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See also: SOLID and sòlid

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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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.
    Almost all metals are solid at room temperature.
  2. Large in size, quantity, or value.
    • 2015 July 8, “Rapper Meek Mill Charts His First Number One Album”, in Forbes:
      Almost a quarter of a million copies is really a solid number for today's record industry. In fact, that number is more than the last two number one albums
    • 2018 November 7, “Consumer borrowing up solid $10.9 billion in September”, in Journal Record:
      Americans increased their borrowing by a solid amount in September. But the gain was less than half the big August surge
    • 2018 November 7, Christian de Looper, “The best Google Assistant smart speakers you can buy”, in Business Insider:
      On top of that, the speaker is big, so you may have to set aside a solid amount of space for it.
    Synonyms: massive, substantial
  3. Lacking holes, hollows or admixtures of other materials.
    solid gold
    solid chocolate
  4. Strong or unyielding.
    a solid foundation
    • 2012 June 2, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Belgium”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      As in the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo, this was an England performance built on the foundations of solid defence and tactical discipline.
  5. (slang) Excellent, of high quality, or reliable.
    That's a solid plan.
    Radiohead's on tour! Have you heard their latest album yet? It's quite solid.
    I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude.
  6. Hearty; filling.
    a solid meal
  7. Worthy of credit, trust, or esteem; substantial; not frivolous or fallacious.
  8. Financially well off; wealthy.
  9. Sound; not weak.
    a solid constitution of body
  11. (typography) Written as one word, without spaces or hyphens.
    Synonyms: (as in closed compound) closed, closed up
    Coordinate term: hyphenation (noun)
    American English writes many words as solid that British English hyphenates.
  12. (printing, dated) Not having the lines separated by leads; not open.
  13. (US, politics, slang) United; without division; unanimous.
    The delegation is solid for a candidate.
  14. Of a single color throughout.
    John painted the walls solid white.
    He wore a solid shirt with floral pants.
  15. (of drawn lines) Continuous; unbroken; not dotted or dashed.
    The solid lines show roads, and the dotted lines footpaths.
  16. (dated) Having all the geometrical dimensions; cubic.
    A solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
  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
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Adverb

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solid (comparative more solid, superlative most solid)

  1. Solidly.
    • 1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XLIV, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 306:
      True, not ten of these mines were yielding rock worth hauling to a mill, but everybody said, "Wait till the shaft gets down where the ledge comes in solid, and then you will see!"
    • 1937 March 7, Marsh, “Dan Dunn-Secret Operative 48”, in Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune:
      Hm-m-—These papers are complete—They make Mortimer and Matilda the legal guardians of Babs—ought to put me in more solid than ever with Miss Effie—and that home is good graft.
    • 1943, Wallace Stegner, The Big Rock Candy Mountain, →ISBN, page 246:
      Suppose, then, a whole family got sick with this flu, and no help around, and winter setting in solid and cold three weeks early?
    • 1943 July 16, “Dodger Rebellion Is Settled With One Dramatic Flourish”, in Youngstown (OH) Vindicator:
      set a new high in baseball for the year, not only ending speculation as to when Durocher would be fired but putting him in more solid than ever before.
    • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
      She was telling Bobbie about the time when Boko Fittleworth was trying to ingratiate himself with your Uncle Percy, and you very sportingly offered to go and call your Uncle Percy a lot of offensive names, so that Boko, hovering outside the door, could come in and stick up for him, thus putting himself in solid with him.
    • 1997, David Ambrose, Superstition, →ISBN, page 239:
      If true, that means he deliberately risked American and French lives, and maybe the battle, in order to get in solid with Lafayette.
    • 2008, James Oliver Curwood, The Courage of Captain Plum, →ISBN, page 3:
      Then he drew a long-barreled revolver from under a coat that he had thrown aside and examined it carefully to see that the powder and ball were in solid and that none of the caps was missing
    • 2009 July 26, Rika Otsuka, “Nikkei hits 6-wk high on earnings hopes, Hitachi jumps”, in Reuters.com:
      Soichi Yamazaki, chief analyst at Fukoku Capital Management said Nidec Corp's (6594.OS) earnings came in more solid than expected on Friday
  2. (not comparable, typography) Without spaces or hyphens.
    Many long-established compounds are set solid.

Etymology 2

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From Middle English solid, from the adjective, Middle French solide, or Latin solidum.[1] Doublet of solidum.

