Phrase guide

solar panel

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈsəʊ.ləˌpæ.nəl/ non-rhotic
  • /ˈsəʊ.ləɹˌpæ.nəl/ rhotic
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1

noun

Meaning 1

An array of connected solar cells.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

electrical device consisting of a large array of connected solar cells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: solar array, solar battery

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: electrical device

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sonpaneel — array of connected solar cells
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܚܵܐ ܫܸܡܫܵܢܵܝܵܐ (lūḥā šimšānāyā) — array of connected solar cells
  • Armenian: արեւային մարտկոց (arewayin martkocʻ) — array of connected solar cells
  • Asturian: panel solar — array of connected solar cells
  • Azerbaijani: günəş paneli — array of connected solar cells
  • Belarusian: сонечная батарэя (sónječnaja batareja) — array of connected solar cells
  • Bengali: সৌর প্যানেল (śōur pênel) — array of connected solar cells
  • Bulgarian: слънчева батерия (slǎnčeva baterija) — array of connected solar cells
  • Catalan: placa solar — array of connected solar cells
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太陽能電池板 /太阳能电池板 (tàiyángnéng diànchíbǎn) — array of connected solar cells
  • Chinese Mandarin: 太陽能板 /太阳能板 (tàiyángnéngbǎn) — array of connected solar cells
  • Czech: solární panel — array of connected solar cells
  • Dutch: zonnepaneel — array of connected solar cells
  • Esperanto: sunpanelo — array of connected solar cells
  • Estonian: päikesepatarei — array of connected solar cells
  • Finnish: aurinkopaneeli — array of connected solar cells
  • Finnish: aurinkokennosto — array of connected solar cells
  • French: panneau solaire — array of connected solar cells
  • Galician: panel solar — array of connected solar cells
  • Georgian: მზის პანელი (mzis ṗaneli) — array of connected solar cells
  • Georgian: მზის ბატარეა (mzis baṭarea) — array of connected solar cells
  • German: Solarmodul — array of connected solar cells
  • German: Sonnenkollektor — array of connected solar cells
  • German: Photovoltaikmodul — array of connected solar cells
  • Greek: ηλιακό πάνελ (iliakó pánel) — array of connected solar cells
  • Hebrew: פאנל סולארי — array of connected solar cells
  • Hindi: सौर पैनल (saur painal) — array of connected solar cells
  • Indonesian: panel surya — array of connected solar cells
  • Japanese: ソーラーパネル (sōrāpaneru) — array of connected solar cells
  • Kannada: ಸೌರ ಫಲಕ (saura phalaka) — array of connected solar cells
  • Korean: 태양 전지판 (taeyang jeonjipan) — array of connected solar cells
  • Lithuanian: saulės modulis — array of connected solar cells
  • Malay: panel suria — array of connected solar cells
  • Malayalam: സോളാർ പാനൽ (sōḷāṟ pānal) — array of connected solar cells
  • Māori: papa kōmaru — array of connected solar cells
  • Mongolian: нарны хавтан (narny xavtan) — array of connected solar cells
  • Navajo: sháńdíín náyiiláhí — array of connected solar cells
  • Norwegian Bokmål: solfanger — array of connected solar cells
  • Norwegian Bokmål: solcellepanel — array of connected solar cells
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: solfangar — array of connected solar cells
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: solcellepanel — array of connected solar cells
  • Persian: پنل خورشیدی — array of connected solar cells
  • Polish: panel fotowoltaiczny — array of connected solar cells
  • Portuguese: painel solar — array of connected solar cells
  • Portuguese: painel fotovoltaico — array of connected solar cells
  • Romanian: panou solar — array of connected solar cells
  • Russian: со́лнечная батаре́я (sólnečnaja bataréja) — array of connected solar cells
  • Scottish Gaelic: pannal-grèine — array of connected solar cells
  • Scottish Gaelic: clàr-grèine — array of connected solar cells
  • Slovak: solárny panel — array of connected solar cells
  • Spanish: panel solar — array of connected solar cells
  • Spanish: panel solar fotovoltaico — array of connected solar cells
  • Spanish: panel fotovoltaico — array of connected solar cells
  • Swedish: solpanel — array of connected solar cells
  • Turkish: güneş paneli — array of connected solar cells
  • Ukrainian: сонячна панель (sonjačna panelʹ) — array of connected solar cells
  • Uzbek: quyosh batareyasi — array of connected solar cells
  • Vietnamese: tấm năng lượng Mặt Trời — array of connected solar cells
  • Vietnamese: tấm quang năng — array of connected solar cells