solstice

English

Illumination of Earth by Sun at the southern solstice.

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥

Latin sōl

Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti

Proto-Italic *sistō

Latin sistō

Proto-Indo-European *-yōs

Proto-Italic *-jōs

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin sōlstitiumlbor.

Old French solsticebor.

Middle English solstice

English solstice

From Middle English solstice, from Old French solstice, from Latin sōlstitium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒl.stɪs/, /ˈsəʊl.stɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.stɪs/, /ˈsoʊl.stɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒlstɪs, -əʊlstɪs

Noun

solstice (plural solstices)

1. One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.

   Synonym: sunstead

   Hyponyms: summer solstice, winter solstice

   Coordinate terms: equinox, lunistice

   • 2010, Capt Sp Meek, The Solar Magnet‎^[1]:

     The point at which the sun is nearest to the south pole we call the winter solstice, and the opposite point, the summer solstice.

Antonyms

• equinox

Derived terms

• December solstice
• June solstice
• northern solstice
• southern solstice
• summer solstice
• winter solstice

 

Related terms

• solstitial

 

Translations

point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun

• Arabic: اِنْقِلَاب شَمْسِيّ m (inqilāb šamsiyy)
• Armenian: արևադարձ (hy) (arewadarj)
• Belarusian: сонцастая́нне n (soncastajánnje)
• Bulgarian: слънцестое́не n (slǎncestoéne)
• Catalan: solstici (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 至日 (zh) (zhìrì), 至點／至点 (zh) (zhìdiǎn), 冬至 (zh) (dōngzhì) (winter solstice), 夏至 (zh) (xiàzhì) (summer solstice)

• Czech: slunovrat (cs) m
• Danish: solhverv (da) n
• Dutch: zonnewende (nl) f, zonnestilstand (nl) m
• Esperanto: solstico (eo)
• Estonian: pööripäev
• Finnish: päivänseisaus (fi)
• French: solstice (fr) m
• Georgian: ნაბუნიობა (nabunioba), მზებუდობა (mzebudoba)
• German: Sonnenwende (de) f
• Greek: ηλιοστάσιο (el) n (iliostásio)
• Hindi: अयनांत (hi) m (aynānt)
• Hungarian: napforduló (hu)
• Icelandic: sólstöður (is) f pl, sólhvörf n pl
• Irish: grianstad m
• Italian: solstizio (it) m
• Japanese: 冬至 (ja) (とうじ, tōji) (winter solstice), 夏至 (ja) (げし, geshi) (summer solstice)
• Karachay-Balkar: къоргъазин (qorğazin)
• Korean: 지점 (ko) (jijeom), 동지 (ko) (dongji) (winter), 하지 (ko) (haji) (summer)
• Latin: solstitium n (summer), brūma f (winter)
• Latvian: saulgrieži (lv) m pl
• Lithuanian: saulėgrįža f
• Macedonian: сонцестој m (soncestoj)
• Malay: solstis
• Malayalam: അയനം (ml) (ayanaṁ)
• Maori: takanga o te rā, hikumutu (winter solstice), Ihu o Takurua (winter), Ihu o Hineraumati (summer), te tuakaihautanga o Tamanuiterā
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: shá niighááh, shá niiltłʼah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solverv n

  Nynorsk: solkverv m

• Old English: sunstede m
• Persian: گشتن (fa) (gaštan), انقلاب (fa) (enqelâb)
• Polish: przesilenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: solstício (pt) m
• Romanian: solstițiu (ro) n, solstițiul verii n, solstițiul iernii n
• Russian: солнцестоя́ние (ru) n (solncestojánije)
• Sanskrit: अयनान्त (sa) m (ayanānta)
• Serbo-Croatian: suncostaj (sh) m, су̏нцоста̄ј m
• Slovak: slnovrat m
• Slovene: sónčev obràt m, solstícij m
• Spanish: solsticio (es) m
• Swedish: sommarsolstånd (sv) (the longest day), vintersolstånd (sv) (the shortest day), solstånd (sv) n
• Tagalog: solstisyo
• Thai: มายัน (mayan)
• Tibetan: ཉི་མ་ལོག་ཡག (nyi ma log yag)
• Ukrainian: сонцестоя́ння (uk) n (soncestojánnja)
• Vietnamese: điểm chí
• Welsh: heuldro m

Anagrams

• isolects, scolites, solecist

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French solstice, borrowed from Latin solstitium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔl.stis/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Switzerland):

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• Rhymes: -is

Noun

solstice m (plural solstices)

1. (astronomy) solstice

Hyponyms

• solstice d’été, solstice d’hiver

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• solsticium

Etymology

From Old French solstice and Latin sōlstitium.

Noun

solstice (plural solstices)

1. solstice (summer or winter)
2. the day of the solstice

Descendants

• English: solstice

References

• “solstice, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2024-06-22.

Old French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sōlstitium.

Noun

solstice oblique singular, m (oblique plural solstices, nominative singular solstices, nominative plural solstice)

1. (astronomy) solstice

Descendants

• French: solstice
• → Middle English: solstice
  • English: solstice