name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˌsɒl.ɪˈdæɹ.ti/
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General-American:/ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
General-American:/ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ti/
General-American:[ˌsɑ.ləˈdæɹ.ɾi]
General-American:/ˌsɑ.ləˈdɛɹ.ə.ti/
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Australian:/ˌsɔl.əˈdæɹ.ə.ti/
Australian:[ˌsɔl.əˈdæɹ.ə.ɾi]
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A political movement begun in the labor unions of Poland that contributed to the fall of Communism in that country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A bond of unity or agreement between individuals, united around a common goal or against a common enemy, such as the unifying principle that defines the labor movement; mutual support within a group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
A long time union member himself, Phil showed solidarity with the picketing grocery store workers by shopping at a competing, unionized store.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Willingness to support another person in a difficult position or needs affection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
Only the solidarity provided by her siblings allowed Margaret to cope with her mother's harrowing death.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: commonality, commonness
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, from English solidary + -ity, or from French solidarité (“solidarity”), from solidaire (“characterized by solidarity”), from Latin solidum (“whole sum”), neuter of solidus (“solid”).
Across languages
Translations
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
團結工會 /团结工会
(tuánjié gōnghuì)
— political movement
Chinese Mandarin:
團結工聯 /团结工联
(tuánjié gōng lián)
— political movement
Czech:
Solidarita
— political movement
Hungarian:
Szolidaritás
— political movement
Polish:
Solidarność
— political movement
Russian:
Солида́рность
(Solidárnostʹ)
— political movement
Spanish:
Solidaridad
— political movement
Ukrainian:
Соліда́рність
(Solidárnistʹ)
— political movement
Albanian:
solidaritet
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Arabic:
تَضَامُن
(taḍāmun)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Armenian:
համերաշխություն
(hamerašxutʻyun)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Azerbaijani:
həmrəylik
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Bashkir:
теләктәшлек
(teləktəşlek)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Basque:
elkartasun
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Basque:
solidaritate
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Belarusian:
саліда́рнасць
(salidárnascʹ)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Bulgarian:
солида́рност
(solidárnost)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Burmese:
စည်းလုံးညီညွတ်မှု
(cany:lum:nyi-nywathmu.)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Catalan:
solidaritat
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Chinese Mandarin:
團結 /团结
(tuánjié)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Czech:
solidarita
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Czech:
solidárnost
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Danish:
solidaritet
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Dutch:
solidariteit
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Estonian:
solidaarsus
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Finnish:
solidaarisuus
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
French:
solidarité
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Galician:
solidariedade
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Georgian:
სოლიდარობა
(solidaroba)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
German:
Solidarität
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Greek:
αλληλεγγύη
(allilengýi)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Greek:
συναδελφικότητα
(synadelfikótita)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Hebrew:
סוֹלִידָרִיּוּת
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Hindi:
एकता
(ektā)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Hindi:
ऐक्यभाव
(aikyabhāv)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Hindi:
एकजुटता
(ekjuṭtā)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Hungarian:
szolidaritás
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Indonesian:
kekompakan
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Indonesian:
kesetiakawanan
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Irish:
dlúthpháirtíocht
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Irish:
dlúthchomhar
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Italian:
solidarietà
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Japanese:
連帯
(rentai)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Kazakh:
ынтымақ
(yntymaq)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Khmer:
ទឡ្ហភាព
(tŏəlhaʼphiəp)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Khmer:
សាមគ្គី
(saamakkii)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Korean:
연대
(yeondae)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Korean:
련대
(ryeondae)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Kyrgyz:
ынтымак
(ıntımak)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Kyrgyz:
тиренишме
(tirenişme)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Kyrgyz:
тилектештик
(tilekteştik)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Ladino:
solidarita
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Ladino:
solidaridad
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Lao:
ຄວາມສາມັກຄີ
(khuām sā mak khī)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Latvian:
solidaritāte
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Lithuanian:
solidarumas
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Macedonian:
солидарност
(solidarnost)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Malay:
setiakawan
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Malayalam:
ഐകമത്യം
(aikamatyaṁ)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Maltese:
solidarjetà
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Navajo:
łaʼ ídlį́
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Norwegian Bokmål:
solidaritet
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Occitan:
solidaritat
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Persian:
همبستگی
(ham-bastegi)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Polish:
solidarność
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Portuguese:
solidariedade
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Romanian:
solidaritate
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Russian:
солида́рность
(solidárnostʹ)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Serbo-Croatian:
солида́рно̄ст
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Serbo-Croatian:
solidárnōst
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Slovak:
solidarita
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Slovak:
solidárnosť
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Slovene:
solidarnost
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Spanish:
solidaridad
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Swedish:
solidaritet
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Swedish:
sammanhållning
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Tagalog:
kaisahan
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Tagalog:
pakikiisa
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Tajik:
ҳамфикрӣ
(hamfikri)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Tajik:
ҳамраъйӣ
(hamra'yi)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Tajik:
муттафиқӣ
(muttafiqi)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Tajik:
ҳамбастагӣ
(hambastagi)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Tashelhit:
tiwizi
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Tatar:
теләктәшлек
(teläktäşlek)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Thai:
ความสามัคคี
(kwaam-sǎa-mák-kii)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Tibetan:
ཆིག་སྒྲིལ
(chig sgril)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Turkish:
dayanışma
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Ukrainian:
соліда́рність
(solidárnistʹ)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Urdu:
یَک جِہَتی
(yak jehatī)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Urdu:
یَگانْگَت
(yagāngat)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Uyghur:
ئىتتىپاقلىق
(ittipaqliq)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Uzbek:
birdamlik
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Uzbek:
hamfikrlik
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Vietnamese:
sự liên đới
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Vietnamese:
tình đoàn kết
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Welsh:
cydsafiad
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Welsh:
solidariaeth
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Yiddish:
סאָלידאַרישקײַט
(solidarishkayt)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Yiddish:
סאָלידאַריטעט
(solidaritet)
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Zulu:
ubuntu
— unifying bond between individuals with common goal or enemy
Catalan:
solidaritat
— psychological or material support
Czech:
solidarita
— psychological or material support
Danish:
solidaritet
— psychological or material support
Dutch:
solidariteit
— psychological or material support
Finnish:
tuki
— psychological or material support
French:
solidarité
— psychological or material support
German:
Solidarität
— psychological or material support
German:
Unterstützung
— psychological or material support
Greek:
αλληλεγγύη
(allilengýi)
— psychological or material support
Indonesian:
dukungan
— psychological or material support
Indonesian:
solidaritas
— psychological or material support
Italian:
solidarietà
— psychological or material support
Malay:
sokongan
— psychological or material support
Malay:
solidariti
— psychological or material support
Polish:
solidarność
— psychological or material support
Portuguese:
solidariedade
— psychological or material support
Spanish:
solidaridad
— psychological or material support