.
- 2026 March 29, Matt Mitchell, “In LA, Paul McCartney is king”, in AV Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 30 March 2026:
  I can appreciate that Macca’s band plays faithful to the source material, never putting too obvious a personal spin on the music. It’s sometimes frustrating, especially when the solo part in “Get Back” is screaming for some impromptu finesse, but it’s mostly fair.

Translations

without a companion or instructor

Bulgarian: единичен (bg) (ediničen), самостоятелен (bg) (samostojatelen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 單 / 单 (zh) (dān), 獨自的 / 独自的 (dúzì de), 單獨的 / 单独的 (dāndú de)
Czech: sólo (cs)
Dutch: alleen (nl)
French: solo (fr), solitaire (fr)
German: einzeln (de)
Italian: solitario (it), solo (it)
Māori: takitahi, tōtahi, tōtahi
Polish: solo (pl)
Portuguese: solo (pt)
Russian: самостоятельно (ru) (samostojatelʹno)
Spanish: solo (es)
Swedish: solo (sv), ensam (sv)
Vietnamese: độc (vi) (獨 (vi)), đơn (vi) (單 (vi)), một mình (vi), tự (vi) (自 (vi)), tự mình

of a musical solo

Chinese:
Mandarin: 獨唱 / 独唱 (zh) (dúchàng)
Dutch: solo (nl)
French: solo (fr)
German: solo (de)
Italian: solista (it), da solista, per solista
Portuguese: solo (pt)
Romanian: solo (ro)
Russian: со́ло (ru) (sólo), со́льный (ru) (sólʹnyj)
Spanish: solo (es)
Swedish: solo (sv)
Vietnamese: độc xướng (vi) (獨唱)

Adverb

solo (not comparable)

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^[2], archived from the original on 4 August 2025:
  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.

Derived terms

solo queue

Verb

solo (third-person singular simple present solos or soloes, present participle soloing, simple past and past participle soloed)

(music) To perform a solo.
To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
(Gaelic football) To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.
(slang) To independently perform an action, especially a challenging task.

Derived terms

Related terms

solitaire

Descendants

→ Portuguese: solar

Translations

to perform a solo

Chinese:
Mandarin: no corresponding word known
Dutch: een solo spelen
French: please add this translation if you can
German: ein Solo spielen
Italian: fare un assolo
Māori: whakatene (of a song)
Portuguese: solar (pt)
Russian: солировать (ru) (solirovatʹ)
Spanish: tocar un solo
Vietnamese: độc diễn (獨演)

to perform something in the absence of anyone else

Dutch: solo (nl)
Finnish: sooloilla
French: please add this translation if you can
German: allein machen
Italian: volare da solo
Spanish: ir por su cuenta, realizar por cuenta propia, efectuar por su propia cuenta

to independently tackle a challenge

Portuguese: solar (pt)
Spanish: hacerlo solo

Anagrams

Loos, OOLs, Oslo, loos, sloo, sool

Asturian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsolo/ [ˈso.lo]
Rhymes: -olo
Syllabification: so‧lo

Adjective

solo

neuter of solu

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian solo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈso̞.lu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsɔ.lo]
IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɔ.lu]
IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈso.lo]

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

(music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
(card games) solo (a trick-taking card game played with 36 cards, similar to frog)

Derived terms

solista

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈso̞.lu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈsɔ.lo]
IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɔ.lu]

Verb

solo

first-person singular present indicative of solar

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish solo.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

sólo (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜓ)

sole, only
Synonym: bugtong
alone
Synonym: saro

Derived terms

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)

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

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin sōlusder.

Esperanto sola

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Archaic Latin -os

Latin -um

Italian -oder.

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Italic *-om

Archaic Latin -om

Latin -um

Spanish -oder.

Ancient Greek -οι (-oi)der.

Esperanto -o

Esperanto solo

From sola + -o.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -olo

IPA^(key): /ˈsolo/
Rhymes: -olo
Syllabification: so‧lo

Noun

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

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

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

solo

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo. Doublet of seul.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔ.lo/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

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

Derived terms

Galician

Etymology 1

Derived from Latin solum (“soil, ground”).

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

soil, ground
Synonym: chan

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian solo.

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

(music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
Synonym: só

Etymology 3

Verb

solo

first-person singular present indicative of solar

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo.

Adjective

solo (indeclinable, predicative only)

alone
single (not married nor dating)
Ich bin solo. ― I'm single.

Higaonon

Etymology

From sulu, compare Cebuano sulu.

Noun

solo

lamp

Indonesian

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsolo/ [ˈso.lo]
Rhymes: -olo
Syllabification: so‧lo
Homophone: Solo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch solo, from Italian solo, from Latin solus.

Noun

solo (plural solo-solo)

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

Adjective

solo (comparative lebih solo, superlative paling solo)

solo
1. without a companion or instructor.
2. (music) of, or relating to, a musical solo.

Verb

solo

catch fish at night

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Madurese [Term?]

