adjective/sɔ.li.tɛʁ/
solitary, alone (living alone or being by oneself)
“guêpe solitaire”
Related: solitairement
Learned borrowing from Latin sōlitārius. In Middle and Old French there existed the words soltain, soutain, inherited from Vulgar Latin *sōlitānus, from Late Latin sōlitāneus.
noun, masculine/feminine/sɔ.li.tɛʁ/plural: solitaires
solitaire is masculine or feminine depending on context in French.
loner, solitary person
Learned borrowing from Latin sōlitārius. In Middle and Old French there existed the words soltain, soutain, inherited from Vulgar Latin *sōlitānus, from Late Latin sōlitāneus.