solitaire

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.
2. (countable, uncountable) A game for one person, played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping", as in draughts.
3. (US, countable, uncountable) Any of various card games that can be played by one person.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria), an extinct bird related to the dodo.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of Réunion solitaire (Raphus solitarius, now Threskiornis solitarius), an extinct bird formerly believed to be related to the dodo.
6. (countable, uncountable) One of several American species of bird in the genus Myadestes in the thrush family.
7. (countable, uncountable) A single gem, usually a diamond, mounted in a piece of jewellery by itself.
8. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.

Adj

Living or being alone; solitary.

Concepten

geduld

lijdzaamheid

patiencespel

Synoniemen

patience

Pezophaps solitaria

brilliant

solitary

sparkler

🎇

solitudinarian

a solitaire ring

adamant

diamonda

diamond

longsuffering

recluse

Vertalingen

solitario

solitaire

solitario

solitari

paciência

patience

Patience

Solitär

πασιέντζα

πασιέντσα

μονόπετρο κόσμημα

Langmut

μονοδετός

μεγαλοψυχία

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsɒl.ɪˌtɛə(ɹ)/

Etymologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French solitaire, ultimately from Latin sōlitārius. Doublet of solitary.