Standard Lemma guide

solar

adj · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊ.lə/
  • General-American: /ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊlə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: S OW1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • solar light
  • solar rays
  • solar influence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Born under the predominant influence of the sun.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected by its influence.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Employing solar power.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a solar furnace

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Alternative letter-case form of solar (“pertaining to the Sun (the star Sol)”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Ellipsis of solar energy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A fictional currency used in science fiction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective

Meaning 10

relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • solar eclipse
  • solar energy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

By surface analysis, Sol + -ar.

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.

Across languages

Translations

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: የፀሐይ (yäṣ́äḥäy) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Arabic: شَمْسِيّ (šamsiyy) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Arabic: شمشي (šamši) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Arabic: شمسي (šamsi) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Armenian: արեւային (arewayin) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Armenian: արեգակնային (aregaknayin) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Asturian: solar — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Belarusian: со́нечны (sónječny) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Bengali: আফতাবী (aftabī) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Bulgarian: слъ́нчев (slǎ́nčev) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Catalan: solar — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太陽的 /太阳的 (tàiyáng de) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Czech: solární — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Czech: sluneční — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Dutch: zonne- — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Esperanto: suna — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Finnish: aurinko- — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Finnish: auringon- — of or pertaining to the sun
  • French: solaire — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Galician: solar — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Georgian: მზის (mzis) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Georgian: მზიური (mziuri) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • German: solar — of or pertaining to the sun
  • German: Sonnen- — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Greek: ηλιακός (iliakós) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Hebrew: שִׁמְשִׁי (shimshi) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Hindi: सौर (saur) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Ido: sunala — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Italian: solare — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Japanese: 日の — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Japanese: 太陽の (Taiyō no) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Kazakh: күн (kün) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Korean: 태양의 (taeyang-ui) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Korean: 해의 (hae-ui) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Central Kurdish: خۆری (xorî) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Central Kurdish: ڕۆژی (rojî) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Kyrgyz: күн (kün) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Latin: sōlāris — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Macedonian: сончев (sončev) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Malay: matahari — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Malay: suria — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Malay: kemataharian — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Malay: syamsi — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Maltese: xemxi — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Norman: solaithe — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sol- — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Occitan: solar — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Old English: sunlīċ — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Pashto: لمريز (lmariz) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Iranian Persian: خورْشیدی (xoršidi) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Iranian Persian: شَمْسی (šamsi) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Iranian Persian: آفْتابی (âftâbi) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Polish: słoneczny — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Polish: solarny — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Portuguese: solar — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Romanian: solar — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Russian: со́лнечный (sólnečnyj) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Sanskrit: सौर (saura) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Serbo-Croatian: сунчев — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Serbo-Croatian: sunčev — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Sindhi: شَمْسِي (šamsī) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Slovak: slnečný — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Slovene: sončen — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Spanish: solar — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Swedish: sol- — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Tajik: офтобӣ (oftobi) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Tajik: шамсӣ (šamsi) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Telugu: సౌర (saura) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Turkish: Güneş — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Turkmen: gün — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Ukrainian: со́нячний (sónjačnyj) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Urdu: شَمْسی (śamsī) — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Uzbek: quyosh — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Uzbek: quyoshga — of or pertaining to the sun
  • Irish: grianán — garret room
  • Welsh: heulfa — garret room
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