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Definition: Sole |
SoleAdjective1. Being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky". 2. Not divided or shared with others; "they have exclusive use of the machine"; "sole rights of publication". Noun1. The underside of footwear or a golfclub. 2. Lean flesh of any of several flatfish. 3. The underside of the foot. 4. Right-eyed flatfish; many are valued as food; most common in warm seas especially European. Verb1. Put a new sole on; "sole the shoes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sole" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Sole \Sole\, adjective. [Latin solus, or Old French sol, French seul (from Latin solus; compare to Latin sollus whole, entire. Compare to Desolate, Solemn, Solo, Sullen.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. The under surface of a rock body or vein, esp. the bottom of a sedimentary stratum b. The fault plane underlying a thrust sheet c. The middle and lower parts of the shear surface of a landslide d. The major fault plane over which other beds ride forward as a group during distributive faulting. e. The lowest thrust plane in an area of overthrusting. Commonly rocks above are imbricated. (references) |
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Synonyms: SoleSynonyms: exclusive (adj), lone(a) (adj), lonesome(a) (adj), only(a) (adj), sole(a) (adj), solitary(a) (adj), fillet of sole (n), resole (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Base | Bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root; centerboard. |
Celibacy | Unmarried woman, spinster; maid, maiden;virgin, feme sole, old maid; bachelor girl, girl-bachelor; nun. |
Length | From end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe; fore and aft. |
Support | Supporter; aid; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger; ratlings. |
Unity | Adjective: one, sole, single, solitary, unitary; individual, apart, alone; kithless. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Sole |
| English words defined with "sole": half sole ♦ lemon sole. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "sole": injection molder, outer sole ♦ SOLE LEVELER, MACHINE, sole pretrimmer, sole rounder, SOLE SCRAPER, SOLE SEWER, HAND, sole stitcher, hand. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "sole": Volar. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Sole" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Esperanto (alone, just, only, solely), French (sole), German (brine, salt water), Italian (sun), Kongo (field), Latin (be in the habit of, become accustomed to, bottom, floor, ground, land, soil, the sun). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Gump! What's your sole purpose in this army (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) He will then be sole heir of all my earthly possessions (Young Frankenstein; writing credit: Mary Shelley; Gene Wilder) This chick, man, without the sole benefit of dying herself, has broken down the process of dying into five stages: anger, denial, bargaining, depression and acceptance (All That Jazz; writing credit: Robert Alan Aurthur; Bob Fosse) | |
Lyrics | Sole Survivor (Take It Away; performing artist: Paul McCartney) The sole survivors (Hey Nineteen; performing artist: Steely Dan) | |
Clever | The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Là dove non batte il sole (1974) La Città del sole (1973) Sorella luna Fratello sole (1972) Sole Survivor (1970) L' Amore è come il sole (1968) | |
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The shoe-leather icon is an internationally recognized EIS symbol depicting a worn-out sole foot print of epidemiologists' tireless efforts in field investigations. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | The hold of a commercial ship filling up with sole. Credit: Fisheries. | |
![]() | The introduction of toxins into the marine environment have drastic effects on the organisms that live there. An English sole with epidermal neoplasm. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. | ![]() | Plate 41. The American Sole or "Hog Choker." Achirus lineatus, Cuv. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |
