solar

See also: Solar, solâr, sólar, and sölar

English

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solar

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊlə(ɹ)/, (Indic) /ˈsoːlɑː(ɾ)/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English solar, from Latin sōlāris, from sōl (“sun”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”).

Adjective

solar (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun

   solar light

   solar rays

   solar influence

2. (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

3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the ecliptic; as, the solar year.
4. 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.

5. Employing solar power.

   a solar furnace

Synonyms

• sunly

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

Arabic: شَمْسِيّ (ar) (šamsiyy) Moroccan Arabic: شمشي m (šamši), شمسي m (šamsi) Armenian: արևային (hy) (arewayin), արեգակնային (hy) (aregaknayin) Asturian: solar (ast) Belarusian: со́нечны (sónječny) Bengali: আফতাবী (aftabī) Bulgarian: слъ́нчев (bg) (slǎ́nčev) Catalan: solar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 太陽的 / 太阳的 (zh) (tàiyáng de) Czech: solární (cs), sluneční (cs) Dutch: zonne- (nl) Esperanto: suna Finnish: aurinko-, auringon- French: solaire (fr) Galician: solar (gl) Georgian: მზის (mzis), მზიური (mziuri) German: solar (de), Sonnen- (de) Greek: ηλιακός (el) (iliakós) Hebrew: שִׁמְשִׁי (shimshi) Hindi: सौर (hi) (saur) Ido: sunala (io) Italian: solare (it) Japanese: 日の (hino), 太陽の (Taiyō no) Kazakh: күн (kk) (kün) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: خۆری (xorî), ڕۆژی (rojî) Kyrgyz: күн (ky) (kün) Latin: sōlāris (la) Macedonian: сончев (sončev) Malay: matahari (ms), suria (ms), kemataharian, syamsi Maltese: xemxi m Norman: solaithe Occitan: solar (oc) Old English: sunlīċ Pashto: لمريز (ps) (lmariz) Persian: خورشیدی (fa) (xoršidi), شمسی (fa) (šamsi), آفتابی (fa) (âftâbi) Polish: słoneczny (pl), solarny (pl) Portuguese: solar (pt) Romanian: solar (ro) Russian: со́лнечный (ru) (sólnečnyj) Sanskrit: सौर (sa) (saura) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сунчев Roman: sunčev Sindhi: (please verify) شَمسِي (Shamsee) Slovak: slnečný (sk) Slovene: sončen (sl) Spanish: solar (es) Swedish: sol- (sv) Tajik: офтобӣ (oftobi), шамсӣ (šamsi) Telugu: సౌర (te) (saura) Turkish: Güneş (tr) Turkmen: gün Ukrainian: со́нячний (sónjačnyj), соняч-ний (-на) (-не) m or f or n (sonjachnyi (-na) (-ne)), соняч-ний (-на) (-не) m or f or n (sonjachnyi (-na) (-ne)) Uzbek: quyosh (uz), quyoshga

Noun

solar (uncountable)

1. 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.

See also

• day

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)

1. (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

• solar topee

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.

Anagrams

• Loars, Losar, Rosal, Sarlo, Slora, orals, soral

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish solar (“ground, land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlaɾ/ [soˈl̪aɾ]
• Hyphenation: so‧lar

Noun

solár

1. property

   Synonym: propiyedad

2. land

   Synonym: daga

Catalan

Etymology 1

From sòl (“soil”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [soˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈlaɾ]

Noun

solar m (plural solars)

1. lot, plot (a distinct portion of land, usually smaller than a field)

Related terms

• sòl

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin sōlāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [soˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈlaɾ]

Adjective

solar m or f (masculine and feminine plural solars)

1. (relational) sun; solar

Derived terms

• sistema solar
• vent solar

Related terms

• sol

Etymology 3

From sòl (“soil; surface”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [soˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈlaɾ]

