solen

See also: Solen

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σωλήν (sōlḗn).

Noun

solen (plural solens)

  1. (medicine) A cradle, as for a broken limb.
  2. (zoology) Any marine bivalve mollusk belonging to Solen or allied genera; a razor shell.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for solen in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

solen

  1. third-person plural present indicative form of soler

Danish

Noun

solen c

  1. singular definite of sol

Proper noun

solen

  1. Sun (the star at the center of our solar system)

Alternative forms

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σωλήν (sōlḗn).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsoː.leːn/, [ˈsoː.ɫeːn]

Noun

sōlēn m (genitive sōlēnis); third declension

  1. a kind of sea-mussel, the razor-fish
  2. (Late Latin) pipe, tube

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sōlēn sōlēnēs
Genitive sōlēnis sōlēnum
Dative sōlēnī sōlēnibus
Accusative sōlēnem sōlēnēs
Ablative sōlēne sōlēnibus
Vocative sōlēn sōlēnēs

Synonyms

References
  • solen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • solen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • solen in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

solen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of sol

Swedish

Noun

solen

  1. definite singular of sol
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