![]() | Plate 50. The California "Sole." Lepidopsetta bilineata (Ayres), Gill. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Figure 3. H. Fol and E. Sarasin photometer, 1885 model. From top to bottom - Device closed; device open; the surface float. This model was designed to fix the weak point of the preceding model that was not able to execute a sole measurement at a given depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | Measured drawing delineated by Frank R. Leslie, July 1938. (Reproduction Number: HABS, MO,97-SAIGEN,6- Sheet 5 of 13) The Bolduc House, now a museum, is one of a few remaining French Colonial buildings in the upper Mississippi Valley. As described in the HABS written historical data pages, it is constructed of poteaux sur sole, vertical posts set on a sill, with the interstices filled with bouzillage, sticks covered with a mud and straw mixture. In addition to its construction, the large overhanging eaves and steep roof are distinct characteristics of the style. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Little Donkey, Led by Brown, Co. "G" 7" U.S.I., which was the sole means of transportation of the 7th Inft on the Santiago Campaign. (July 7"98). Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Ensign George H. Gay at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital, with a nurse and a copy of the "Honolulu Star-Bulletin" newspaper featuring accounts of the battle. He was the only survivor of the 4 June 1942 Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) TBD torpedo plane attack on the Japanese carrier force. Gay's book "Sole Survivor" indicates that the date of this photograph is probably 7 June 1942, following an operation to repair his injured left hand and a meeting with Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | With McCuskey's F4F-4 "Wildcat" fighter, June 1942, following the Battle of Midway. Note seven "victory" flags painted below the cockpit. Ensign Gay was the sole Battle of Midway aircrew survivor of USS Hornet's Torpedo Squadron Eight. During the battle, McCuskey served with USS Yorktown's Fighting Squadron Three. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Casa sole" by Paul Fris Commentary: "Nice casa in the Tuscan hills by sunrise." | "Rubber sole 2" by Vi Xs Commentary: "Rubber sole off my shoe." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal | They whose sole bliss is eating can give but that one brutish reason why they live. |
Christopher Marlowe | That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown. |
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton | We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows. |
Peter F. Drucker | Education can no longer be the sole property of the state. |
President Calvin Coolidge | The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom. |
Samuel Butler | Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it. |
Thomas Carlyle | Cash-payment is not the sole nexus of man with man. |
W. S. Gilbert | Man is nature's sole mistake. |
William Shakespeare | From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, he is all mirth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Tho' the war itself, which admits not of plurality of governors, naturally devolves the command into the king's sole authority. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 6: The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Every thing that I have said or done, for many weeks past, has been with the sole view of marking my adoration of yourself |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | These emotions, in fact, and its bitterest scorn besides, seemed to be the sole portion that she retained in the universal heart |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Their jargon would serve to sole their old shoes with |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Thus, someone whose sole focus has been the care of nursing home residents probably lacks such experience. (references) | |
It is unlikely that a patient with a platelet count of 50,000 per microliter or higher will benefit from a platelet transfusion if thrombocytopenia is the sole abnormality. (references) | ||
The empiric use of FFP to reverse hemostatic disorders should be confined to those patients in whom factor deficiencies are presumed to be the sole or principal derangement. (references) | ||
Business | The top apparel importers generally import for a sole client. (references) | |
OKIOC plans to select a sole operator for the field this November. (references) | ||
Consumer habits place the U.S. as the sole leader within this market segment. (references) | ||
Children | Suriname | The investigation was dropped by the NGO Moiwana '86 because it could not prove that the Government was the sole entity in charge of the hospital. (references) |
Jordan | Selling newspapers, tissues, small food items, or gum, the vendors, along with the other children who pick through trash dumpsters to find recyclable cans to sell, sometimes are the sole source of income for their families. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Malawi | MBC-TV is the country's sole television broadcaster. (references) |
Economic History | Bulgaria | NEK will be the sole purchaser of electricity from these plants. (references) |
Burundi | In 1984, Bagaza was elected head of state, as the sole candidate. (references) | |
