# solder
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English souder, soudere, soudur (noun), from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (“to solder”, verb) (> Middle English souden (“to solder”)), from Latin solidāre (“make solid”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) enPR: sŏlʹdə(r), sōlʹdə(r); IPA: /ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/, /ˈsəʊl.də(ɹ)/
    Rhymes: -ɒldə(ɹ), -əʊldə(ɹ)
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* (Canada, General American) enPR: sŏdʹər, sōʹdər, sôʹdər; IPA: /ˈsɑd.ɚ/, /ˈsoʊ.dɚ/, (now rare) /ˈsɔ.dɚ/
    Rhymes: -ɒdə(ɹ), -əʊdə(ɹ), -ɔːdə(ɹ)
    Audio (US):(file)
    LanguageHat discussion of the many pronunciations of “solder”

### Noun

solder (countable and uncountable, plural solders)
* Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
** 1991, John H. Lau, Solder Joint Reliability: Theory and Applications, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 225:...the packaging of electronic components has moved from technology that used solder predominantly as an electrical connection (plated through-hole) to technology that uses solder as both a mechanical and electrical connection (surface mount technology)...
** 1991 December 8, Liz Galst, quoting Buck, “Gay Male Incest Survivors, Safer Sex, and AIDS”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 21, page 9:I've had so little feeling that I've burned myself with liquid solder and watched my skin burn and not felt anything.
* Figuratively, circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together in analogy to solder that joins metals.
** 1860, D R. M'Nab, Christian consolation; The way home; and Conjugal love‎:Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul — and solder of society.

#### Derived terms

* gold solder
* solder bump
* solder gobbler
* solder mask
* solder resist
* solder stop

#### Translations
### Verb

solder (third-person singular simple present solders, present participle soldering, simple past and past participle soldered)
* to join items together, or to coat them with solder
* (figuratively) to join things as if with solder.
** 2013, Elizabeth Burton-Phillips, Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?: What drugs did to my family, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN, page 137?:In the days that followed Nick's death I was in severe shock. I was shattered both physically and emotionally... I seemed to be living in slow motion, waiting for the fragmented parts of my body and mind to solder themselves together.

#### Antonyms

* desolder

#### Derived terms

* solderer
* soldering bolt
* soldering iron

#### Translations
### See also

* braze
* flux
* weld

### Anagrams

* Elrods, Loders, dorsel, resold

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch zolder, from Middle Dutch solre, solder, from Old Dutch *solari, *soleri, from Latin sōlārium.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɔl.dər/

### Noun

solder (plural solders, diminutive soldertjie)
* attic

#### Derived terms

* brandsolder
* solderkamer

## French
### Etymology

From solde +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔl.de/

### Verb

solder
* to close (a deal)
* to settle, to pay off (debt)
* to sell at sales, to have a sale
* (reflexive, ~ par) to end up (in), to result (in)

#### Related terms

* solde
* solderie
* soldeur

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* drôles

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch soldeer, from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (“to solder”, verb) (> Middle English souden (“to solder”)), from Latin solidāre (“make solid”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɔldɛr]
* Hyphenation: sol‧dèr

### Noun

solder-solder
* solder: any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small
    Synonym: patri

#### Derived terms

* disolder
* menyolder

### Further reading

* “solder” 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.