solitude

From Old French solitude.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlɪˌtud/
• Hyphenation: sol‧i‧tude

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solitude (countable and uncountable, plural solitudes)

1. Aloneness; state of being alone or solitary, by oneself.

   Synonym: aloneness

   Antonym: intimacy

2. A lonely or deserted place.
   • 1813, Lord Byron, Bride of Abydos, Canto 2, stanza 20:

     Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease!
     He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace.

• two solitudes

• sole
• solo
• soliloquy
• solitary
• solitudinous
• solitudinously

• loneliness

• solitude on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• outslide, slideout, toluides

From Latin sōlitūdō, corresponding to sōlus (“alone”) + -tūdō.

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.li.tyd/

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solitude f (plural solitudes)

1. solitude
   • 1969, Georges Moustaki (lyrics), “Ma solitude”, in Le Métèque, performed by Georges Moustaki:

     Elle m'a suivi çà et là / Aux quatre coins du monde / Non, je ne suis jamais seul / Avec ma solitude

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• solitaire
• seul

• “solitude” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

solitude f (nominative singular solitude)

1. solitude

• → English: solitude
• French: solitude