adj · noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsəʊ.lə/
General-American:/ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/
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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
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