Verb

solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solí, past participle solat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to pave
2. (transitive, fishing) to weigh down (rigging) (on the seabed or riverbed by means of stones or lead weights)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of solar (first conjugation)

infinitive			solar
gerund			solant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		solat		solada
		plural		solats		solades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	solo	soles	sola	solem	soleu	solen
	imperfect	solava	solaves	solava	solàvem	solàveu	solaven
	future	solaré	solaràs	solarà	solarem	solareu	solaran
	preterite	solí	solares	solà	solàrem	solàreu	solaren
	conditional	solaria	solaries	solaria	solaríem	solaríeu	solarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	soli	solis	soli	solem	soleu	solin
	imperfect	solés	solessis	solés	soléssim	soléssiu	solessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	sola	soli	solem	soleu	solin
	negative (no)	—	no solis	no soli	no solem	no soleu	no solin

Etymology 4

From sola (“sole”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [soˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈlaɾ]

Verb

solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solí, past participle solat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to sole (to put a sole on a shoe or boot)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of solar (first conjugation)

infinitive			solar
gerund			solant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		solat		solada
		plural		solats		solades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	solo	soles	sola	solem	soleu	solen
	imperfect	solava	solaves	solava	solàvem	solàveu	solaven
	future	solaré	solaràs	solarà	solarem	solareu	solaran
	preterite	solí	solares	solà	solàrem	solàreu	solaren
	conditional	solaria	solaries	solaria	solaríem	solaríeu	solarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	soli	solis	soli	solem	soleu	solin
	imperfect	solés	solessis	solés	soléssim	soléssiu	solessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	sola	soli	solem	soleu	solin
	negative (no)	—	no solis	no soli	no solem	no soleu	no solin

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.

Galician

Etymology 1

From sola (“sole”). Compare Portuguese solar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlaɾ/

Verb

solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)

1. (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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of solar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	solar
Personal	solar	solares	solar	solarmos	solardes	solaren
Gerund
	solando
Past participle
Masculine	solado			solados
Feminine	solada			soladas
Indicative
Present	solo	solas	sola	solamos	solades	solan
Imperfect	solaba	solabas	solaba	solabamos	solabades	solaban
Preterite	solei	solaches	solou	solamos	solastes	solaron
Pluperfect	solara	solaras	solara	solaramos	solarades	solaran
Future	solarei	solarás	solará	solaremos	solaredes	solarán
Conditional	solaría	solarías	solaría	solariamos	solariades	solarían
Subjunctive
Present	sole	soles	sole	solemos	soledes	solen
Imperfect	solase	solases	solase	solásemos	solásedes	solasen
Future	solar	solares	solar	solarmos	solardes	solaren
Imperative
Affirmative		sola	sole	solemos	solade	solen
Negative (non)		non soles	non sole	non solemos	non soledes	non solen

    Reintegrated conjugation of solar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	solar
Personal	solar	solares	solar	solarmos	solardes	solarem
Gerund
	solando
Past participle
Masculine	solado			solados
Feminine	solada			soladas
Indicative
Present	solo	solas	sola	solamos	solades, solais	solam
Imperfect	solava	solavas	solava	solávamos	solávades, soláveis, solávais1	solavam
Preterite	solei	solaste, solache1	solou	solamos	solastes	solárom, solaram
Pluperfect	solara	solaras	solara	soláramos	solárades, soláreis, solárais1	solaram
Future	solarei	solarás	solará	solaremos	solaredes, solareis	solarám, solarão
Conditional	solaria	solarias	solaria	solaríamos	solaríades, solaríeis, solaríais1	solariam
Subjunctive
Present	sole	soles	sole	solemos	soledes, soleis	solem
Imperfect	solasse	solasses	solasse	solássemos	solássedes, solásseis	solassem
Future	solar	solares	solar	solarmos	solardes	solarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sola	sole	solemos	solade, solai	solem
Negative (nom)		nom soles	nom sole	nom solemos	nom soledes, nom soleis	nom solem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• sola

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin sōlāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlaɾ/

Adjective

solar m or f (plural solares)

1. solar

Related terms

• sol

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

German

Etymology

From Latin sōlāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoˈlaːɐ̯/

• Audio (Germany):

  (file)

Adjective

solar (strong nominative masculine singular solarer, not comparable)

