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• sol
  sol

  noun

  the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.
• Sol
  Sol

  noun

  an ancient Roman god personifying the sun.
• SOL
  SOL

  abbreviation

  shit out (of ) luck (a euphemistic initialism used to avoid explicit vulgarity). See shit.
• -sol
  -sol

  a combining form meaning “soil” of the kind specified by the initial element.
• sol.
  sol.

  abbreviation

  soluble.
• Sol.
  Sol.

  abbreviation

  Solicitor.

sol

¹ American  

[sohl] / soʊl /

noun

Music.

1. 

   the syllable used for the fifth tone of a diatonic scale.

2. (in the fixed system of solmization) the tone G.

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sol ² American  

[sohl, sol] / soʊl, sɒl /

noun

1. a former coin and money of account of France, the 20th part of a livre and equal to 12 deniers: originally gold, later silver, finally copper, it was discontinued in 1794.

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sol ³ American  

[sohl, sol, sawl] / soʊl, sɒl, sɔl /

noun

• sols,
  plural
• soles
  plural

1. a bronze coin and monetary unit of Peru, equal to 100 centavos. S.

2. Also called libra. a former gold coin of Peru.

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sol ⁴ American  

[sawl, sol] / sɔl, sɒl /

noun

Physical Chemistry.

1. a fluid colloidal solution.

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Sol ⁵ American  

[sol] / sɒl /

noun

1. an ancient Roman god personifying the sun.

2. the sun, personified by the Romans as a god.

3. a male given name, form of Solomon.

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SOL ⁶ American  

Or S.O.L.

abbreviation

Slang.

1. shit out (of ) luck (a euphemistic initialism used to avoid explicit vulgarity). See shit.

2. strictly out (of ) luck.

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-sol ⁷ American  

1. a combining form meaning “soil” of the kind specified by the initial element.

   spodosol.

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sol. ⁸ American  

abbreviation

1. soluble.

2. solution.

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Sol. ⁹ American  

abbreviation

1. Solicitor.

2. Bible. Song of Solomon.

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Sol ¹ British  

/ sɒl /

noun

1. Greek counterpart: Helios. the Roman god personifying the sun

2. a poetic word for the sun

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Sol. ² British  

abbreviation

1. Also: Solr. solicitor

2. Bible Solomon

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sol ³ British  

/ səʊl /

noun

1. short for new sol

2. a former French copper or silver coin, usually worth 12 deniers

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sol ⁴ British  

/ sɒl /

noun

1. music another name for soh

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sol ⁵ British  

/ sɒl /

noun

1. a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase, esp one in which a solid is suspended in a liquid

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sol ⁶ British  

/ sɒl /

noun

1. astronomy a solar day as measured on the planet Mars, equal to 24.65 hours

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• soles
  plural
• sols
  plural

Etymology

Origin of sol¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Latin solve “free”; see origin at gamut

Origin of sol²

First recorded in 1575–85; from Old French sol ( French sou ), from Late Latin solidus; compare Italian soldo, Spanish sueldo; see origin at solidus ¹

Origin of sol³

First recorded in 1880–85; from Spanish: literally, “sun,” from Latin sōl

Origin of sol⁴

First recorded in 1895–1900; shortened form of hydrosol

Origin of -sol⁷

From the Latin word solum soil

Example Sentences

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sol Sol SOL sol. Sol. soles sols

The first panorama was recorded on Aug. 30, 2026, at 9:56 a.m. local Mars time, marking the mission's 5,000th Martian day, or sol.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Velarde built a war chest of foreign reserves to solidify the sol.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

“In Spanish we have a saying, ‘El sol sale para todos,’ or the sun rises for everybody.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025

In fact, strictly speaking, the droit du sol is not an automatic right in France, as it is for example in the US where a birth certificate is enough to get a passport.

From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2024

I averaged 80 kilometers per sol on my way to Pathfinder.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

OpenAI also conducted extended simulated conversations about self-harm and found that Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol followed its safety policies in roughly 99% of responses, compared with 86% for its earlier GPT-5.6 Sol model.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The case of Maricarmen has suddenly made the housing crisis an urgent topic of discussion, not just in Madrid's Puerta del Sol but across the country.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Pierina Nicuray, a 21-year-old university graduate, has spent a week camped out in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

OpenAI said Sol would cost one-fifth the price of Astra.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

I've known since Sol 6 there was a good chance I'd die here.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Among other initiatives, the grant funded a counselor position and the creation of Project SOL, a program designed to support students pursuing a degree in science, technology, engineering or math.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2025

The Solana token, or SOL , has dropped 53.8% since the furor began unfolding on Nov. 2.

From Reuters ● Nov. 15, 2022

That same year, 77% of Hispanic fourth-graders passed the SOL math test compared to 36% who passed the NAEP.

From Washington Times ● May 19, 2022

He donated directly to the SOL address shared by Fedorov on Twitter.

From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2022

LOG ENTRY: SOL 207 I spent the last week recovering from back problems.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

A moment and you will see: sol, mi, fa, sol. . . there it is, in the groove, the true groove.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He's already fifty kilometers into the storm, and he'll go another ninety kilometers per sol. He'll get in too deep to recover soon."

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Therefore fiorino largo d'oro in oro should = 6 lire 12 sol. which it actually did.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw

Copper chloride 100 parts Ferric chloride, sol. sp. gr.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Peter C. Duchochois

Calculate the percentage of potassium oxide in an impure sample of potassium carbonate from the following data: Weight of sample = 1.00 gram; HCl sol. used = 55.90 cc.;

From An Introductory Course of Quantitative Chemical Analysis With Explanatory Notes by Henry P. Talbot

In the Puerta del Sol. he was greeted by trumpeters, and again in front of the Cortes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every eye turned instinctively to Sol.; he answered only those of Jenny's.

From Colonel Starbottle's Client by Bret Harte

For thou lovest all things that are and abhorrest nothing which thou hast made; for never wouldst thou have made any thing, if thou hadst hated it, Wis. of Sol. xi.

From Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities by Robert Cooper

The "rain" appears as an image of tribulation in the Song of Sol. ii.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

The fear of being sold prompted Sol. to flee.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by William Still

The shoes are known for their clean design, lightweight feel and unmistakable soles, including some with those hollow pods that resemble a toothy smile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

She will re-glue the soles of her shoes so they last a little longer.

From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2026

However, the company failed to retain consumers for its other products, including flip-flops with sugarcane-based soles and wool leggings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

He was last seen wearing a quilted green-brown Barbour jacket over a beige woollen jumper, with navy chinos and brown leather trainers with white soles.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

On Wednesday, Linda took Lupita to the shoe store next door and helped her buy a much-needed pair of white shoes with sturdy crepe soles.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

The full extent of the formations appears in a 360-degree panorama captured on June 19 and 20, during the 4,930th and 4,931st Martian days, or sols, of the mission.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

That should happen about 60 Martian days, or sols, after landing.

From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2021

Before the outbreak, she earned around 45 sols a day — around $13 — collecting fares on a combi, one of the ramshackle minibuses that serve as public transport here.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020

Recently, we reported on the use of tetraethylammonium-hydroxide silica sols to achieve homoepitaxial growth on exfoliated MFI nanosheets33.

From Nature ● Mar. 14, 2017

Between the trip and the MAV mods, that's ninety-five sols.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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