sole

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Only.
2. (not-comparable) Unmarried (especially of a woman); widowed.
3. (not-comparable) Unique; unsurpassed.
4. (not-comparable) With independent power; unfettered.

Noun

1. The bottom or plantar surface of the foot.
2. The bottom of a shoe or boot.
3. (obsolete) The foot itself.
4. Solea solea, a flatfish of the family Soleidae; a true sole.
5. (broadly) A flatfish resembling those of the family Soleidae.
6. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
7. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
8. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
9. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
10. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
11. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
12. The bottom or lower part of anything, or that on which anything rests in standing.
13. The seat or bottom of a mine; applied to horizontal veins or lodes.

Verb

To put a sole on a shoe or a boot.

Noun

A wooden band or yoke put around the neck of an ox or cow in the stall.

Noun

A pond or pool; a dirty pond of standing water.

Verb

To pull by the ears; to pull about; haul; lug.

Synonyms

single

only

alone

solitary

unique

exclusive

palm

bottom

lone

bottom of foot

flounder

simple

sole of foot

base

heel

common

resole

only one

foot

🦶

lonely

mere

singular

individual

lonesome

bed

🛏️

ground

basis

fundus

foundation

fillet of sole

plaice

tread

ticket

🎫

usual

one

odd number

floor

list

bill

secluded

absolute

hearth

groundwork

desolate

free of charge

clean

peculiar

particular

form

check

Translations

seul

Sohle

sogliola

suola

plante du pied

Seezunge

plante

semelle

zool

pianta

🌱

suela

sole

sola

tong

👅

solo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/səʊl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sole

Cognate with Latin: sollus

Inherited from Old English: sole

Cognate with Dutch: zool

Cognate with German: Sohle

Cognate with Danish: sål

Cognate with Icelandic: sóli

Cognate with Gothic: 𐍃𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰

Cognate with Latin: solum

Inherited from Middle English: sol

Inherited from Old English: sol

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: soal

Cognate with Dutch: sol

Cognate with German: Suhle

Cognate with Norwegian: saula

In summary

From Middle English sole, soule, from Old French sol, soul (“alone”), from Latin sōlus (“alone, single, solitary, lonely”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé (reflexive pronoun). Perhaps related to Old Latin sollus (“whole, complete”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“safe, healthy”). More at save.