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sol⋅i⋅taire
[sol-i-tair] 
ɪˌtɛər
–noun
| 1. | Also called patience. any of various games played by one person with one or more regular 52-card packs, part or all of which are usually dealt out according to a given pattern, the object being to arrange the cards in a predetermined manner. |
| 2. | a game played by one person alone, as a game played with marbles or pegs on a board having hollows or holes. |
| 3. | a precious stone, esp. a diamond, set by itself, as in a ring. |
| 4. | any of several American thrushes of the genus Myadestes, having short, broad bills and noted for their beautiful songs. |
| 5. | a large extinct flightless bird of the genus Pezophaps, related to the dodo but with a longer neck, smaller bill, and longer legs, that inhabited the Mascarene Islands. |
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| sol·i·taire (sŏl'ĭ-târ') n.
[French, solitary, from Old French; see solitary.] |
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Solitaire
Sol`i*taire"\, n. [F. See Solitary.]1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. --Pope. 2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists. --Mrs. R. H. Davis. 3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping," as in draughts. 4. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary. (b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is called the invisible bird.
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Language Translation for : Solitaire
Spanish:
solitario,
German:
einsam,
Japanese:
孤独の
solitaire
1716, "solitary person, recluse," from Fr. solitaire, from L. solitarius (see solitary). Sense of "a precious stone set by itself" is from 1727. Meaning "card game played by one person" is first attested 1746.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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