solter
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”) (compare Spanish soltero, Portuguese solteiro). Less likely derived from solt,[1] from the past participle of Old Catalan soldre, from Latin solvere (past participle solutus (“unbound, released, free, at large”)). Compare the doublet solitari.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
solter (feminine soltera, masculine plural solters, feminine plural solteres)
- single, unmarried (of a person)
- free, loose, unattached (of an object)
References[edit]
- ^ “solter”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading[edit]
- “solter” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “solter” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “solter” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.