Mali | The National Assembly is the sole legislative arm of the government. (references) | |
Human Rights | Vanuatu | The sole female prisoner was held at the barracks for female police officers. (references) |
Central African Republic | The sole operating Criminal Court only met once for a period of 2 months during the year due to a lack of funds. (references) | |
Mongolia | The Constitutional Court, separate from the criminal court system, has sole jurisdiction over constitutional questions. (references) | |
Minorities | Uzbekistan | The law originally required that Uzbek would be the sole method of official communication by 1998, but subsequently was modified to remove a specific date. (references) |
Estonia | The Law on Language requires that all public servants and public sector employees, service personnel, medical professionals, and sole proprietors be able to use the Estonian language. (references) | |
Estonia | After additional consultations with the European Union and the OSCE Commissioner for National Minorities, the Government issued the implementation decree for the amended law on May 15. For employees of private enterprises, nonprofit organizations, and foundations, as well as sole proprietors, the amended law established a requirement of proficiency in the Estonian language if it was in the public interest. (references) | |
Political Economy | Guatemala | The PNC has sole responsibility for internal security. (references) |
Grenada | Subsequently, one Member of Parliament left the NNP and became the sole opposition member. (references) | |
CHINA | By law, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) is the sole national labor organization. (references) | |
Political Rights | Vanuatu | Six women, including the sole sitting female member, ran for Parliament in 1998; none were elected. (references) |
Laos | The standing committee also has supervision of administrative and judicial organizations, and the sole power to recommend presidential decrees. (references) | |
Zimbabwe | Amendment 10 grants the President sole power to dissolve Parliament and to appoint or remove a vice president and any minister or deputy minister. (references) | |
Trade | Norway | It is the sole bank of currency issue. (references) |
Albania | Most import - export companies are formed as sole proprietorships. (references) | |
West Bank | It is sole holder and manager of the PA's and Palestinian public-sector entities' foreign currency reserves. (references) | |
Travel | Saudi Arabia | Air travel is preferred for domestic travel with public service restricted to the sole national airline, Saudia. (references) |
Australia | In most cases, items imported for the sole use of exhibiting at local trade fairs are not subject to import duties. (references) | |
Saudi Arabia | One should eat with the right hand and avoid sitting at any time with the sole of the foot pointed at the host or other guest. (references) | |
Women | Egypt | A sole male heir inherits all his parents' property. (references) |
Egypt | A sole female heir receives half her parents' estate; the balance goes to designated male relatives. (references) | |
Kenya | Moreover, a widow cannot be the sole administrator of her husband's estate unless she has her children's consent. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Samoa | A second union represents members at the sole factory in the country. (references) |
Yemen | The General Federation of Trade Unions of Yemen (GFWTUY) remains the sole national umbrella organization. (references) | |
Belize | The minimum wage as sole source of income does not provide a decent standard of living for a worker and family. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
James Dobson | Certainly I've failed, if my goal was to be the sole voice that changes an entire nation. All I can do is try to influence those that I have access to. And I have tried to make a contribution there. |
Rush Limbaugh | The National Security Agency's sole job is to monitor the traffic that goes on between those thought to be enemies of America. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Monroe | 1817-1825 | Under our happy system the people are the sole and exclusive fountain of power. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The sole ground on which indemnity has been refused is the alleged illegality of the tenure by which the monarch who made the seizures held his crown. |
