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Added 9 October 2026

sol

/sɒl/ noun

Latin root: solve Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about sol at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

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

Origin

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English sol (“fifth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian sol in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin solve (“wash away”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

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