# solar
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: sōl'ər, (General American) IPA: /ˈsoʊlɚ/, (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsəʊlə/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)
* (Indic) IPA: /ˈsoːlaː(ɾ)/

### 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

* 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
#### 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.

##### 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)
* (obsolete) A loft or upper chamber forming the private accommodation of the head of the household in a medieval hall; a garret room.

##### Translations
### 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: /soˈlaɾ/ [soˈl̪aɾ]
* Hyphenation: so‧lar

### Noun

solár
* property
    Synonym: propiyedad
* land
    Synonym: daga

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

From sòl (“soil”) +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [suˈla]
* IPA: (Balearic) [soˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [soˈlaɾ]

#### Noun

solar m (plural solars)
* lot, plot (a distinct portion of land, usually smaller than a field)

##### Related terms

* sòl

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin sōlāris.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [suˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [soˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [soˈlaɾ]

#### Adjective

solar m or f (masculine and feminine plural solars)
* (relational) sun; solar

##### Derived terms

* sistema solar
* vent solar

##### Related terms

* sol

### Etymology 3

From sòl (“soil; surface”) +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [suˈla]
* IPA: (Balearic) [soˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [soˈlaɾ]

#### 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

From sola (“sole”) +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [suˈla]
* IPA: (Balearic) [soˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [soˈlaɾ]

#### 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)

##### Derived terms

* ressolar

### Further reading

* “solar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “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: /soˈlaɾ/

#### 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

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

##### Related terms

* sola

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin sōlāris.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /soˈlaɾ/

#### Adjective

solar m or f (plural solares)
* 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: /zoˈlaːɐ̯/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

solar (strong nominative masculine singular solarer, not comparable)
* solar

#### 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

* IPA: [ˈsolar]
* Hyphenation: so‧lar

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

solar
* solar, of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun

### 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 (uncountable)
* 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: /suˈla/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

solar
* solar

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /suˈlar/

### Adjective

solar
* solar

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /soˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /soˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /suˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: so‧lar

#### Adjective

solar m or f (plural solares)
* (astronomy) solar (relating to the Sun)
* solar (relating to sunlight or solar energy)
* (figurative) radiant (beaming with vivacity and happiness)
    Synonyms: radiante, jovial

### Etymology 2

From solo (“ground”) +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /soˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /soˈlaʁ/ [soˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /soˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /suˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: so‧lar

#### Noun

solar m (plural solares)
* mansion (large, luxurious house)
    Synonyms: mansão, palacete

### Etymology 3

From solo (“solo”) +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /soˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /soˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /suˈla.ɾi/
* 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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Etymology 4

From sola (“sole”) +‎ -ar.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /soˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /soˈla(ʁ)/ [soˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /soˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /suˈla.ɾi/
* 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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “solar”, in iDicionário Aulete (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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French solaire, from Latin solaris.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /soˈlar/

### Adjective

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

#### Declension
### Further reading

* solar in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

sòlār m (Cyrillic spelling со̀ла̄р)
* bullary worker

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /soˈlaɾ/ [soˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: so‧lar

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

solar m (plural solares)
* ground, land
* house (of a family), noble lineage
    Synonym: casa
* (Cuba) tenement house
    Synonym: casa de vecindad

#### Verb

solar (first-person singular present suelo, first-person singular preterite solé, past participle solado)
* to pave
* to sole a shoe

##### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

##### Derived terms

* solador

### Etymology 2

From Latin sōlāris (“solar”).

#### Adjective

solar m or f (masculine and feminine plural solares)
* solar

##### Derived terms

* antisolar
* calendario solar
* célula solar
* colector solar
* corona solar
* día solar
* eclipse solar
* energía solar
* erupción solar
* masa solar
* panel solar
* plexo 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], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

solar
* indefinite plural of sol

### Verb

solar
* present indicative of sola

### Anagrams

* loars, sorla