Warren G. Harding | 1921-1923 | If I felt that there is to be sole responsibility in the Executive for the America of tomorrow I should shrink from the burden. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | This does not mean that the Government has the sole responsibility, nor that it can do the job alone, nor that it can do the job directly. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | We must be staunch in our conviction that freedom is not the sole prerogative of a lucky few but the inalienable and universal right of all human beings. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Sole" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.12% of the time. "Sole" is used about 2,154 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.12% | 2,092 | 4,157 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.55% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.14% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.09% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.09% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,154 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "sole" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sole | Last name | 300 | 23,374 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "sole": boot sole ♦ capital of a sole proprietor ♦ clump sole ♦ Corporation sole ♦ emitting sole ♦ english sole ♦ european sole ♦ felt sole ♦ Feme sole ♦ Feme sole merchant ♦ Feme sole trader ♦ fillet of sole ♦ gray sole ♦ half sole ♦ in sole control ♦ inner sole ♦ lemon sole ♦ mousseline de sole ♦ outer sole ♦ platform sole ♦ rubber sole ♦ sand sole ♦ smooth sole ♦ sole agency ♦ sole agent ♦ sole bill ♦ sole furrow ♦ sole heir ♦ sole leather ♦ sole of a shoe ♦ sole of foot ♦ sole one's shoes ♦ sole plate ♦ sole proprietor ♦ sole proprietorship ♦ sole right ♦ sole trader. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sole": sole-leather, sole-mate, sole-source, sole-surviving, sole-trader, sole-trading. | |
Ending with "sole": bendy-sole, crepe-sole, in-sole, mid-sole, platform-sole, re-sole, slip-sole. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sole | 1,363 | ebony sole | 46 |
foot sole | 178 | cirque du sole | 44 |
ginuwine and sole | 160 | sister sole | 43 |
cirque de sole | 154 | circus de sole | 42 |
sole proprietorship | 129 | sole custody | 42 |
sole proprietor | 97 | lyrics sole | 40 |
bare sole | 89 | sole recipe | 35 |
corporation sole | 85 | ginuwine picture sole | 34 |
celebrity sole | 77 | sexy sole | 32 |
circ de sole | 77 | filet restaurant sole | 30 |
o sole mio | 73 | sole trader | 30 |
jump sole | 70 | lunas sole tatuajes y | 30 |
rapper sole | 69 | de sole tatuajes | 28 |
p.j sole | 66 | filet of sole | 28 |
dirty sole | 65 | sole survivor | 28 |
female sole | 63 | outdoors sole | 28 |
sole wrinkled | 59 | girl sole | 28 |
shoes sole | 51 | lyrics mio o sole | 27 |
24 il ore sole | 50 | da sole tende | 25 |
picture of sole | 49 | pj sole | 25 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "sole"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | tongvis, enigste (alone, only, solitary), alleen (alone, exclusively, just, only, solely, solitary), allenig (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
Albanian | shuall, shputë (foot, hoof, slap, toe), shojzë deti, vetëm (alone, but, exclusively, just, lonely, merely, nothing but, only, simply, singly, so that, solely, solitary, solus), u vë gjysma këpucëve (sole one's shoes), taban (bed, crown, earth, pan, subsoil), pjesë e poshtme (bottom, breech, toe, wainscot), i vetëm (all, alone, lone, lonesome, one, only, single, Singleton, solitary, solo, sporadic, unaccompanied, unique, very), i veçantë (characteristic, detached, discrete, distinct, distinctive, especial, exceptional, exclusive, extra, extra special, individual, odd, of one's own, off, particular, particularized, peculiar, pet, queer, racy, rare, separate, single, special, specific, uncommon), i jashtëzakonshëm (egregious, emergency, exceeding, exceptional, exceptive, exclusive, extraordinary, heroic, inconceivable, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, phenomenal, powerful, prodigious, stupendous, terrible, thumping, transcendent, transcendental, uncommon, unthinkable, unusual, wonderful), gjysmë (half, moiety), gjuhëz (bleak, bolt, clapper, panhandle, promontory, Reed, reed pipe, strip, tenon, tongue), fund (back, base, bed, bottom, death, decease, decline, doom, end, ending, epilogue, extremity, finality, finish, foot, foundation, ground, Omega, petticoat, quietus, rock bottom, skirt, stub, tag, tail, tailpiece, terminal, termination). (various references) | |
Arabic | فرد (allow, consign, demarcation, design, individual, isolate, one, person, personage, seclude, single), مفرد (odd, one, single, singular, solitary), منفرد (alone, single, solo), نعل (insole, shoe, shoehorn, sock, tread), غير متزوج (unmarried), سمك موسى, أسفل الشيء, أخمص القدم, ركب نعلا, باطن القدم. (various references) | |
