"solid" in seven languages
Meaningsolid
Spanish
sólido
/ˈsolido/
learned
French
solide
/sɔlid/
learned
Italian
solido
/ˈsɔlido/
learned
Portuguese
sólido
/ˈsɔlidu/
learned
Romanian
solid
/soˈlid/
learned
Catalan
sòlid
/ˈsɔlit/
learned
English
solid
/ˈsɑlɪd/
from Latin/French · Old French solide, from Latin
English → ItaliansolidsolidoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
SOLIDUM‘firm, whole’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The inherited twins of SOLIDUM come from the gold coin SOLIDUS: Spanish sueldo 'salary', French sou, Italian soldo 'money' — and a soldier was someone paid in it.
English relatives: solidarity, consolidate, soldier
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In a sentence
- esLa estructura del edificio es sólida.
- frLa structure du bâtiment est solide.
- itLa struttura dell'edificio è solida.
- ptA estrutura do prédio é sólida.
- roStructura clădirii este solidă.
- caL'estructura de l'edifici és sòlida.
- enThe structure of the building is solid.
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