sole

masculine singular present transgressive of solit


sole

He saw now clearly that the sole crew of the vessel was these two dead men, and though he could not see their faces, he saw by their outstretched hands, which were all of ragged flesh, that they had been subjected to some strange exceptional process of decay.

1905, H. G. Wells, The Empire of the Ants:

(law) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.

The sole brilliance of this gem.

A sole authority.

From Middle English sole, soule, from Old French sol, soul (“alone”), from Latin sōlus (“alone, single, solitary, lonely”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). Perhaps related to Old Latin sollus (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“safe, healthy”). More at save.


sole

(anatomy) The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.

The Caliga was a military Shoe, with a very thick Sole, tied above the instep with leather Thongs.

1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations, page 147:

(footwear) The bottom of a shoe or boot.

Hast wandred through the world now long a day;Yet ceasest not thy wearie soles to lead

1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 9:

But the doue found no rest for the sole of her foote, and she returned vnto him into the Arke: […]

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 8:9:

The fishermen crowding in the cafés were also waiting for the end of the storm, when the fish, reassured, would rise to the surface after the bait. Soles, hog fish and skate were returning from their nocturnal expeditions. Day was now breaking.

1952, Nikos Kazantzakis, chapter 1, in Carl Wildman, transl., Zorba the Greek, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, translation of Βίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά [Víos kai politeía tou Aléxi Zormpá], →ISBN, page 3:

(zoology) Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.

(by extension) A flatfish resembling those of the family Soleidae.

The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.

The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.

The end section of the chanter of a set of bagpipes.

Coordinate term: frog

The horny substance under a horse's foot, which protects the more tender parts.

The rudder remains to be repaired, and is unshipped for the purpose; the sole of it is entirely gone

(nautical) A piece of timber attached to the lower part of the rudder, to make it even with the false keel.

(nautical) The floor inside the cabin of a yacht or boat

(mining) The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.

→ Hebrew: סוֹל (sol)

From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sole, solu. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman sole, Old French sole, from Vulgar Latin *sola (“bottom of the shoe”, also “flatfish”), from Latin solea (“sandal, bottom of the shoe”), from Proto-Indo-European *swol- (“sole”). Cognate with Dutch zool (“sole, tread”), German Sohle (“sole, insole, bottom, floor”), Danish sål (“sole”), Icelandic sóli (“sole, outsole”), Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰 (sulja, “sandal”). Related to Latin solum (“bottom, ground, soil”). More at soil.


sole

(transitive) To put a sole on a shoe or a boot.

en-verb

sole (third-person singular simple present soles, present participle soling, simple past and past participle soled)

soles (present singular third-person)
soling (participle present)
soled (participle past)
soled (past)


sole

(dialectal or obsolete) A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.

From Middle English sole, soole, from Old English sāl (“a rope, cord, line, bond, rein, door-hinge, necklace, collar”), from Proto-Germanic *sailą, *sailaz (“rope, cable”), *sailō (“noose, rein, bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *sey- (“to tie to, tie together”). Cognate with Scots sale, saile (“halter, collar”), Dutch zeel (“rope, cord, strap”), German Seil (“rope, cable, wire”), Icelandic seil (“a string, line”). Non-Germanic cognates include Albanian dell (“sinew, vein”).


sole

(dialectal, Northern England) A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.

From Middle English sol, from Old English sol (“mire, miry place”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mire, wallow, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian soal (“ditch”), Dutch sol (“water and mud filled pit”), German Suhle (“mire, wallow”), Norwegian saula, søyla (“mud puddle”). More at soil.


sole

(transitive, UK dialectal) To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.

From earlier sowle (“to pull by the ear”). Origin unknown. Perhaps from sow (“female pig”) + -le, as in the phrase "take a sow by the wrong ear", or from Middle English sole (“rope”). See above.


sole

(carpentry) sole, a piece of timber, a joist

(agriculture) a piece of land devoted to crop rotation

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea.


sole

first/third-person singular present subjunctive

inflection of solar:
third-person singular imperative


sole

What's up sole.