Bavarian | schoin. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слагам подметка на, табан, основа (accidence, alkali, base, basis, bed, foot, footing, foundation, fundamental, grounding, groundwork, joint, lye, pedestal, radix, seat, seating, staff, stem, substratum, substructure, theme, underpinning, warp, warp and woof), неомъжена (discovert, maiden, single, unbedded, unmarried, unwed), неженен (lone, single, unattached, unmarried, unwed, wifeless), надлъжна греда (longitudinal), морски език, единствен (one, only, single, singular, solitary), подставка (chock, horse-block, jamb, mounting, pedestal, prop, rest, seat, stand, standard, stock, support), подметка, подложка (bolster, chock, cushion, insert, insertion, mat, overlay, pad, padding, planch, rest, saddle, seat, seating, stock), пета (heel, heel-piece, toe), дъно (bed, bilge, bottom, hearth), долна част (foot, heel). (various references) | |
Chinese | 獨 (alone, independent, only, single), 惟一 (the only), 单一 (singular, unitary), 單一 (only, single), 單 (bill, chieftain, form, list, only, single), 唯一 (only). (various references) | |
Czech | sám (alone, by himself, himself, itself, of one's own, oneself, own, self, unaccompanied), podrážka (tread), mořský jazyk, jediný (alone, exclusive, one, only, single), chodidlo (foot), šlapka (hooker). (various references) | |
Danish | tunge (tongue), fodsål, alene (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
Dutch | tong (tongue), louter (alone, clean, mere, only, pure, solitary), enkel (ankle, exclusively, just, mere, only, single, solitary), bloot (bare, mere, naked, nude, solitary). (various references) | |
Esperanto | soleo, sola (alone, only, solitary), plandumo, plando, nura (mere, solitary). (various references) | |
Faeroese | sóli, leistur, il, einsamallur (alone, only, solitary), berur (mere, solitary). (various references) | |
Farsi | یگانه (One, Only, Unique), منحصربفرد (Exclusive, Individual, Particular), کف پا, قسمت ته هرچیز, تنها (Alone, Exclusive, Just, Lone, Lonely, Mere, Only, Recluse, Single, Solitary, Unaccompanied), تخت کفش , تخت (Couch, Throne), زیر (Acute, Beneath, Bottom, Nether, Sub, Under), شالوده (Base, Infrastructure, Pedestal, Skeleton, Texture). (various references) | |
Finnish | pohja (base, basis, bottom, foundation, ground), antura (hardpan, ortstein, pan, podzolic layer, sole-plate), ainoa (mere, only, solitary). (various references) | |
French | sole (black sole, common sole, dover sole, furrow sole, Klein's sole, plow sole, sole-plate), seul (solitary), semelle (sock), plante. (various references) | |
Frisian | tonge (tongue), allinne (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
German | Sohle (bed, bottom, floor, insole, level), einzig (absolute, alone, complete, exclusive, lone, only, single, singly, solely, solitary, unique), Seezunge, besohlen, alleinig (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
Greek | γλώσσα (language, lingo, plaice, tongue), πέλμα (shoe pad). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | vetëm (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להתקין סוליה, כף (handle, palm, scale, sole of foot, spoon), דג משה רבנו (flatfish, flounder, plaice), דג סול, בלעדי (apart from, except, exclusive, selected, without), בלבדי (exclusive), סוליה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | talp (clump, feet, floor, foot, mounting, patten, rim, stem), egyetlen (one, only, single, singular, unique). (various references) | |
Icelandic | einn (alone, one, only, solitary), einmana (alone, only, solitary), aleinn (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tunggal (singular). (various references) | |
Italian | sogliola (black sole, common sole, dover sole, tongue), solo (alone, just, lone, lonely, lonesome, mere, only, single, solidly, solitary, unaccompanied, unique, very), suola (bottom, furrow sole, ground plate, hardpan, hearth, pan, plough pan, plow sole, pressure pan, shoe, slade, soil grouser, sole-plate, tillage pan, track plate, track shoe, working bottom), pianta (map, plan, plant, tree, vegetable). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 底 (bottom), 唯一 (only, unique). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たんどく (absorption in reading, erysipelas, independence, single, solo), たんいつ (individual, simple, single, unitory), ただ (common, free of charge, mere, only, usual), したびらめ, そこがわ (sole leather), そこ (bottom, that place, there), うら (back, divination, inlet, inside, last half, lining, opposite, palm, rear, reverse side, tip, top end, undersurface, wrong side), かれい (adding to one's years, beauty, butler, dried boiled rice, family custom, flatfish, flounder, good example, happy precedent, magnificence, splendor, steward, turbot), ゆいつ (only, unique), ゆいいつ (only, unique), ていてつ. (various references) | |
Korean | 유일한 (singular, unique). (various references) | |
Lombard | in de per luu (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
Malay | sendiri (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
