solder - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

Contents

  • 1 English
    • 1.1 Etymology
    • 1.2 Pronunciation
    • 1.3 Noun
      • 1.3.1 Derived terms
      • 1.3.2 Translations
    • 1.4 Verb
      • 1.4.1 Antonyms
      • 1.4.2 Derived terms
      • 1.4.3 Translations
    • 1.5 See also
    • 1.6 Anagrams
  • 2 Afrikaans
    • 2.1 Etymology
    • 2.2 Pronunciation
    • 2.3 Noun
      • 2.3.1 Derived terms
  • 3 French
    • 3.1 Etymology
    • 3.2 Pronunciation
    • 3.3 Verb
      • 3.3.1 Conjugation
      • 3.3.2 Related terms
    • 3.4 Further reading
    • 3.5 Anagrams
  • 4 Indonesian
    • 4.1 Etymology
    • 4.2 Pronunciation
    • 4.3 Noun
      • 4.3.1 Derived terms
    • 4.4 Further reading

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English souder, soudere, soudur (noun), from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (to solder, verb) (> Middle English souden (to solder)), from Latin solidāre, present active infinitive of solidō (make solid).

Pronunciation[edit]

LanguageHat discussion of the many pronunciations of “solder”

Noun[edit]

solder (countable and uncountable, plural solders)

  1. Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
  2. Figuratively, circ*mstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together in analogy to solder that joins metals.
    • 1860, D R. M'Nab, Christian consolation; The way home; and Conjugal love[1]:

      Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul — and solder of society.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

any of various alloys that are used to join small pieces of metal together

Verb[edit]

solder (third-person singular simple present solders, present participle soldering, simple past and past participle soldered)

  1. to join items together, or to coat them with solder
  2. (figuratively) to join things as if with solder.

Antonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

to join with solder

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Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch zolder, from Middle Dutch solre, solder, from Old Dutch *solari, *soleri, from Latin sōlārium.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

solder (plural solders, diminutive soldertjie)

  1. attic

Derived terms[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From solde +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

solder

  1. to close (a deal)
  2. (finance) to settle, to pay off (debt)
  3. to sell at sales, to have a sale
  4. (reflexive, ~ par) to end up (in), to result (in)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of solder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitivesimplesolder
compoundavoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1simplesoldant
/sɔl.dɑ̃/
compoundayant + past participle
past participlesoldé
/sɔl.de/
singularplural
firstsecondthirdfirstsecondthird
indicativeje (j’)tuil, elle, onnousvousils, elles
(simple
tenses)
presentsolde
/sɔld/
soldes
/sɔld/
solde
/sɔld/
soldons
/sɔl.dɔ̃/
soldez
/sɔl.de/
soldent
/sɔld/
imperfectsoldais
/sɔl.dɛ/
soldais
/sɔl.dɛ/
soldait
/sɔl.dɛ/
soldions
/sɔl.djɔ̃/
soldiez
/sɔl.dje/
soldaient
/sɔl.dɛ/
past historic2soldai
/sɔl.de/
soldas
/sɔl.da/
solda
/sɔl.da/
soldâmes
/sɔl.dam/
soldâtes
/sɔl.dat/
soldèrent
/sɔl.dɛʁ/
futuresolderai
/sɔl.də.ʁe/
solderas
/sɔl.də.ʁa/
soldera
/sɔl.də.ʁa/
solderons
/sɔl.də.ʁɔ̃/
solderez
/sɔl.də.ʁe/
solderont
/sɔl.də.ʁɔ̃/
conditionalsolderais
/sɔl.də.ʁɛ/
solderais
/sɔl.də.ʁɛ/
solderait
/sɔl.də.ʁɛ/
solderions
/sɔl.də.ʁjɔ̃/
solderiez
/sɔl.də.ʁje/
solderaient
/sɔl.də.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)
present perfectpresent indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfectimperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfectfuture of avoir + past participle
conditional perfectconditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctiveque je (j’)que tuqu’il, qu’elleque nousque vousqu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)
presentsolde
/sɔld/
soldes
/sɔld/
solde
/sɔld/
soldions
/sɔl.djɔ̃/
soldiez
/sɔl.dje/
soldent
/sɔld/
imperfect2soldasse
/sɔl.das/
soldasses
/sɔl.das/
soldât
/sɔl.da/
soldassions
/sɔl.da.sjɔ̃/
soldassiez
/sɔl.da.sje/
soldassent
/sɔl.das/
(compound
tenses)
pastpresent subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperativetunousvous
simplesolde
/sɔld/
soldons
/sɔl.dɔ̃/
soldez
/sɔl.de/
compoundsimple imperative of avoir + past participlesimple imperative of avoir + past participlesimple imperative of avoir + past participle
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading[edit]

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Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch soldeer, from Old French soldure, soudeure (noun), from Old French souder, solder (to solder, verb) (> Middle English souden (to solder)), from Latin solidāre, present active infinitive of solidō (make solid).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈsɔldɛr]
  • Hyphenation: sol‧dèr

Noun[edit]

solder-solder

  1. solder: any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
    Synonym: patri

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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