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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Adjective
solar (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun
- solar light
- solar rays
- solar influence
- (astrology, obsolete) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
- 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Tale of the Nun’s Priest, from Chaucer”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- and proud beside, as solar people are
- Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
- Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.
- 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.
- 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
- Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid.
- Employing solar power.
- a solar furnace
Synonyms
Derived terms
English terms starting with “solar”
- active solar
- antisolar
- extrasolar
- local solar time
- lunisolar
- mean solar time
- passive solar
- solar apex
- solar battery
- solar boat
- solar calendar
- solar car
- solar cell
- solar collector
- solar comedo
- solar constant
- solar corona
- solar cross
- solar cycle
- solar day
- solar eclipse
- solar energetic particle
- solar energy
- solar engine
- solar filament
- solar flare
- solar flower
- solar gain
- solar halo
- solar hero
- solarize
- solar lamp
- solar letter
- solar luminosity
- solar maculation
- solar mass
- solar maximum
- solar microscope
- solar minimum
- solar month
- solar nebula
- solar noon
- solar oil
- solar panel
- solar phosphori
- solar pillar
- solar plexus
- solar power
- solar-powered
- solar prominence
- solar radiation
- solar sail
- solar shingle
- solar skin
- solar spot
- solar spots
- solar still
- solar storm
- solar system
- solar tea
- solar telegraph
- solar telescope
- solar term
- solar thermal collector
- solar time
- solar tracker
- solar-type
- solar viewer
- solar wind
- solar year
- subsolar
- tough solar
Translations
of or pertaining to the sun
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Noun
solar (uncountable)
- solar energy
- December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine:
- He’s a player in robots and solar, cryptocurrency and climate, brain-computer implants to stave off the menace of artificial intelligence and underground tunnels to move people and freight at super speeds.
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Etymology 2
From Middle English solar, soler; from a conflation of Old English soler, solere (“raised platform; loft, upper room, upper part of a house, soler”), from Latin sōlārium; and Old English solor, salor (“residence, dwelling; hall; palace”), from Proto-West Germanic *salaʀ, from Proto-Germanic *salaz, *salą (“house, room, hall”). More at sale.
Noun
solar (plural solars)
- (obsolete) A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.
Translations
garret room
See also
Further reading
- “solar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “solar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “solar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Bikol Central
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
solár
Catalan
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
solar m (plural solars)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
solar m or f (masculine and feminine plural solars)
- (relational) sun; solar
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 3
From sòl (“soil; surface”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solí, past participle solat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) to pave
- (transitive, fishing) to weigh down (rigging) (on the seabed or riverbed by means of stones or lead weights)
Conjugation
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Verb
solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solí, past participle solat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) to sole (to put a sole on a shoe or boot)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- ressolar
Further reading
- “solar”, 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
- “solar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “solar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “solar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Galician
Etymology 1
From sola (“sole”). Compare Portuguese solar.
Pronunciation
Verb
solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)
- (transitive) to sole
- 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:
- Iten por solar calças, des et seis branquas et dous coroados.
- Item, for soling stockings, sixteen white coins and two crowns
- Iten por solar calças, des et seis branquas et dous coroados.
- 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 76:
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Latin sōlāris.
Pronunciation
Adjective
solar m or f (plural solares)
Related terms
Further reading
- “solar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “solar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “solar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “solar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “solar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “solar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
solar (strong nominative masculine singular solarer, not comparable)
Declension
Positive forms of solar (uncomparable)
Derived terms
- Solaranlage
- Solarauto
- Solarbranche
- Solarenergie
- Solarflugzeug
- Solarheizung
- solarisch
- Solarium
- Solarkollektor
- Solarkonzern
- Solarluftschiff
- Solarmodul
- Solarstrom
- Solartechnik
- Solarthermie
- solarthermisch
- Solarwirtschaft
- Solarzelle
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Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈsolar/ [ˈso.lar]
- Rhymes: -olar
- Syllabification: so‧lar
Etymology 1
From Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).
Adjective
solar (comparative lebih solar, superlative paling solar)
Etymology 2
Generic trademark of Pertamina's diesel fuel, which came from minyak solar, from Dutch solaarolie (cognate of Danish solarolie and Norwegian solarolje), from English solar oil. The association developed from the usage of such petroleum product as fuel for solar oil lamp. See also Russian солярка (soljarka) and German Solaröl.
Noun
Further reading
- “solar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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Occitan
Pronunciation
Adjective
solar
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Adjective
solar
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin sōlāris (“solar”), corresponding to sol + -ar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: so‧lar
Adjective
solar m or f (plural solares)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: so‧lar
Noun
solar m (plural solares)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: so‧lar
Verb
solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)
- (music, intransitive or transitive) to solo (to play a solo)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: so‧lar
Verb
solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)
- (sports, transitive) to hit someone with the sole of the shoe
- (shoemaking, transitive) to sole (to put a sole on a shoe)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “solar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “solar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “solar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “solar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “solar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “solar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
solar m or n (feminine singular solară, masculine plural solari, feminine and neuter plural solare)
Declension
Further reading
- “solar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
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Serbo-Croatian
Noun
sòlār m anim (Cyrillic spelling со̀ла̄р)
- bullary worker
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From suelo (“ground”), from Latin solum.
Noun
solar m (plural solares)
Verb
solar (first-person singular present suelo, first-person singular preterite solé, past participle solado)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Adjective
solar m or f (masculine and feminine plural solares)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “solar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swedish
Noun
solar
- indefinite plural of sol
Verb
solar
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