Manx | ynrican (absolute, alone, only, particular, single), un (one), liebage chiare, grunt ny cass, grunt (bottom, ground), cur trie noa er (re-sole, retread), cur bun noa er (re-sole), cree ny coshey, bun ny coshey, bun (base, basis, bottom, derivation, details, dope, end, explanation, eye of storm, foot, foundation, heart, interpretation, news, origin, original, prime, principle, raw material, root, root cause, source, stem, stool, stump, underneath). (various references) | |
Norwegian | tunge (tongue), alene (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
Papiamen | so (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | olesay.(various references) | |
Polish | sam (alone, herself, himself, itself, only, self, solitary). (various references) | |
Portuguese | linguado (butt, fluke, halibut), planta (design, designing, diagram, map, plan, plane, plant, survey, veronica), único (alone, exceptional, single, solitary, unexampled, unique, unmatched), sozinho (all alone, alone, by myself, by oneself, cloistered, lone, lonely, single-handed, solitary, unaided, unassisted, unattended), sola (outer sole), só (alone, barely, but, cloistered, exclusively, just, lone, lonely, lonesome, lorn, mere, only, single, solitary). (various references) | |
Romanian | singur (a, alone, by, by oneself, herself, himself, isolated, itself, lone, lonely, lonesome, mateless, naked, only, single, solely, solitary, solo, yourself, yourselves). (various references) | |
Russian | ступня (foot), ставить подметки, фундамент (base, basement, bed, bedding, bottom, footing, foundation, groundwork, substruction, substructure), основание (account, base, bases, basis, bed, bedding, bottom, cause, establishment, evidence, foot, foundation, ground, grounding, pedestal, radices, radix, raison, reason, subbase, substratum, substructure, underlay), один (all alone, alone, one, solus), единственный (only, single, singular, the only), подошва этажа, подошва обуви, подошва единственный, подошва (base, foot, soles), подметка, исключительный (exceptional, exceptive, exclusive, only, out of the ordinary, out of the way, surpassing, transcendent). (various references) | |
Scottish | bonn (a coin, bottom; coin, coin, foundation). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | staviti đon, taban (arch), jedinstven (inimitable, peculiar, singular, unique, united, unprecedented), jedini (mono-, one, only, only: the only, single), đon. (various references) | |
Spanish | suela (tread), solo (a, all alone, alone, lone, lonely, lonesome, mere, neat, one, only, single, singular, solitary, solo), lenguado (dab, flounder), único (a, alone, exclusive, non-recurring, one, one off, only, only thing, single, singular, solitary, unique), planta (floor, plant, tier). (various references) | |
Sranan | ondrofutu. (various references) | |
Swedish | tunga (needle, pointer, Reed, tail, tongue, tounge), sjötunga, sula (booby), fotsula. (various references) | |
Thai | โดดเดี่ยว (isolate, isolated, lone, sequester), หลังเท้า. (various references) | |
Turkish | yeğâne, yalniz (alone, only, solitary), yalnız (alone, by yourself, exclusively, isolated, just, lone, lonely, lonesome, merely, on one's tod, only, private, single handed, singly, solitarily, solitary, unaccompanied, unattended), tek (exclusive, fellow, homeo-, homo-, homoeo-, individual, lone, mono-, odd, one, one and only, only, single, singular, solitary, uneven, uni-, unique), taban koymak, taban (base, basement, bedrock, floor, fundament, girder, sill, substratum, substructure), pençe vurmak (cobble, tap), kaide (base, basis, entablement, fundament, matrix, pedestal, precept, principle, socle), dilbalığı, biricik (dearie, deary, one and only, only, unique, well-beloved), bekâr (Bach, bachelor, celibate, single, unattached, unmarried, unwed, unwedded), özel (ad hoc, closet, distinctive, esoteric, especial, exclusive, express, extraordinary, individual, intimate, particular, peculiar, personal, private, privy, proper, proprietary, self, special, specific, state, very). (various references) | |
Turkmen | bitewi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | самотній (alone, lonely), єдиний (last, mere, one, only, only begotten, single, singular), виключний, підвіконня (windowsill), підошва (base), підметка (outsole), поріг (altar, apron, cataract, door step, riffle, sill, threshold). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | duy nhất (solely, unique), cô đơn (single), bệ (dais, pedestal, stage), đế. (various references) | |
Welsh | unig (alone, lonely, only), gwadnu (foot it), gwadn. (various references) | |
Yucatec | hun (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
