"solitude" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɑlɪˌtud/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-solitude.ogg [US] Forms: solitudes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English solitude, from Old French solitude. By surface analysis, sole + -itude. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|solitude}} Middle English solitude, {{der|en|fro|solitude}} Old French solitude, {{surf|en|sole|-itude}} By surface analysis, sole + -itude Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} solitude (countable and uncountable, plural solitudes)
  1. Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: aloneness Translations (state of being alone): ἐρημία (erēmía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), عُزْلَة (ʕuzla) (Arabic), singurami [feminine] (Aromanian), singurãtati [feminine] (Aromanian), singureatsã [feminine] (Aromanian), yalqızlıq (Azerbaijani), təklik (Azerbaijani), яңғыҙлыҡ (yañğıźlıq) (Bashkir), solitud [feminine] (Catalan), 孤寂 (gūjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 孤獨 (Chinese Mandarin), 孤独 (gūdú) (Chinese Mandarin), 孑然 (jiérán) (Chinese Mandarin), samota [feminine] (Czech), ensomhed [common-gender] (Danish), eenzaamheid [feminine] (Dutch), soleco (Esperanto), üksindus (Estonian), einsemi [feminine, neuter] (Faroese), yksinäisyys (Finnish), solitude [feminine] (French), Einsamkeit [feminine] (German), Alleinsein [neuter] (German), μοναξιά (monaxiá) [feminine] (Greek), בדידות (bedidut) [feminine] (Hebrew), magány (Hungarian), einsemd [feminine] (Icelandic), kesepian (Indonesian), aonarachas [masculine] (Irish), aonaracht [feminine] (Irish), solitudine [feminine] (Italian), 孤独 (kodoku) (alt: こどく) (Japanese), жалғыздық (jalğyzdyq) (Kazakh), жалқылық (jalqylyq) (Kazakh), វិវេកភាព (viveikphiəp) (Khmer), ភាពឯកោ (phéapʼékaô) (Khmer), 고독 (godok) (Korean), жалгыздык (jalgızdık) (Kyrgyz), solitudo [feminine] (Latin), solitās [feminine] (Latin), vienatne [feminine] (Latvian), vienatnība [feminine] (Latvian), vienatvė [feminine] (Lithuanian), ഏകാന്തത (ēkāntata) (Malayalam), ensomhet [common-gender] (Norwegian), ānād [neuter] (Old English), یالڭزلك (yalñızlık) (Ottoman Turkish), samotność [feminine] (Polish), solidão [feminine] (Portuguese), solitude [feminine] (Portuguese), singurătate [feminine] (Romanian), solitudine [feminine] (Romanian), одиночество (odinočestvo) [neuter] (Russian), уединение (ujedinenije) [neuter] (Russian), रहस् (rahas) [neuter] (Sanskrit), osama (Serbo-Croatian), samota [feminine] (Slovak), samota [feminine] (Slovene), soledad [feminine] (Spanish), solitud [feminine] (Spanish), ensamhet [common-gender] (Swedish), yalğızlıq (Tatar), ఏకాంతము (ēkāntamu) (Telugu), ความโดดเดี่ยว (Thai), དབེན་པ (dben pa) (Tibetan), yalnızlık (Turkish), ýalnyzlyk (Turkmen), самотність (samotnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), yolg‘izlik (Uzbek), unigedd [masculine] (Welsh), соҕотохсуйуу (soğotoqsuyuu) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-solitude-en-noun-JqxNzaTv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -itude Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -itude: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'state of being alone': 95 5
  2. A lonely or deserted place. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-solitude-en-noun-d33fuS6P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: aloneness, isolation, loneliness, onehead, oneship, seclusion, solitariness, solitude Hyponyms: companionlessness, friendlessness Derived forms: two solitudes Related terms: sole, solo, soliloquy, solitary, solitudinous, solitudinously, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitarily, by oneself

