noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:sŏlʹdər
UK:sōlʹdər
UK:/ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/
UK:/ˈsəʊl.də(ɹ)/
rhymes with -ɒldə(ɹ)
rhymes with -əʊldə(ɹ)
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Received-Pronunciation, obsolete:sŏdʹər
Received-Pronunciation, obsolete:/ˈsɒ.də/
Canada, General-American:sŏdʹər
Canada, General-American:sōʹdər
Canada, General-American:sôʹdər
Canada, General-American:/ˈsɑd.ɚ/
Canada, General-American:/ˈsoʊ.dɚ/
archaic, Canada, General-American:/ˈsɔ.dɚ/
rhymes with -ɒdə(ɹ)
rhymes with -əʊdə(ɹ)
rhymes with -ɔːdə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET:S AA1 D ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Any of various easily melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together, by analogy to solder that joins metals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To join items together, or to coat them with solder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: desolder
4
verb
Meaning 4
To join things as if with solder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
an alloy (usually of lead and tin) used when melted to join two metal surfaces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: alloy, metal
Narrower terms: hard solder, silver solder, soft solder
6
verb
Meaning 6
join or fuse with solder
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
solder these two pipes together
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: join, conjoin
Narrower terms: dip solder, soft-solder, braze
History
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”).
Across languages
Translations
112 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
զոդ
(zod)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Azerbaijani:
lehim
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Basque:
eztainu
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Bulgarian:
припой
(pripoj)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Chinese Mandarin:
焊料
(hànliào)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Czech:
pájka
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Danish:
loddemetal
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Dutch:
soldeersel
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Esperanto:
luto
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Esperanto:
lutalojo
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Finnish:
juote
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Finnish:
juotemetalli
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Finnish:
juotostina
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
French:
soudure
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Galician:
solda
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Georgian:
სარჩილი
(sarčili)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
German:
Lötmetall
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
German:
Lot
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
German:
Lötdraht
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
German:
Lötzinn
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Greek:
καλάι
(kalái)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Gujarati:
રેણ
(reṇ)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Hebrew:
לחם
(lákham)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Hungarian:
forrasz
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Hungarian:
forraszanyag
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Hungarian:
forrasztóanyag
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Icelandic:
lóðmálmur
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Icelandic:
lóðtin
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Icelandic:
brasmálmur
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Icelandic:
loðningarefni
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Irish:
sádar
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Japanese:
半田
(handa)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Kazakh:
дәнекер
(däneker)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Khmer:
សំណផ្សារ
(sɑmnphsaa)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Korean:
땜납
(ttaemnap)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Latvian:
lode
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Macedonian:
лем
(lem)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Māori:
piuta
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Māori:
tūhoto
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Norwegian Bokmål:
loddemetall
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Norwegian Bokmål:
loddetråd
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Norwegian Nynorsk:
loddemetall
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Norwegian Nynorsk:
loddetråd
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Persian:
لحیم
(lahim)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Polish:
cyna
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Polish:
spoiwo lutownicze
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Polish:
lut
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Portuguese:
solda
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Russian:
припо́й
(pripój)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Serbo-Croatian:
lem
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Spanish:
estaño para soldar
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Spanish:
estaño
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Thai:
โลหะบัดกรี
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Tibetan:
ཚ་ལ
(tsha la)
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Turkish:
lehim
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Vietnamese:
chất hàn
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Welsh:
sodor
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Welsh:
sodr
— any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together
Armenian:
զոդել
(zodel)
— to join with solder
Azerbaijani:
lehimləmək
— to join with solder
Azerbaijani:
lehim vurmaq
— to join with solder
Bulgarian:
запоя́вам
(zapojávam)
— to join with solder
Bulgarian:
споя́вам
(spojávam)
— to join with solder
Catalan:
soldar
— to join with solder
Chinese Mandarin:
焊接
(hànjiē)
— to join with solder
Czech:
pájet
— to join with solder
Czech:
letovat
— to join with solder
Danish:
lodde
— to join with solder
Dutch:
solderen
— to join with solder
Esperanto:
luti
— to join with solder
Finnish:
juottaa
— to join with solder
French:
souder
— to join with solder
German:
löten
— to join with solder
Gujarati:
રેણ કરવું
(reṇ karvũ)
— to join with solder
Hebrew:
הלחים
(hilkhím)
— to join with solder
Hungarian:
forraszt
— to join with solder
Icelandic:
lóða
— to join with solder
Icelandic:
brasa
— to join with solder
Icelandic:
sjóða saman
— to join with solder
Icelandic:
kveikja
— to join with solder
Icelandic:
kveikja saman
— to join with solder
Irish:
sádráil
— to join with solder
Italian:
saldare
— to join with solder
Japanese:
はんだづけする
(handazuke suru)
— to join with solder
Kazakh:
дәнекерлеу
(dänekerleu)
— to join with solder
Khmer:
ផ្សារ
(phsaa)
— to join with solder
Korean:
납땜하다
(napttaemhada)
— to join with solder
Latin:
plumbō
— to join with solder
Latvian:
lodēt
— to join with solder
Macedonian:
леми
(lemi)
— to join with solder
Māori:
tūhoto
— to join with solder
Norwegian Bokmål:
lodde
— to join with solder
Norwegian Nynorsk:
lodde
— to join with solder
Persian:
لحیم کردن
(lahim kardan)
— to join with solder
Piedmontese:
saldé
— to join with solder
Polish:
lutować
— to join with solder
Portuguese:
soldar
— to join with solder
Quechua:
chapiy
— to join with solder
Romanian:
suda
— to join with solder
Russian:
пая́ть
(pajátʹ)
— to join with solder
Russian:
припая́ть
(pripajátʹ)
— to join with solder
Russian:
спая́ть
(spajátʹ)
— to join with solder
Serbo-Croatian:
zalemiti
— to join with solder
Spanish:
soldar (blandamente / al blando)
— to join with solder
Swedish:
löda
— to join with solder
Thai:
บัดกรี
(bàt-grii)
— to join with solder
Tibetan:
ཚ་ལ་བཏང
(tsha la btang)
— to join with solder