Zulu | -dwa (alone, only, solitary). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | areuna, onam, ono, planta, plantae, plantam, plantas, solea, Solea solea, Solea vulgaris, Solea vulgaris (Quensel), solus, una, unam, unamquamque, unaquaeque, unaquaque, unaque, uni, unica, unicam, unicis, unicuique, unicum, unicus, uno, unoque, unoquoque, unum, unumquemque, unus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 8, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ouc eurousa h peristera anapausin toiV posin authV upestreyen proV auton eiV thn kibwton oti udwr hn epi panti proswpw pashV thV ghV kai ekteinaV thn ceira autou elaben authn kai eishgagen authn proV eauton eiV thn kibwton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quae cum non invenisset ubi requiesceret pes eius reversa est ad eum in arcam aquae enim erant super universam terram extenditque manum et adprehensam intulit in arcam |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Heo ða fleah ut ond ne mihte findan hwær heo hire fot asette, for ðan ðe ða wætera wæron ofer ealle eorðan; ond he gecyrde ongean to Noe, ond he genam hi in to ðam arce. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The which whan he had not foundun where his foot myyte rest, is turned ayen to him into the arke, watres forsothe weren vpon al the erthe; and he strawyte out his honde, and it takun putte into the erke. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when the doue coude fynde no restinge place for hyr fote she returned to him agayne vnto the arke for the waters were vppon the face of all the erth. And he put out hys honde and toke her and pulled hyr to hym in to the arke |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark; for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in to him into the ark. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 8, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | Apan ang salampati walay hingkaplagan nga arang katugdonan sa mga lapalapa sa iyang tiil, ug siya mibalik kaniya ngadto sa arca, kay ang mga tubig diha pa sa ibabaw sa nawong sa tibook nga yuta, ug siya mituy-od sa iyang kamot, ug midakup niini, ug gisulod niya kini sa arca; |
| Croatian | Ali golubica ne naðe uporišta nogama te se vrati k njemu u korablju, jer voda još pokrivaše svu površinu; on pruži ruku, uhvati golubicu te je unese k sebi u korablju. |
| Danish | men Duen fandt intet Sted at sætte sin Fod og vendte tilbage til ham i Arken, fordi der endnu var Vand over hele Jorden; og han rakte Hånden ud og tog den ind i Arken til sig. |
| Dutch | Maar de duif vond geen rust voor het hol van haar voet; zo keerde zij weder tot hem in de ark; want de wateren waren op de ganse aarde; en hij stak zijn hand uit, en nam haar, en bracht haar tot zich in de ark. |
| Finnish | Mutta kyyhkynen ei löytänyt paikkaa, missä lepuuttaa jalkaansa, vaan palasi hänen luoksensa arkkiin, sillä koko maa oli vielä veden peitossa; niin hän ojensi kätensä ja otti sen luoksensa arkkiin. |
| French | Mais la colombe ne trouva aucun lieu pour poser la plante de son pied, et elle revint à lui dans l`arche, car il y avait des eaux à la surface de toute la terre. Il avança la main, la prit, et la fit rentrer auprès de lui dans l`arche. |
| German | Da aber die Taube nicht fand, da ihr Fuß ruhen konnte, kam sie wieder zu ihm in den Kasten; denn das Gewässer war noch auf dem ganzen Erdboden. Da tat er die Hand heraus und nahm sie zu sich in den Kasten. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi karena air masih menutupi seluruh muka bumi, burung merpati itu tidak menemukan tempat untuk bertengger. Maka kembalilah ia ke kapal; Nuh mengulurkan tangannya lalu membawanya masuk. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi oleh merpati itu tiada didapati akan tempat hendak bertengger, maka kembalilah ia kepada Nuh dalam bahtera, karena adalah lagi air di atas seluruh muka bumi; maka oleh Nuh dianjurkan tangan, dicapainya akan dia, lalu diambilnya pula akan dia ke dalam bahtera. |
| Maori | A kihai i kitea e te kukupa tetahi taunga iho mo te takahanga o tona waewae, a ka hoki mai ki a ia, ki roto ki te aaka: i runga hoki nga wai i te mata o te whenua katoa: na ka totoro atu tona ringa, a hopukia ana ia, tangohia ana mai ki a ia ki r oto ki te aaka. |
| Norwegian | Men duen fant ikke noget hvilested for sin fot, og den kom tilbake til ham i arken, for det stod vann over hele jorden. Da rakte han ut sin hånd og tok den inn til sig i arken. |
| Portuguese | mas a pomba não achou onde pousar a planta do pé, e voltou a ele para a arca; porque as águas ainda estavam sobre a face de toda a terra; e Noé, estendendo a mão, tomou-a e a recolheu consigo na arca. |
| Rumanian | Dar porumbelul n`a gqsit nici un loc ca sq-wi punq piciorul, wi s`a kntors la el kn corabie, cqci erau ape pe toatq faya pqmkntului. Noe a kntins mkna, l -a luat, wi l -a bqgat la el kn corabie. |
| Russian | ОП ЗПМХВШ ОЕ ОБЫЕМ НЕУФБ РПЛПС ДМС ОПЗ УЧПЙИ Й ЧПЪЧТБФЙМУС Л ОЕНХ Ч ЛПЧЮЕЗ, ЙВП ЧПДБ ВЩМБ ЕЭЕ ОБ РПЧЕТИОПУФЙ ЧУЕК ЪЕНМЙ; Й ПО РТПУФЕТ ТХЛХ УЧПА, Й ЧЪСМ ЕЗП, Й РТЙОСМ Л УЕВЕ Ч ЛПЧЮЕЗ. |
