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solitaire

/sɔ.li.tɛʁ/

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

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.