solitaire
A person who lives aloneA person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.
» Tom is playing solitaire.
Том грає в пасьянс.
Том збирає пасьянс.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.
(countable, uncountable)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.
Solitär
a card game played by one person
(Canada, US, countable, uncountable)Any of various card games that can be played by one person.
(countable, uncountable)One of several American species of bird in the genus Myadestes in the thrush family.
(countable, uncountable)A single gem, usually a diamond, mounted in a piece of jewellery by itself.
Solitär
a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.
Examples
13 sentencesTom is playing solitaire.
Том грає в пасьянс.
Tom sat at the dining room table playing solitaire.
Tom was the one who taught Mary how to play solitaire.
I love playing solitaire.
Tom loves playing solitaire.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from French solitaire, ultimately from Latin sōlitārius. Doublet of solitary.Borrowed from French solitaire, ultimately from Latin sōlitārius. Doublet of solitary.
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Forms
plural: solitaires| Singular | solitaire |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- a card game played by one person:patience
- extinct flightless bird related to the dodo:Pezophaps solitaria
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable