solder
French, verb/sɔl.de/
solder is spelled S-O-L-D-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,217th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Solder is a French verb meaning “to close (a deal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Donner une solde à des troupes, à des mercenaires”.
What does solder mean in English?
verb
- 1
to close (a deal)
- 2
to settle, to pay off (debt)
- 3
to sell at sales, to have a sale
- 4
to end up (in), to result (in)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Donner une solde à des troupes, à des mercenaires. 2. Payer à quelqu’un tout ce qu’on restait à lui devoir. 3. Acquitter un compte, une dette, en faire l’entier paiement. 4. Vendre en solde.
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 solder
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- soldant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- soldé participle past
- solde first-person indicative present
- soldes indicative present second-person
- soldons first-person indicative plural
- soldez indicative plural present
- soldent indicative plural present
- soldais first-person imperfect indicative
- soldait imperfect indicative singular
- soldions first-person imperfect indicative
- soldiez imperfect indicative plural
- soldaient imperfect indicative plural
- soldai first-person historic indicative
- soldas historic indicative past
- solda historic indicative past
- soldâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce solder?
- /sɔl.de/
- \sɔl.de\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to solder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is solder in French?
solder appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).