solteiro

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. single
2. unmarried
3. celibate

Noun

1. (masculine) single (one who is not married or does not have a romantic partner)
2. (masculine) bachelor (a man who has never married), bachelorette (a woman who has never married)

Conceptes

solter

fadrí

celibatari

escàpol

single

Sinònims

celibatário

solteira

solteirão

single

Traduccions

célibataire

soltero

scapolo

bachelor

celibe

nubile

single

ledig

Junggeselle

ανύπαντρος

vrijgezel

unverheiratet

unmarried

alleenstaand

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/sowˈte(j).ɾu/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de llatí: sōlitārius

Cognat amb espanyol: soltero

Cognat amb català: solter

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese solteiro, solteyro, from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”). Compare Spanish soltero, Catalan solter. Doublet of solitário. Folk etymology connects it to solto (“free, unbound”).