solstice

English

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥

Latin sōl

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti

Proto-Italic *sistō

Latin sistō

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin sōlstitiumlbor.

Old French solsticebor.

Middle English solstice

English solstice

From Middle English solstice, from Old French solstice, from Latin sōlstitium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒl.stɪs/, /ˈsəʊl.stɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.stɪs/, /ˈsoʊl.stɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒlstɪs, -əʊlstɪs

Noun

solstice (plural solstices)

1. One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.

   Synonym: sunstead

   Hyponyms: summer solstice, winter solstice

   Coordinate terms: equinox, lunistice

   • 2010, Capt Sp Meek, The Solar Magnet‎:

     The point at which the sun is nearest to the south pole we call the winter solstice, and the opposite point, the summer solstice.

Antonyms

• equinox

Derived terms

• northern solstice
• southern solstice
• summer solstice
• winter solstice

Related terms

• solstitial

Translations

point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun

Arabic: اِنْقِلَاب شَمْسِيّ m (inqilāb šamsiyy) Armenian: արևադարձ (hy) (arewadarj) Asturian: solsticiu (ast) Belarusian: сонцастая́нне n (soncastajánnje) Breton: goursav-heol m Bulgarian: слънцестое́не n (slǎncestoéne) Catalan: solstici (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 至日 (zh) (zhìrì), 至點 / 至点 (zh) (zhìdiǎn), 冬至 (zh) (dōngzhì) (winter solstice), 夏至 (zh) (xiàzhì) (summer solstice) Czech: slunovrat (cs) m Danish: solhverv (da) n Dutch: zonnewende (nl) f, zonnestilstand (nl) m Esperanto: solstico (eo) Estonian: pööripäev Finnish: päivänseisaus (fi) French: solstice (fr) m Georgian: ნაბუნიობა (nabunioba), მზებუდობა (mzebudoba) German: Sonnenwende (de) f Greek: ηλιοστάσιο (el) n (iliostásio) Hindi: अयनांत (hi) m (aynānt) Hungarian: napforduló (hu) Icelandic: sólstöður (is) f pl, sólhvörf n pl Irish: grianstad m Italian: solstizio (it) m Japanese: 冬至 (ja) (とうじ, tōji) (winter solstice), 夏至 (ja) (げし, geshi) (summer solstice) Karachay-Balkar: къоргъазин (qorğazin) Korean: 지점 (ko) (jijeom), 동지 (ko) (dongji) (winter), 하지 (ko) (haji) (summer) Latin: solstitium (la) n (summer), brūma f (winter) Latvian: saulgrieži (lv) m pl Lithuanian: saulėgrįža f Macedonian: сонцестој m (soncestoj) Malay: solstis Malayalam: അയനം (ml) (ayanaṁ) Maori: takanga o te rā, hikumutu (winter solstice), Ihu o Takurua (winter), Ihu o Hineraumati (summer), te tuakaihautanga o Tamanuiterā Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Navajo: shá niighááh, shá niiltłʼah Norwegian: Bokmål: solverv n Nynorsk: solkverv m Old English: sunstede m Persian: گشتن (fa) (gaštan), انقلاب (fa) (enqelâb) Polish: przesilenie (pl) n Portuguese: solstício (pt) m Romanian: solstițiu (ro) n, solstițiul verii n, solstițiul iernii n Russian: солнцестоя́ние (ru) n (solncestojánije) Sanskrit: अयनान्त (sa) m (ayanānta) Serbo-Croatian: suncostaj (sh) m, су̏нцоста̄ј m Sikkimese: ཉིན་ལྡོག (nyin ldog) Slovak: slnovrat (sk) m Slovene: sónčev obràt m, solstícij m Spanish: solsticio (es) m Swedish: sommarsolstånd (sv) (the longest day), vintersolstånd (sv) (the shortest day), solstånd (sv) n Tagalog: solstisyo Thai: มายัน (mayan) Tibetan: ཉི་མ་ལོག་ཡག (nyi ma log yag) Ukrainian: сонцестоя́ння (uk) n (soncestojánnja) Vietnamese: điểm chí Welsh: heuldro m

Anagrams

• isolects, scolites, solecist

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

solstice

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Inherited from Old French solstice, a learned borrowing from Latin sōlstitium, from sōl + sistō + -ium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔl.stis/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Rhymes: -is

Noun

solstice m (plural solstices)

1. (astronomy) solstice

   Hyponyms: solstice d'été, solstice d'hiver

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: sòlstis

Further reading

• “solstice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• solsticium

Etymology

From Old French solstice and Latin sōlstitium.

Noun

solstice (plural solstices)

1. solstice (summer or winter)
2. the day of the solstice

Descendants

• English: solstice

References

• “solstice, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2024.

Old French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sōlstitium.

Noun

solstice oblique singular, m (oblique plural solstices, nominative singular solstices, nominative plural solstice)

1. (astronomy) solstice

Descendants

• French: solstice
• → Middle English: solstice
  • English: solstice