solitud

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [su.liˈtut]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [so.liˈtut]

Noun

solitud f (plural solituds)

1. aloneness, the state of being or living alone

   Synonym: soledat

2. a lonely or deserted place

Further reading

• “solitud” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “solitud”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “solitud” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “solitud” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sōlitūdō. By surface analysis, solo +‎ -itud. Compare soledumbre, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soliˈtud/ [so.liˈt̪uð̞]
• Rhymes: -ud
• Syllabification: so‧li‧tud

Noun

solitud f (plural solitudes)

1. solitude

   Synonym: soledad

Further reading

• “solitud”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10