solter

Meaning

  1. single, unmarried (of a person)
  2. free, loose, unattached (of an object)

Synonyms

celibatari

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[sulˈte]
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”) (compare Spanish soltero, Portuguese solteiro). Less likely derived from solt, from the past participle of Old Catalan soldre, from Latin solvere (past participle solutus (“unbound, released, free, at large”)). Compare the doublet solitari.

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