solter

Inherited from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”) (compare Spanish soltero, Portuguese solteiro). Less likely derived from solt,^[1] from the past participle of Old Catalan soldre, from Latin solvere (past participle solutus (“unbound, released, free, at large”)). Compare the doublet solitari.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sulˈte]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [solˈte]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [solˈteɾ]

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solter (feminine soltera, masculine plural solters, feminine plural solteres)

1. single, unmarried (of a person)
2. free, loose, unattached (of an object)

• “solter”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “solter” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “solter” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.