adj
Meaning 1
Living or being alone; solitary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Standard Lemma guide
solitaire
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: /ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /ˈsɑ.ləˌtɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: S AA2 L AH0 T EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- 1722-1723, Alexander Pope, letter to a lady [...] he really wishes he had never beheld you, nor yours. You have spoiled him for a solitaire, and a book, all the days of his life; and put him into such a condition, that he thinks of nothing, and enquires of nothing but after a person who has nothing to say to him, and has left him for ever [...]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hermit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A game for one person, played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping", as in draughts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: board games
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noun
Meaning 4
Any of various card games that can be played by one person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
Topics: card-games, games
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: patience
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), an extinct bird related to the dodo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Ellipsis of Réunion solitaire (Raphus solitarius, now Threskiornis solitarius), an extinct bird formerly believed to be related to the dodo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Réunion ibis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
One of several American species of bird in the genus Myadestes in the thrush family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A single gem, usually a diamond, mounted in a piece of jewellery by itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: jewelry, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 9
A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
a card game played by one person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: patience
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: card game, cards
Narrower terms: canfield, klondike, Russian bank, crapette
noun
Meaning 11
a dull grey North American thrush noted for its beautiful song
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: thrush
noun
Meaning 12
extinct flightless bird related to the dodo
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Pezophaps solitaria
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: columbiform bird
noun
Meaning 13
a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: jewel, gem, precious stone
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French solitaire, ultimately from Latin sōlitārius. Doublet of solitary.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: solitari — living alone or being alone; solitary
- Finnish: yksin asuva — living alone or being alone; solitary
- Finnish: yksinäinen — living alone or being alone; solitary
- French: solitaire — living alone or being alone; solitary
- Spanish: solitario — living alone or being alone; solitary
- Catalan: Solitari — peg solitaire
- Finnish: erakkopeli — peg solitaire
- Finnish: lautapasianssi — peg solitaire
- French: Solitaire — peg solitaire
- German: Solitär — peg solitaire
- Italian: Peg Solitaire — peg solitaire
- Spanish: Senku — peg solitaire
- Finnish: reunionindodo — Threskiornis solitarius
- French: ibis de la Réunion — Threskiornis solitarius
- French: solitaire de la Réunion — Threskiornis solitarius
- French: dronte de la Réunion — Threskiornis solitarius
- Finnish: rastuli — bird of genus Myadestes
- French: solitaire — bird of genus Myadestes
- Bulgarian: солитер (soliter) — single gem
- French: solitaire — single gem
- German: Solitär — single gem
- Hungarian: szoliter — single gem
Real reading context