solament

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin sōlā mente. Synchronically derivable from sola +‎ -ment (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsolaˈmen/
• Syllabification: so‧la‧ment
• Rhymes: -en

Adverb

solament

1. only

   Synonyms: només, nomás

2. alone

References

• “solament”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin sōlā mente. Derivable from sola +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌsɔ.ləˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌsɔ.ləˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌsɔ.laˈment]
• Rhymes: -ent

Adverb

solament

1. only

   Synonym: només

2. alone

Further reading

• “solament”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “solament”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “solament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “solament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 'lament, lament (ORB, broad)
• soulament (Old Beaujolais)
  • selamin (Beaujolais)
• laman, lamè, lamin (Bressan)
• cholamin (Fribourgeois)
• slamên (Savoyard)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin sōlā mente. Derivable from sola (“alone”) +‎ -ment (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

solament (ORB, broad)

1. only, just

   Synonym: mâques

   • 1864 [1733–42], François Blanc, Grenoblo malhérou, Grenoble: Rahoult et Dardelet, page 74:

     D'y songié solament fat frissonna la chair.

     [D'y songiér solament fât fresenar la chèrn.]

     Just thinking about it makes one's flesh quiver.

References

• seulement in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• solament in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 837: “mi offrono solamente” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1229: “seulement” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “sōlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 12: Sk–š, page 79

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan solament, from Early Medieval Latin sōlā mente. Derivable from sola +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Adverb

solament

1. only

   Synonyms: sonque, nonmàs

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 922.

Old Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin sōlā mente. Derivable from sola +‎ -ment.

Adverb

solament

1. only