solder

English
Soldered joint between two substantial metal strips
Soldering small components of an electronic circuit board
A spool of solder wire. The so-called wire actually is a hollow tube filled with a core of flux that melts when the soldering iron is applied.

Etymology

From Middle English solderen, borrowed from Old French solder (Modern French souder) from Latin solidāre, present active infinitive of solidō (“make solid”). Doublet of solidate.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) enPR: sŏl'də(r), sōl'də(r), IPA(key): /ˈsɒldə(ɹ)/, /ˈsəʊldə(ɹ)/
    Rhymes: -ɒldə(ɹ), -əʊldə(ɹ)
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  • (Canada, General American) enPR: sŏd′ər, sōd'ə(r), IPA(key): /ˈsɑdɚ/, /ˈsəʊdə(ɹ)/
    Rhymes: -ɒdə(ɹ), -əʊdə(ɹ)
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Noun

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

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Verb

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.
    • 2013, Elizabeth Burton-Phillips, Mum, Can You Lend Me Twenty Quid?: What drugs did to my family, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:
      In the days that followed Nick's death I was in severe shock. I was shattered both physically and emotionally... I seemed to be living in slow motion, waiting for the fragmented parts of my body and mind to solder themselves together.

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French

Etymology

Cf. solde.

Verb

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
Conjugation of solder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle soldant
/sɔl.dɑ̃/
past participle soldé
/sɔl.de/
infinitive
simple solder
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple soldant
/sɔl.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present solde
/sɔld/		 soldes
/sɔld/		 solde
/sɔld/		 soldons
/sɔl.dɔ̃/		 soldez
/sɔl.de/		 soldent
/sɔld/
imperfect soldais
/sɔl.dɛ/		 soldais
/sɔl.dɛ/		 soldait
/sɔl.dɛ/		 soldions
/sɔl.djɔ̃/		 soldiez
/sɔl.dje/		 soldaient
/sɔl.dɛ/
past historic2 soldai
/sɔl.de/		 soldas
/sɔl.da/		 solda
/sɔl.da/		 soldâmes
/sɔl.dam/		 soldâtes
/sɔl.dat/		 soldèrent
/sɔl.dɛʁ/
future solderai
/sɔl.də.ʁe/		 solderas
/sɔl.də.ʁa/		 soldera
/sɔl.də.ʁa/		 solderons
/sɔl.də.ʁɔ̃/		 solderez
/sɔl.də.ʁe/		 solderont
/sɔl.də.ʁɔ̃/
conditional solderais
/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 perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present solde
/sɔld/		 soldes
/sɔld/		 solde
/sɔld/		 soldions
/sɔl.djɔ̃/		 soldiez
/sɔl.dje/		 soldent
/sɔld/
imperfect2 soldasse
/sɔl.das/		 soldasses
/sɔl.das/		 soldât
/sɔl.da/		 soldassions
/sɔl.da.sjɔ̃/		 soldassiez
/sɔl.da.sje/		 soldassent
/sɔl.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — solde
/sɔld/		 — soldons
/sɔl.dɔ̃/		 soldez
/sɔl.de/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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