# solo
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (US, Canada) IPA: /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈsəʊ.ləʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: (US, Canada) -oʊloʊ, (UK) -əʊləʊ

### 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
### Adjective

solo (not comparable)
* Without a companion or instructor.
* (music) Of, or relating to, a musical solo.

#### Translations
### Adverb

solo (not comparable)
* Alone, without a companion.
** 1970, Paul McCartney (lyrics and music), “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.com‎: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.

### 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

* deep-water solo
* fly solo
* free solo
* free-solo
* solo album
* solo concert
* soloist
* solo parent
* solo poly
* solo polyamorous
* solo polyamory
* solo run
* solo sex
* solo whist

#### Related terms

* solitaire

#### Descendants

* → Portuguese: solar

#### See also

* Thesaurus:number

### Anagrams

* Loos, OOLs, Oslo, loos, sloo, sool

## Asturian
### Adjective

solo
* neuter of solu

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish solo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsolo/ [ˈso.l̪o]
* Hyphenation: so‧lo

### Adjective

sólo (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜓ)
* sole, only
    Synonym: bugtong
* alone
    Synonym: saro

#### Derived terms

* magsolo
* solohon

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian solo.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈsɔ.lu]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈsɔ.lo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [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

#### Further reading

* “solo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “solo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “solo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “solo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈsɔ.lu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔ.lo]

#### Verb

solo
* first-person singular present indicative of solar

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin solus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* drumsolo
* gitaarsolo
* solist
* soloactie

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From sola +‎ -o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsolo]
* Rhymes: -olo
* Hyphenation: so‧lo

### Noun

solo (accusative singular solon, plural soloj, accusative plural solojn)
* a single, solitary thing
* (music) solo
    Synonym: soloo

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo. Doublet of seul.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔ.lo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

solo m (plural solos)
* (music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)

#### Derived terms

* guitare solo
* soliste

#### See also

* duo, trio

### Further reading

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

## 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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* solamente
* da solo

##### 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

* soliloquio
* solingo
* solino
* solipede
* solipsismo
* solista
* solitario
* solitudine

### 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)
* sole; one; only; single (unique)
** 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎, 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)
* only; solely; just
    Synonyms: solamente, unikamente
** 1910, Reuben Eliyahu Israel, Traducsion libera de las poezias ebraicas de Roş Aşana i Kipur‎, 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 comunidadYou 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 2 “solo”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Latin
### Noun

solō
* 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

## Malagasy
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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:
** present indicative connegative
** 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

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “solo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “solo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025) “solo”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (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.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

Derived from Portuguese sol and Spanish sol and Kabuverdianu sol.

### Noun

solo
* sun

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* solista
* solistka
* solówka

### Further reading

* solo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* solo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɔ.lu/
* 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

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

### Further reading

* “solo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “solo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “solo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “solo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “solo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “solo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian solo.

### Noun

solo m (plural solouri)
* solo

#### Declension
## Samoan
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *solo₃ “to go quickly”.

### Verb

solo
* to move swiftly

#### Related terms

* gāsolo
* solofanua

### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “solo.3”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

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; the machine is self-washing.

##### Derived terms

* como un solo hombre
* de solo a solo
* gato solo
* más solo que la una
* más vale solo que mal acompañado
* por sí solo
* solito
* tejón solo

##### Related terms

* a solas
* soledad
* solitario

### Etymology 2

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...

##### Alternative forms

* sólo (superseded)

#### Further reading

* “solo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## 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
### References

* solo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* solo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* solo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Walloon
### Etymology 1

Derived from Latin sōl, compare French soleil.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /sɔ.ˈlɔ/
* Hyphenation: so‧lo

#### Noun

solo m (plural solos)
* (music) solo