1. solar

Declension

Positive forms of solar (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist solar	sie ist solar	es ist solar	sie sind solar
strong declension (without article)	nominative	solarer	solare	solares	solare
	genitive	solaren	solarer	solaren	solarer
	dative	solarem	solarer	solarem	solaren
	accusative	solaren	solare	solares	solare
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der solare	die solare	das solare	die solaren
	genitive	des solaren	der solaren	des solaren	der solaren
	dative	dem solaren	der solaren	dem solaren	den solaren
	accusative	den solaren	die solare	das solare	die solaren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein solarer	eine solare	ein solares	(keine) solaren
	genitive	eines solaren	einer solaren	eines solaren	(keiner) solaren
	dative	einem solaren	einer solaren	einem solaren	(keinen) solaren
	accusative	einen solaren	eine solare	ein solares	(keine) solaren

Derived terms

• Solaranlage
• Solarauto
• Solarbranche
• Solarenergie
• Solarflugzeug
• Solarheizung
• solarisch
• Solarium
• Solarkollektor
• Solarkonzern
• Solarluftschiff
• Solarmodul
• Solarstrom
• Solartechnik
• Solarthermie
• solarthermisch
• Solarwirtschaft
• Solarzelle

Further reading

• “solar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “solar” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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)

1. solar, of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun

   Synonym: surya

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

solar (plural solar-solar)

1. diesel fuel

   Pertamina akan Ekspor Solar dan Avtur ― Pertamina will export diesel fuel and jet fuel.

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.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈla/

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Adjective

solar

1. solar

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈlar/

Adjective

solar

1. solar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin sōlāris (“solar”), corresponding to sol +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /soˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: so‧lar

Adjective

solar m or f (plural solares)

1. (astronomy) solar (relating to the Sun)
2. solar (relating to sunlight or solar energy)
3. (figurative) radiant (beaming with vivacity and happiness)

   Synonyms: radiante, jovial

Etymology 2

From solo (“ground”) +‎ -ar.

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

solar (habitação)

Wikipedia ^pt

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /soˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: so‧lar

Noun

solar m (plural solares)

1. mansion (large, luxurious house)

   Synonyms: mansão, palacete

Etymology 3

From solo (“solo”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /soˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: so‧lar

Verb

solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)

1. (music, intransitive or transitive) to solo (to play a solo)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of solar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	solar
Personal	solar	solares	solar	solarmos	solardes	solarem
Gerund
	solando
Past participle
Masculine	solado			solados
Feminine	solada			soladas
Indicative
Present	solo	solas	sola	solamos	solais	solam
Imperfect	solava	solavas	solava	solávamos	soláveis	solavam
Preterite	solei	solaste	solou	solamos1, solámos2	solastes	solaram
Pluperfect	solara	solaras	solara	soláramos	soláreis	solaram
Future	solarei	solarás	solará	solaremos	solareis	solarão
Conditional	solaria	solarias	solaria	solaríamos	solaríeis	solariam
Subjunctive
Present	sole	soles	sole	solemos	soleis	solem
Imperfect	solasse	solasses	solasse	solássemos	solásseis	solassem
Future	solar	solares	solar	solarmos	solardes	solarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sola	sole	solemos	solai	solem
Negative (não)		não soles	não sole	não solemos	não soleis	não solem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Etymology 4

From sola (“sole”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /soˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: so‧lar

Verb

solar (first-person singular present solo, first-person singular preterite solei, past participle solado)

1. (sports, transitive) to hit someone with the sole of the shoe
2. (shoemaking, transitive) to sole (to put a sole on a shoe)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of solar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	solar
Personal	solar	solares	solar	solarmos	solardes	solarem
Gerund
	solando
Past participle
Masculine	solado			solados
Feminine	solada			soladas
Indicative
Present	solo	solas	sola	solamos	solais	solam
Imperfect	solava	solavas	solava	solávamos	soláveis	solavam
Preterite	solei	solaste	solou	solamos1, solámos2	solastes	solaram
Pluperfect	solara	solaras	solara	soláramos	soláreis	solaram
Future	solarei	solarás	solará	solaremos	solareis	solarão
Conditional	solaria	solarias	solaria	solaríamos	solaríeis	solariam
Subjunctive
Present	sole	soles	sole	solemos	soleis	solem
Imperfect	solasse	solasses	solasse	solássemos	solásseis	solassem
Future	solar	solares	solar	solarmos	solardes	solarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sola	sole	solemos	solai	solem
Negative (não)		não soles	não sole	não solemos	não soleis	não solem

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 Lingua 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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French solaire, from Latin solaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlar/

