Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.

  2. (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

  3. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable)Any of various card games that can be played by one person.

  4. (countable, uncountable)One of several American species of bird in the genus Myadestes in the thrush family.

  5. (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

  6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Tom is playing solitaire.

    Том грає в пасьянс.

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  2. Tom sat at the dining room table playing solitaire.

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  3. Tom was the one who taught Mary how to play solitaire.

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  4. I love playing solitaire.

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  5. Tom loves playing solitaire.

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Translations

4 languages
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By meaning 1
peg solitaire:

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
Singularsolitaire
Pluralsolitaires

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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