Meaning

2 senses
  1. (rare, uncountable)Or (gold), in the postmedieval practice of blazoning the tinctures of certain sovereigns' (especially British monarchs') coats as planets.

  2. (obsolete, uncountable)Gold.

More definitions
  • the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
  • (Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios
  • a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

Examples

5 sentences
  1. In my language, the notes of the scale are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.

    Музичні ноти моєю мовою — це до, ре, мі, фа, соль, ля й сі. — deniko

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  2. In my language, the notes of the scale are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do.

    Музичні ноти моєю мовою — це до, ре, мі, фа, соль, ля й сі. — deniko

    ruНа моем языке ноты гаммы называются так: до, ре, ми, фа, соль, ля, си, до. — Airy

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  3. I'm such a bad singer that when I sing a scale I can't even reach sol!

  4. C is do, D is re, E is mi, F is fa, G is sol, A is la, B is si.

    C — до, D — ре, , E — мі, F — фа, G — соль, A — ля, B — сі. — ZegPhig

    ruC — до, D — ре, E — ми, F — фа, G — соль, A — ля, B — си. — ZegPhig

  5. Carys is going shopping for "gafas de sol"; the Spanish phrase for glasses which protect the eyes from the sun's glare.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin Sōl.

Borrowed from Latin Sōl.

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Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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