Adjective

solo (comparative lebih solo, superlative paling solo)

almost old

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈso.lo/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -olo
Hyphenation: só‧lo

Etymology 1

Derived from Latin sōlus.

Adjective

solo (feminine sola, masculine plural soli, feminine plural sole, superlative solissimo)

alone, by oneself, unattended, unaccompanied, lonely, lone, lonesome
Synonym: solitario

Non sei solo. ― You are not alone.
only, single, just one, unique, sole
Synonym: unico
(music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)
Synonym: assolo

Coordinate terms

(single): doppio, triplo

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: solo
→ German: solo

Etymology 2

Derived from Latin sōlum.

Adverb

solo

only, just, but, alone, merely
Synonyms: solamente, soltanto

solo una volta ― only once

ha solo quattro anni ― he's just four

Conjunction

solo

(followed by che) but, only
Synonyms: ma, però
(preceded by se) if only
se solo lui non fosse qui ... ― if only he was not here ...
(followed by se) only if
[…] solo se lui non è qui. ― […] only if he is not here.

Noun

solo m (plural soli, feminine sola)

the only one, the only man
Synonym: unico

lui è il solo che può ... ― he is the only one/only man that can ...

Related terms

Anagrams

Oslo

Ladino

Pronunciation

Audio (Türkiye): (file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish solo, from Latin sōlus (“alone; sole; only”).

Adjective

solo (Hebrew spelling סולו)^[1]

sole; one; only; single (unique)
- 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[3], volumes 26–28, page 43:
  Los dos livros ke ensenyan konversasion son tambien los solos, de entre el grupo de 16 livros, ke sus buto es unikamente de embezar al elevo a avlar en ebreo.
  The two books that teach conversation are also the only [ones], from among a group of sixteen books, whose purpose is uniquely to teach the pupil to speak in Hebrew.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish solo, from Latin sōlum.

Adverb

solo (Hebrew spelling סולו)^[1]

only; solely; just
Synonyms: solamente, unikamente
- 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎^[4], Craiova: Institutul Grafic, I. Samitca şi D. Baraş, Socieatate in Comandita, →OCLC, page 12:
  Tu sos envestido i envelupado de giustidad, a ti solo apartiene la sopirioridad
  Si no ai en nozotros ovras ⁴) boenas, acodrate de noestros padres i de sus santedad.
  Siempre los tengas en tu memoria i apiada a tu comunidad
  You are dressed and enveloped with justice, only to you does superiority belong; were good deeds absent from us, remind yourself of our fathers and their holiness. You always have them in memory; rescue your people.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “solo”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Latin

Noun

solō n

dative/ablative singular of solum

Adjective

sōlō

dative/ablative masculine/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.

Latvian

Noun

solo m (invariable)

(music) solo

Lingala

Adjective

solo

true

Malagasy

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsulu/, [ˈsulʷ]

Noun

sòlo

substitute, replacement

References

^ Alexander Adelaar (2009), “Loanwords in Malagasy”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 726 of 717-746

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English solo.

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

(music, Jersey) solo

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Verb

solo

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Adverb

solo

solo

Noun

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

(music, dance) a solo

References

“solo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Adverb

solo

solo

Noun

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

(music, dance) a solo

References

“solo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Adjective

solo

alternative form of soo

References

Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “solo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “solo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “solo”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN

Old Spanish

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

solo

sole; one; only; single (unique)
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 15r:
  Clamo amoẏſẽ ⁊ a pharaon. e dixo peq̃ al ur̃o ſẽnor dios. Rogat por mi q̃ me ꝑdone eſta uez ſola. E riedre deſobre my eſta muert. Rogo moiſen al nr̃o ſẽnor. ⁊ veno uiẽto de fauõno ⁊ echo toda la langoſta en la mar.
  [Clamó a Moysen e a Pharaon e dixo, “Pequé al vuestro Sennor Dios. Rogad por mi que me perdone esta vez sola e riedre de sobre mí esta muert.” Rogó Moysen al nuestro Sennor, e veno viento de favonno e echó toda la langosta en la mar.]
  Pharaoh called Moses and said, “I have sinned against your Lord God. Pray that He forgive me just this once, and that he remove this death from over me.” [So] Moses prayed to Our Lord, and the west wind came and cast all the locusts into the sea.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin sōlum.

Adverb

solo

alone
- ca. 1284–1295, anonymous, Fuero de Cuenca:
  Qual quier que a otro fuera de su casa metiere palo por el culo, peche dozyentos mr. & salga enemigo, si le fuere prouado; si non, saluese con doze vezinos & sea creydo o jure solo, & rresponda a rriepto, lo que al querelloso mas ploguiere.
  Whosoever inserts a stick in the arse to someone who belongs not to their House shall pay 200 maravedis and become an Enemy, if it is proven; otherwise, may they be saved with twelve neighbours and believed, or may they swear alone responding to a Challenge, whatever the one demanding may prefer.