| Swedish | Men duvan fann ingen plats där hon kunde vila sin fot, utan kom tillbaka till honom i arken, ty vatten betäckte hela jorden. Då räckte han ut sin hand och tog henne in till sig i arken. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sole": solecise, solecised, solecises, solecising, solecism, solecisms, solecist, solecistic, solecists, solecize, solecized, solecizes, solecizing, soled, solei, soleless, solely, solemn, solemner, solemnest, solemnified, solemnifies, solemnify, solemnifying, solemnities, solemnity, solemnization, solemnizations, solemnize, solemnized, solemnizes, solemnizing, solemnly, solemnness, solemnnesses, soleness, solenesses, solenoid, solenoidal, solenoids, soleplate, soleplates, soleret, solerets, soles, soleus, soleuses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sole": anisole, camisole, console, girasole, innersole, insole, midsole, outsole, plimsole, resole, rissole, slipsole, turnsole, typhlosole. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sole": anisoles, camisoles, consoled, consoler, consolers, consoles, gasolene, gasolenes, girasoles, innersoles, insolence, insolences, insolent, insolently, insolents, insoles, isolead, isoleads, isoleucine, isoleucines, lysolecithin, lysolecithins, mausolea, mausoleum, mausoleums, midsoles, obsolesce, obsolesced, obsolescence, obsolescences, obsolescent, obsolescently, obsolesces, obsolescing, obsolete, obsoleted, obsoletely, obsoleteness, obsoletenesses, obsoletes, obsoleting, outsoles, plimsoles, resoled, resoles, rissoles, slipsoles, turnsoles, typhlosoles. (additional references) | |
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"Sole" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Askole, Asola, Asolo, Eole, esol, Osl, osleo, oslet, Osley, Ostle, Salef, salel, salle, scle, scoel, scola, Scoli, Scoule, sele, selee, selle, Selye, seule, siel, Sile, Silec, silex, sille, skol, skole, sleo, sleq, sloa, sloet, sloi, slome, slou, sobe, soble, soce, sode, soee, soeh, soel, sofe, soflo, soge, soile, soilen, soje, solai, solde, soleen, solei, solem, soleo, soley, solf, solie, solih, solio, soljer, solk, soll, solla, solle, sollen, soln, solor, solu, soly, sooey, sool, sorle, soue, soule, sove, sowe, sowle, soxe, soye, soze, sple, suel, sulge, suli, svoe, Svolik, zol, zole, Zwolle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sole" (pronounced sō"l) |
| 3 | s ō" l | soul. |
| 2 | -ō" l | bole, Boll, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, control, decontrol, dhole, dole, droll, enroll, espanol, extol, foal, goal, hole, stole, stroll, knoll, Kohl, mole, ole, parole, patrol, pistole, pole, poll, role, roll, scroll, skoal, thole, tole, toll, troll, whole. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: lose, oles, sloe. | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-o-s" | |
-1 letter: els, oes, ole, ose, sel, sol. | |
-2 letters: el, es, lo, oe, os, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-o-s" | |
+1 letter: aloes, boles, close, coles, doles, enols, floes, helos, holes, hosel, joles, koels, lenos, lobes, lodes, loess, loges, loose, lopes, lores, losel, loser, loses, louse, loves, lowes, lowse, loxes, moles, noels, ogles, oleos, orles, ousel, poles, roles, sheol, sloes, slope, socle, soled, solei, soles, solve, sorel, stole, telos, toles, voles. | |
+2 letters: aldose, amoles, anoles, aslope, azoles, belows, blokes, blouse, bogles, botels, boules, bowels, cellos, celoms, ceorls, clones, closed, closer, closes, closet, cloves, clozes, cobles, coleus, colies, cresol, dholes, dorsel, dossel, dowels, elbows, eloins, elopes, enrols, ensoul, extols, felons, filose, folles, globes, gloves, glozes, golems, gospel, haloes, haoles, helios, hellos, helots, holies, hosels, hostel, hotels, housel, hovels, hoyles, insole, isohel, jostle, joules, kelson, ketols, lanose, lemons, lentos, leones, lesion, lesson, lessor, loaves, locoes, lodens, lodges, loners, longes, looeys, looies, loosed, loosen, looser, looses, lopers, lories, losels, losers, losses, lottes, louies, loupes, loused, louses, lovers, lowers, lowest, melons, models, mohels, molest, molies, morels, morsel, motels, nelson, nerols, nobles, novels, obelus, oboles, odyles, oglers, oilers, oldest, oldies, oleins, oleums, olives, oodles, oriels, oscule, osmole, osteal, ostler, ousels, ouzels, ovules, owlets, peplos, pilose, poleis, polers, polies, proles, reoils, resold, resole, robles, rowels, scolex, seldom, sheols, shovel, siloed, sleazo, sloped, sloper, slopes, sloven, slowed, slower, socles, soiled, solace, solate, solder, solely, solemn, soleus, solgel, soloed, solute, solved, solver, solves, sorels, sorely, sorrel, souled, splore, sterol, stoled, stolen, stoles, telson, tholes, toiles, tousle, towels, voiles, voltes, vowels, wholes, wolves, xylose, yodels, yodles, yokels. | |
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