solstice

From Middle English solstice, from Old French solstice, from Latin sōlstitium, from sōl (“sun”) + sistō (“stand still”, verb), both from Proto-Indo-European roots.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɒl.stɪs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.stɪs/, /ˈsoʊl.stɪs/, /ˈsɔl.stɪs/

solstice (plural solstices)

1. One of the two points in the ecliptic at which the sun is furthest from the celestial equator. This corresponds to one of two days in the year when the day is either longest or shortest.
   • 2010, Capt Sp Meek, The Solar Magnet

     The point at which the sun is nearest to the south pole we call the winter solstice, and the opposite point, the summer solstice.

• sunstead

• summer solstice
• winter solstice
• solstitial

• equinox

• isolects, scolites, solecist

Latin solstitium

• IPA^(key): /sɔl.stis/
• Rhymes: -is

solstice m (plural solstices)

1. (astronomy) solstice

• solstice d'été
• solstice d'hiver

• “solstice” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Learned borrowing from Latin solstitium.

solstice m (oblique plural solstices, nominative singular solstices, nominative plural solstice)

1. (astronomy) solstice

• English: solstice
• French: solstice