solera

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish solera.

Noun

solera (countable and uncountable, plural soleras)

1. (uncountable) A method of producing sherry in which small amounts of younger wines stored in an upper tier of casks are systematically blended with the more mature wine in the casks below
2. (countable) A large wine cask, on the bottom tier in this system, that contains the oldest wine

Anagrams

• AOLers, Laroes, Larose, Loeras, arsole, orales, roseal

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈle.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [soˈle.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈle.ɾa]

Etymology 1

From sòl +‎ -era.

Noun

solera f (plural soleres)

1. flat ceiling
2. plinth, support
3. bedstone (of a mill)
4. floor (of an oven)
5. (construction) screed
6. (construction) invert (floor of a tunnel)
7. (winemaking) solera

Related terms

• sola

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

solera f (plural soleres)

1. female equivalent of soler

Further reading

• “solera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From suelo +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈleɾa/ [soˈle.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: so‧le‧ra

Noun

solera f (plural soleras)

1. solera
2. vintage (wine)
3. (figurative) character, history

   Synonyms: carácter, historia

Further reading

• “solera”, 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