solteiro

Senso (Inglese)

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)

Concetti

scapolo

celibe

nubile

zitellone

zito

vagantivo

giovanotto

single

sinonimi

celibatário

solteira

solteirão

single

Traduzioni

soltero

célibataire

solter

bachelor

single

ανύπαντρος

vrijgezel

Junggeselle

ledig

unmarried

unverheiratet

alleenstaand

Single

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/sowˈte(j).ɾu/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da latino: sōlitārius

Affine spagnolo: soltero

Affine catalano: 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”).