References

Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “solo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 477

Papiamentu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)é

Proto-Indo-European *s(w)ēdder.

Latin se-

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-éti

Proto-Indo-European *luh₁éti

Proto-Italic [Term?]

Latin luō

Latin solvō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin solūtiō

Latin solūtiōnemlbor.

Old French solucionbor.

Middle English solucioun

English solution

English solbor.

Portuguese solder.

▲

English solbor.

Spanish solder.

▲

Portuguese solder.

Kabuverdianu solder.

Papiamentu solo

Derived from Portuguese sol, Spanish sol, and Kabuverdianu sol.

Noun

solo

sun

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

solo

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin sōlus

Italian solobor.

Polish solo

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.lɔ/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
Syllabification: so‧lo

Noun

solo n (indeclinable)

(music) solo (piece of music for one)
Synonym: solówka
(slang) a one-on-one fight usually between schoolers and agreed to in advance
Synonym: solówka

Adjective

solo (not comparable, no derived adverb)

(music) solo (without a companion or instructor)

Adverb

solo (not comparable)

(music) solo (alone, without a companion)
Synonym: pojedynczo

Related terms

nouns

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.lu/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.lu/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Hyphenation: so‧lo

Etymology 1

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

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

(geology) soil, ground
- 2014, Venceslau de Morais, Paisagens da China e do Japão, Projecto Adamastor, →ISBN, page 97:
  O shogun, generalíssimo do imperador, com residência em Yedo, assinara por conta própria tratados de amizade e de comércio com a América e com a Europa, e os estrangeiros, em Yokohama, pisavam já afoitamente o solo japonês.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

subsolo

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Latin sōlus

Italian solobor.

Portuguese solo

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

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

solo

first-person singular present indicative of solar

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian solo.

Noun

solo m (plural solouri)

solo

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	solo	soloul	solouri	solourii
genitive-dative	solo	soloului	solouri	solourilor
vocative	soloule		solourilor

Samoan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *solo₃ (“to go quickly”).^[1]

Verb

solo

to move forward, to progress

Related terms

References

^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “solo.3”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 213

Spanish

Alternative forms

sólo (adverb, deprecated)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsolo/ [ˈso.lo]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -olo
Syllabification: so‧lo
Homophone: sólo

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin sōlus

Old Spanish solo

Spanish solo

Inherited from Old Spanish solo, from Latin sōlus (“alone; sole; only”).

Adjective

solo (feminine sola, masculine plural solos, feminine plural solas)

sole; one; only; single (unique)
lonely, lonesome
alone, by oneself
automatic; self-, by itself
La máquina se lava sola.
The machine washes itself (i.e. it is self-washing)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Latin sōlum

Old Spanish solo

Spanish solo

Inherited from Old Spanish solo, from Latin sōlum.

Adverb

solo

only; solely; just
Synonyms: solamente, únicamente

Solo quiero salir. ― I just want to leave.

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Swedish

Adjective

solo (comparative mer solo, superlative mest solo)

(predicative only) alone
Synonym: ensam

Hon var solo på jobbet ― She was alone at work

Noun

solo n

(music) a solo (piece of music or dance performed by or strongly centered on a single or limited number of performers)
Antonym: tutti
(in compounds) something done alone
soloflygning ― solo flight

Declension

Declension of **solo**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	solo	solos
singular	definite	solot	solots
plural	indefinite	solon	solons
plural	definite	solona	solonas

References

“solo”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“solo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“solo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsolo/ [ˈsoː.lo]
Rhymes: -olo
Syllabification: so‧lo

Etymology 1

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Latin sōlus

Old Spanish solo

Spanish solobor.

Tagalog solo

Borrowed from Spanish solo, from Old Spanish solo, from Latin sōlus (“alone; sole; only”).

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solo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜓ)

sole; only
Synonyms: tangi, kaisa-isa, natatangi, bugtong
alone
Synonym: nag-iisa

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solo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜓ)

(music) solo (piece of music for one)

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solista

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Proto-Austronesian *sa

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sa

Tagalog sa

Tagalog sa-

Proto-Austronesian *quluh

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulu

Tagalog ulo

Tagalog saulo

Tagalog solo

From monophthongization and contraction of saulo.

Noun

solo (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜓ) (colloquial, Batangas)

pronunciation spelling of saulo

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soluhin

Walloon

Etymology 1

Derived from Latin sōl, compare French soleil.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔ.ˈlɔ/
Hyphenation: so‧lo

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

(astronomy) sun
Synonym: solea

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French solo, from Italian solo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔ.ˈlɔ/
Hyphenation: so‧lo

Noun

solo m (plural solos)

(music) solo

[Folkmasa-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “solo”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

[2] Alexander Adelaar (2009), “Loanwords in Malagasy”, in Martin Haspelmath, Uri Tadmor, editors, Loanwords in the World's Languages: A Comparative Handbook, Berlin, New York: De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 726 of 717-746

[3] Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “solo.3”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9

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