Inflected forms

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          "word": "عُزْلَة"
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "state of being alone",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "təklik"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "yañğıźlıq",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "яңғыҙлыҡ"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gūjì",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "孤寂"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "孤獨"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gūdú",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
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        },
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ensomhed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "eenzaamheid"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "soleco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "üksindus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "einsemi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "yksinäisyys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "solitude"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Einsamkeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Alleinsein"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "monaxiá",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μοναξιά"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "erēmía",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ἐρημία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "bedidut",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "בדידות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "magány"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "einsemd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "kesepian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "aonarachas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aonaracht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "solitudine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "alt": "こどく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kodoku",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "孤独"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jalğyzdyq",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "жалғыздық"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jalqylyq",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "жалқылық"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "viveikphiəp",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "វិវេកភាព"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phéapʼékaô",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "ភាពឯកោ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "godok",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "고독"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jalgızdık",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "жалгыздык"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "solitudo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "solitās"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vienatne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vienatnība"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vienatvė"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ēkāntata",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "ഏകാന്തത"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ensomhet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ānād"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "yalñızlık",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "یالڭزلك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samotność"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "solidão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "solitude"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "singurătate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "solitudine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "odinočestvo",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "одиночество"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ujedinenije",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "уединение"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "rahas",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "रहस्"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "osama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "soledad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "solitud"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ensamhet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "yalğızlıq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "ēkāntamu",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "ఏకాంతము"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "state of being alone",
          "word": "ความโดดเดี่ยว"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "lang": "Tibetan",
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          "word": "yalnızlık"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "word": "ýalnyzlyk"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "word": "yolg‘izlik"
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          "text": "[S]uch an one […] recalls as a vision of Paradise the land he has learnt to love; he exaggerates the insalubrity of a northern climate; he bewails the wretched formality of our civilised life, and so, back to the distant solitudes flies his recollection like a dove to the wilderness.",
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          "text": "[S]uch an one […] recalls as a vision of Paradise the land he has learnt to love; he exaggerates the insalubrity of a northern climate; he bewails the wretched formality of our civilised life, and so, back to the distant solitudes flies his recollection like a dove to the wilderness.",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕuzla",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "عُزْلَة"
    },
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      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "singurami"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "singurãtati"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "singureatsã"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "yalqızlıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "təklik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "yañğıźlıq",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "яңғыҙлыҡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "solitud"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gūjì",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "孤寂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "孤獨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gūdú",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "孤独"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiérán",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "孑然"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samota"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ensomhed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eenzaamheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "soleco"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "üksindus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "einsemi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "yksinäisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "solitude"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einsamkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Alleinsein"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "monaxiá",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μοναξιά"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "erēmía",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἐρημία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bedidut",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "בדידות"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "magány"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "einsemd"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "kesepian"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aonarachas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aonaracht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "solitudine"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こどく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kodoku",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "孤独"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jalğyzdyq",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "жалғыздық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jalqylyq",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "жалқылық"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "viveikphiəp",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "វិវេកភាព"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phéapʼékaô",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "ភាពឯកោ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "godok",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "고독"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jalgızdık",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "жалгыздык"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "solitudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "solitās"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vienatne"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vienatnība"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vienatvė"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "ēkāntata",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "ഏകാന്തത"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ensomhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ānād"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "yalñızlık",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "یالڭزلك"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samotność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "solidão"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "solitude"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "singurătate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "solitudine"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "odinočestvo",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "одиночество"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ujedinenije",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "уединение"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "rahas",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "रहस्"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "osama"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samota"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samota"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "soledad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "solitud"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ensamhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "yalğızlıq"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ēkāntamu",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "ఏకాంతము"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "ความโดดเดี่ยว"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dben pa",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "དབེན་པ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "yalnızlık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "ýalnyzlyk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "samotnistʹ",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "самотність"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "yolg‘izlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "unigedd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "soğotoqsuyuu",
      "sense": "state of being alone",
      "word": "соҕотохсуйуу"
    }
  ],
  "word": "solitude"
}

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