sol
French, noun/sɔl/
sol is spelled S-O-L (3 letters) and appears 100 times per million words in written French, the 823rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sol is a French masculine noun meaning “soil, earth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cinquième note de la gamme”.
What does sol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesoil, earth
- 2
masculineground
- 3
masculinefloor
noun
- 1
masculinesol (the fifth step (G) in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la)
noun
- 1
masculinea Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinesou (the feudal era coin)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cinquième note de la gamme.
noun: 1. Surface de la terre où on se tient, où on marche, sur laquelle on construit, etc. 2. Terrain considéré quant à sa nature ou à ses qualités productives. 3. Muraille, la partie de la roche sur laquelle une mine ou un filon est appuyé.
noun: 1. Monnaie de compte de l’Ancien Régime, valant un vingtième de la livre tournois.
noun: 1. Solution colloïdale au comportement liquide.
noun: 1. Durée du jour solaire sur la planète Mars.
noun: 1. Monnaie du Pérou : 2. Entre 1931 à 1985 ; 3. À nouveau depuis fin 2015 (simple changement du nom du nuevo sol (« nouveau sol »), utilisé depuis 1991).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sol
- sols plural
- sou
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sol?
- /sɔl/
- /su/
- \sɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sol in French?
sol appears 100 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).