solo

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• Canada, US: /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
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• Canada, US: /ˈsoʊl.oʊ/
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• UK: /ˈsəʊ.ləʊ/
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• rhymes with (US, Canada) -oʊloʊ
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• rhymes with (UK) -əʊləʊ
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• CMU ARPABET: S OW1 L OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Italian solo, from Latin sōlus, probably related to se (“himself”).

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: единичен (ediničen) — without a companion or instructor
• Bulgarian: самостоятелен (samostojatelen) — without a companion or instructor
• Chinese Mandarin: 單 /单 (dān) — without a companion or instructor
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨自的 /独自的 (dúzì de) — without a companion or instructor
• Chinese Mandarin: 單獨的 /单独的 (dāndú de) — without a companion or instructor
• Czech: sólo — without a companion or instructor
• Dutch: alleen — without a companion or instructor
• French: solo — without a companion or instructor
• French: solitaire — without a companion or instructor
• German: einzeln — without a companion or instructor
• Italian: solitario — without a companion or instructor
• Italian: solo — without a companion or instructor
• Māori: takitahi — without a companion or instructor
• Māori: tōtahi — without a companion or instructor
• Polish: solo — without a companion or instructor
• Portuguese: solo — without a companion or instructor
• Russian: самостоятельно (samostojatelʹno) — without a companion or instructor
• Spanish: solo — without a companion or instructor
• Swedish: solo — without a companion or instructor
• Swedish: ensam — without a companion or instructor
• Vietnamese: độc — without a companion or instructor
• Vietnamese: đơn — without a companion or instructor
• Vietnamese: một mình — without a companion or instructor
• Vietnamese: tự — without a companion or instructor
• Vietnamese: tự mình — without a companion or instructor
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨唱 /独唱 (dúchàng) — of a musical solo
• Dutch: solo — of a musical solo
• French: solo — of a musical solo
• German: solo — of a musical solo
• Italian: solista — of a musical solo
• Italian: da solista — of a musical solo
• Italian: per solista — of a musical solo
• Portuguese: solo — of a musical solo
• Romanian: solo — of a musical solo
• Russian: со́ло (sólo) — of a musical solo
• Russian: со́льный (sólʹnyj) — of a musical solo
• Spanish: solo — of a musical solo
• Swedish: solo — of a musical solo
• Vietnamese: độc xướng — of a musical solo
• Armenian: մեներգ (menerg) — piece of music for one
• Bulgarian: соло (solo) — piece of music for one
• Catalan: solo — piece of music for one
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨奏 /独奏 (dúzòu) — piece of music for one
• Chinese Mandarin: 獨唱 /独唱 (dúchàn) — piece of music for one
• Czech: sólo — piece of music for one
• Dutch: solo — piece of music for one
• Esperanto: solo — piece of music for one
• Esperanto: soloo — piece of music for one
• Finnish: soolo — piece of music for one
• French: solo — piece of music for one
• German: Solo — piece of music for one
• Greek: σόλο (sólo) — piece of music for one
• Irish: aonréad — piece of music for one
• Italian: assolo — piece of music for one
• Italian: solo — piece of music for one
• Japanese: ソロ (soro) — piece of music for one
• Japanese: 独奏 (dokusō) — piece of music for one
• Japanese: 独唱 (dokushō) — piece of music for one
• Māori: hianga — piece of music for one
• Norman: solo — piece of music for one
• Polish: solo — piece of music for one
• Polish: solówka — piece of music for one
• Portuguese: solo — piece of music for one
• Romanian: solo — piece of music for one
• Russian: со́ло (sólo) — piece of music for one
• Spanish: solo — piece of music for one
• Swedish: solo — piece of music for one
• Vietnamese: độc tấu — piece of music for one
• Vietnamese: độc xướng — piece of music for one
• Welsh: unawd — piece of music for one
• Dutch: solo — job or performance done by one person
• Finnish: soolo — job or performance done by one person
• French: solo — job or performance done by one person
• Galician: solo — job or performance done by one person
• Galician: só — job or performance done by one person
• German: Solo — job or performance done by one person
• Greek: σόλο (sólo) — job or performance done by one person
• Italian: in solitaria — job or performance done by one person
• Italian: da solo — job or performance done by one person
• Māori: hīanga — job or performance done by one person
• Norman: solo — job or performance done by one person
• Portuguese: solo — job or performance done by one person
• Romanian: solo — job or performance done by one person
• Spanish: aria — job or performance done by one person
• Spanish: romanza — job or performance done by one person
• Swedish: solo — job or performance done by one person
• Vietnamese: một mình — job or performance done by one person
• Chinese Mandarin: 惠斯特紙牌戲 /惠斯特纸牌戏 (huìsītè zhǐpáixì) — card game
• Dutch: solo — card game
• Finnish: soolo — card game
• German: Solo — card game
• Italian: solitario — card game
• Spanish: solitario — card game
• Chinese Mandarin: no corresponding word known — to perform a solo
• Dutch: een solo spelen — to perform a solo
• German: ein Solo spielen — to perform a solo
• Italian: fare un assolo — to perform a solo
• Māori: whakatene — to perform a solo
• Portuguese: solar — to perform a solo
• Russian: солировать (solirovatʹ) — to perform a solo
• Spanish: tocar un solo — to perform a solo
• Vietnamese: độc diễn — to perform a solo
• Dutch: solo — to perform something in the absence of anyone else
• Finnish: sooloilla — to perform something in the absence of anyone else
• German: allein machen — to perform something in the absence of anyone else
• Italian: volare da solo — to perform something in the absence of anyone else
• Spanish: ir por su cuenta — to perform something in the absence of anyone else
• Spanish: realizar por cuenta propia — to perform something in the absence of anyone else
• Spanish: efectuar por su propia cuenta — to perform something in the absence of anyone else
• Portuguese: solar — to independently tackle a challenge
• Spanish: hacerlo solo — to independently tackle a challenge