solid

English Online Dictionary. What means solid‎? What does solid mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒl.ɪd/
• (General American) enPR: sŏ'lĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈsɑ.lɪd/
• Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒlɪd

Etymology 1

From Middle English solide, borrowed from Old French solide, from Latin solidus (“solid”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s (“entire”), suffixed form of root *solh₂- (“integrate, whole”). Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solidus, sou, and xu.

Adjective

solid (comparative more solid or solider, superlative most solid or solidest)

1. (of an object or substance) That can be picked up or held, having a texture, and usually firm. Unlike a liquid, gas or plasma.

2. Large in size, quantity, or value.

   Synonyms: massive, substantial

3. Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
4. Strong or unyielding.
5. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.

6. Hearty; filling.

7. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
   • 1875-1886, J. A. Symonds, Renaissance in Italy: The revival of learning

     The genius of the Italians wrought by solid toil what the myth-making imagination of the Germans had projected in a poem.

8. Financially well off; wealthy.
9. Sound; not weak.

11. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.

    Synonyms: (as in closed compound) closed, closed up

    Coordinate term: hyphenation (noun)

12. (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
13. (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.

14. Of a single color throughout.

15. (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.

16. (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.

17. (of volumes of materials) Measured as a single solid, as the volumes of individual pieces added together without any gaps.

    Coordinate terms: loose, stacked

Hyponyms

• rock solid

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

solid (comparative more solid, superlative most solid)

1. Solidly.
2. (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.

Etymology 2

From Middle English solid, from the adjective, Middle French solide, or Latin solidum. Doublet of solidum.

Noun

solid (plural solids)

1. (chemistry) A substance in the fundamental state of matter that retains its size and shape without need of a container (as opposed to a liquid or gas).
2. (geometry) A three-dimensional figure (as opposed to a surface, an area, or a curve).
3. (informal) A favor.
4. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.

5. (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “solid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• diols, idols, lidos, loids, sloid, soldi

Danish

Adjective

solid

1. solid, robust
2. strong
3. substantial

   et solidt måltid ― a substantial meal

4. reliable

German

Alternative forms

• solide (both are roughly equally common)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zoˈliːt/

Adjective

solid (strong nominative masculine singular solider, comparative solider, superlative am solidesten)

1. solid

Declension

Further reading

• “solid” in Duden online
• “solid” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin solidus.

Adjective

solid m (feminine singular solida, masculine plural solids, feminine plural solidas)

1. solid

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[6], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 923.

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈlid/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French solide, Latin solidus.

Adjective

solid m or n (feminine singular solidă, masculine plural solizi, feminine and neuter plural solide)

1. solid, firm

   Synonym: tare

Declension

Related terms

• soliditate

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin solidus. Cf. also solz, possibly a doublet (unless it comes from Proto-Slavic).

Noun

solid m (plural solizi)

1. a solidus (Roman gold coin)

Further reading

• solid in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːd

Adjective

solid

1. solid, massive, stable, reliable
2. solvent, in good financial standing

Declension

Related terms

• soliditet

Noun

solid c

1. (geometry) a solid body

Declension

Anagrams

• lodis