"solar" in seven languages
Meaningsolar
Spanish
solar
/soˈlaɾ/
learned
As a noun, un solar is a building plot — a different word.
French
solaire
/sɔlɛʁ/
learned
Crème solaire is sunscreen.
Italian
solare
/soˈlare/
learned
Portuguese
solar
/soˈlah/
learned
Romanian
solar
/soˈlar/
learned
The inherited SŌLEM is soare, with -l- → -r-.
Catalan
solar
/suˈlar/
learned
English
solar
/ˈsoʊlɚ/
from Latin/French · Latin SŌLĀRIS
English → ItaliansolarsolareCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SŌLĀREM‘of the sun (SŌL)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The learned adjective sits beside the inherited sun: sol, soleil, sole. Solar panels are paneles solares, panneaux solaires, pannelli solari.
English relatives: solstice, parasol, solarium
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In a sentence
- esPusimos placas solares en el tejado.
- frOn a installé des panneaux solaires sur le toit.
- itAbbiamo installato dei pannelli solari sul tetto.
- ptInstalamos painéis solares no telhado.
- roAm pus panouri solare pe acoperiș.
- caHem posat plaques solars a la teulada.
- enWe installed solar panels on the roof.