Noun

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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.
    Please do me a solid: lend me your car for one week.
    I owe him; he did me a solid last year.
    • 2010, Loren D. Estleman, Frames‎[2], page 54:
      Fortunately, the president of our illustrious institution has been after me for a year to get Francis Ford Coppola to speak at next year's commencement, and Francis owes me a solid.
    • 2012, Robert Cea, No Lights, No Sirens: The Corruption and Redemption of an Inner City Cop‎[3], page 61:
      You can't make a move till you have about a year in a precinct, but tell you what, stay in touch. Lots a people still owe me a solid or two on the Job.
    • 2013, Nicole Williams, Crush‎[4]:
      Thomas had seemed ready to spend the night on the couch, and now he couldn't get out of here fast enough. Hopping up, I followed after him. "Thanks again, Thomas," I said, opening the door for him. "I owe you a solid."
  4. An article of clothing which is of a single color throughout.
    I prefer solids over paisleys.
  5. (in the plural) Food which is not liquid-based.
    The doctor said I can't eat any solids four hours before the operation.
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article of clothing of one color
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References

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  • “solid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  1. ^ “solid, n.1”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

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Danish

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Adjective

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solid

  1. solid, robust
  2. strong
  3. substantial
    et solidt måltid ― a substantial meal
  4. reliable

German

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Alternative forms

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  • solide (both are roughly equally common)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. solid

Declension

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Positive forms of solid
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist solid sie ist solid es ist solid sie sind solid
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative solider solide solides solide
genitive soliden solider soliden solider
dative solidem solider solidem soliden
accusative soliden solide solides solide
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der solide die solide das solide die soliden
genitive des soliden der soliden des soliden der soliden
dative dem soliden der soliden dem soliden den soliden
accusative den soliden die solide das solide die soliden
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein solider eine solide ein solides (keine) soliden
genitive eines soliden einer soliden eines soliden (keiner) soliden
dative einem soliden einer soliden einem soliden (keinen) soliden
accusative einen soliden eine solide ein solides (keine) soliden
Comparative forms of solid
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist solider sie ist solider es ist solider sie sind solider
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative soliderer solidere solideres solidere
genitive solideren soliderer solideren soliderer
dative soliderem soliderer soliderem solideren
accusative solideren solidere solideres solidere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der solidere die solidere das solidere die solideren
genitive des solideren der solideren des solideren der solideren
dative dem solideren der solideren dem solideren den solideren
accusative den solideren die solidere das solidere die solideren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein soliderer eine solidere ein solideres (keine) solideren
genitive eines solideren einer solideren eines solideren (keiner) solideren
dative einem solideren einer solideren einem solideren (keinen) solideren
accusative einen solideren eine solidere ein solideres (keine) solideren
Superlative forms of solid
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am solidesten sie ist am solidesten es ist am solidesten sie sind am solidesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative solidester solideste solidestes solideste
genitive solidesten solidester solidesten solidester
dative solidestem solidester solidestem solidesten
accusative solidesten solideste solidestes solideste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der solideste die solideste das solideste die solidesten
genitive des solidesten der solidesten des solidesten der solidesten
dative dem solidesten der solidesten dem solidesten den solidesten
accusative den solidesten die solideste das solideste die solidesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein solidester eine solideste ein solidestes (keine) solidesten
genitive eines solidesten einer solidesten eines solidesten (keiner) solidesten
dative einem solidesten einer solidesten einem solidesten (keinen) solidesten
accusative einen solidesten eine solideste ein solidestes (keine) solidesten

Further reading

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

Occitan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin solidus.

Adjective

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

  1. solid
    • 2019 January 18, “La planeta dels tres pòls magnetics”, in Jornalet‎[5]:
      La superfícia solida de Jupitèr es pas encara estada descobèrta.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French solide, Latin solidus.

Adjective

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

  1. solid, firm
    Synonym: tare
Declension
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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite solid solidă solizi solide
definite solidul solida solizii solidele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite solid solide solizi solide
definite solidului solidei solizilor solidelor
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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solid m (plural solizi)

  1. a solidus (Roman gold coin)

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Swedish

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solid

  1. solid, massive, stable, reliable
  2. solvent, in good financial standing
    och är idag ett solitt företag med 15 anställda
    and is today a respectable business with 15 employees

Declension

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Inflection of solid
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular solid solidare solidast
neuter singular solitt solidare solidast
plural solida solidare solidast
masculine plural2 solide solidare solidast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 solide solidare solidaste
all solida solidare solidaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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Noun

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solid c

  1. (geometry) a solid body

Declension

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Declension of solid
nominative genitive
singular indefinite solid solids
definite soliden solidens
plural indefinite solider soliders
definite soliderna solidernas

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