Adjective

solar m or n (feminine singular solară, masculine plural solari, feminine and neuter plural solare)

1. solar

   Synonym: soresc

Declension

Declension of solar

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	solar		solară		solari	solare
	definite	solarul		solara		solarii	solarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	solar		solare		solari	solare
	definite	solarului		solarei		solarilor	solarelor

Further reading

• “solar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sòlār m anim (Cyrillic spelling со̀ла̄р)

1. bullary worker

Declension

Declension of solar

	singular	plural
nominative	solar	solari
genitive	solara	solara
dative	solaru	solarima
accusative	solara	solare
vocative	solaru	solari
locative	solaru	solarima
instrumental	solarom	solarima

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlaɾ/ [soˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧lar

Etymology 1

From suelo (“ground”), from Latin solum.

Noun

solar m (plural solares)

1. ground, land
2. house (of a family), noble lineage

   Synonym: casa

3. (Cuba) tenement house

   Synonym: casa de vecindad

Verb

solar (first-person singular present suelo, first-person singular preterite solé, past participle solado)

1. to pave
2. to sole a shoe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of solar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			solar
gerund			solando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		solado		solada
		plural		solados		soladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	suelo	suelastú solásvos	suela	solamos	soláis	suelan
	imperfect	solaba	solabas	solaba	solábamos	solabais	solaban
	preterite	solé	solaste	soló	solamos	solasteis	solaron
	future	solaré	solarás	solará	solaremos	solaréis	solarán
	conditional	solaría	solarías	solaría	solaríamos	solaríais	solarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	suele	suelestú solésvos2	suele	solemos	soléis	suelen
	imperfect (ra)	solara	solaras	solara	soláramos	solarais	solaran
	imperfect (se)	solase	solases	solase	solásemos	solaseis	solasen
	future1	solare	solares	solare	soláremos	solareis	solaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		suelatú solávos	suele	solemos	solad	suelen
	negative		no sueles	no suele	no solemos	no soléis	no suelen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of solar (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive solar	dative	solarme	solarte	solarle, solarse	solarnos	solaros	solarles, solarse
	accusative	solarme	solarte	solarlo, solarla, solarse	solarnos	solaros	solarlos, solarlas, solarse
with gerund solando	dative	solándome	solándote	solándole, solándose	solándonos	solándoos	solándoles, solándose
	accusative	solándome	solándote	solándolo, solándola, solándose	solándonos	solándoos	solándolos, solándolas, solándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative suela	dative	suélame	suélate	suélale	suélanos	not used	suélales
	accusative	suélame	suélate	suélalo, suélala	suélanos	not used	suélalos, suélalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative solá	dative	solame	solate	solale	solanos	not used	solales
	accusative	solame	solate	solalo, solala	solanos	not used	solalos, solalas
with formal second-person singular imperative suele	dative	suéleme	not used	suélele, suélese	suélenos	not used	suéleles
	accusative	suéleme	not used	suélelo, suélela, suélese	suélenos	not used	suélelos, suélelas
with first-person plural imperative solemos	dative	not used	solémoste	solémosle	solémonos	solémoos	solémosles
	accusative	not used	solémoste	solémoslo, solémosla	solémonos	solémoos	solémoslos, solémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative solad	dative	soladme	not used	soladle	soladnos	solaos	soladles
	accusative	soladme	not used	soladlo, soladla	soladnos	solaos	soladlos, soladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative suelen	dative	suélenme	not used	suélenle	suélennos	not used	suélenles, suélense
	accusative	suélenme	not used	suélenlo, suélenla	suélennos	not used	suélenlos, suélenlas, suélense

Derived terms

• solador

Etymology 2

From Latin sōlāris (“solar”).

Adjective

solar m or f (masculine and feminine plural solares)

1. solar

Derived terms

• antisolar
• calendario solar
• cama solar
• célula solar
• colector solar
• corona solar
• día solar
• eclipse solar
• energía solar
• erupción solar
• masa solar
• panel solar
• plexo solar
• protector solar
• protuberancia solar
• reloj solar
• sistema solar
• solarizar
• techo solar
• vela solar
• viento solar

Related terms

• sol

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

1. indefinite plural of sol

Verb

solar

1. present indicative of sola

Anagrams

• loars, sorla