solen

See also: Solen, sølen, and şölen

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σωλήν (sōlḗn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊlən/

Noun

solen (plural solens)

1. (medicine) A cradle, as for a broken limb.
2. (zoology) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen; a razor clam.

References

• “solen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• nosel, Slone, lenos, Elons, noëls, noles, Olsen, nosle, noels, Lenos, enols, Noles, Elson, one Ls

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɔ.lən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɔ.len]

Etymology 1

Verb

solen

1. third-person plural present indicative of soler

Etymology 2

Verb

solen

1. third-person plural present indicative of solar

Anagrams

• lesos, loess

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsolɛn]

Participle

solen

1. masculine singular passive participle of solit

Danish

Noun

solen c

1. definite singular of sol

Proper noun

solen

1. Sun (the star at the center of our solar system)

Alternative forms

• Solen

Further reading

• solen on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

solen m (plural solens)

1. razor clam

Further reading

• “solen”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

solen

1. inflection of solar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σωλήν (sōlḗn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsoː.leːn/, [ˈs̠oːɫ̪eːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.len/, [ˈsɔːlen]

Noun

sōlēn m (genitive sōlēnis); third declension

1. a kind of sea mussel, the razorfish
2. (Late Latin) pipe, tube

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sōlēn	sōlēnēs
genitive	sōlēnis	sōlēnum
dative	sōlēnī	sōlēnibus
accusative	sōlēnem	sōlēnēs
ablative	sōlēne	sōlēnibus
vocative	sōlēn	sōlēnēs

Synonyms

• (pipe, tube): tubus

References

• “solen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• solen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “solen”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• sola

Noun

solen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of sol

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːlɛn/, [ˈsuːlən]

Noun

solen

1. definite singular of sol