(informal) a person of (usually local) Samoan descent


sole

(colloquial, astronomy) star (for extension of Sole)

E tu onore di pianti, Ettore, avrai ¶ […] finché il Sole ¶ Risplenderà sulle sciagure umane.

1807, Ugo Foscolo, Dei Sepolcri, Molini, Landi e comp., published 1809, page 20:

And you, Hector, will be honored with cryings ¶ […] as long as the Sun ¶ will shine on the misfortunes of mankind.

quattro soli e altretante lune il mio corpo né da cibo né da sonno fu riconfortato

for four days and as many nights, my body hadn't been comforted by either food or sleep

Poi diſſe andiamo; e nel ſeguente ſole ¶ Giunſero al fiume

1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto XXXV, page 164:

He then said "Let us go"; and in the following day ¶ they reached the river

Goffredo alloggia ne la Terra: e vuole ¶ Rinouar poi l'aſſalto al nouo Sole

1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata [Jerusalem Delivered], Erasmo Viotti, Canto XIX, page 441:

Within the land Godfrey would lodge that night, ¶ and with the day renew the assault and fight.

Intero un sole al lagrimar si doni; ¶ Poi con coraggio, chi morì s'intombi

1825, Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade [Iliad], Milan: Giovanni Resnati e Gius. Bernardoni di Gio, translation of Ἰλιάς (Iliás) by Homer, published 1840, Book XIX, page 424:

Let an entire day be dedicated to the mourning; ¶ then with bravery, let us bury those who died

(poetic) daytime, day (the interval between sunrise and sunset)

Poi appresso convien che questa caggia ¶ infra tre soli, e che l'altra sormonti ¶ con la forza di tal che testé piaggia.

1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto VI, page 94, lines 67–69:

Then afterwards behoves it this one fall ¶ within three suns, and rise again the other ¶ by force of him who now is on the coast.

Sotto duo negri e ſottilisſimi archi ¶ Son duo negri occhi, anzi duo chiari Soli

1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto VII, page 26:

Below two thin, black eyebrows ¶ are two black eyes; nay, two bright suns

it-noun

sole m (plural soli, diminutive (colloquial) solicèllo or (uncommon) solicìno)

soli (plural)
solicèllo (colloquial diminutive)
solicìno (diminutive uncommon)

From Sole, from Latin sōlem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognates include Greek ήλιος (ílios), Icelandic sól, Hindi सूर्य (sūrya), and Russian со́лнце (sólnce).


sole

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


sole

Steva chiuvenno, po' è asciuto 'o sole.


sole

From Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea.


sole

(reflexive, sole seg) to sunbathe, sun oneself, bask (also figurative)

head

sole (imperative sol, present tense soler, passive -, simple past sola or solet or solte, past participle sola or solet or solt, present participle solende)

sol (imperative)
soler (present)
sola (past)
solet (past)
solte (past)
sola (participle past)
solet (participle past)
solt (participle past)
solende (participle present)


sole

(anatomy) a sole (bottom or plantar surface of the foot)

(footwear) a sole (bottom of a shoe or boot)

solen (definite singular)
solar (indefinite plural)
solane (definite plural)

From Old Norse sóli m, from Latin solum (“bottom, ground”).


sole

solar (present)
sola (past)
sola (participle past)
solast (infinitive passive)
solande (participle present)
sole (imperative)
sol (imperative)


sole

sole (nominative singular)
solan (nominative plural)
solan (accusative singular)
solan (accusative plural)
solan (genitive singular)
solena (genitive plural)
solan (dative singular)
solum (dative plural)

Middle English: sole, soole

English: sole

Scots: sole

Borrowed from Latin solea, from solum (“bottom, base”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swol-.


sole

oblique/nominative feminine singular of sol


sole

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sól


sole

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sola


sole

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sol