solo
French, noun/sɔ.lo/
solo is spelled S-O-L-O (4 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Solo is a French masculine noun meaning “solo (a piece of music for one performer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau ou passage d’une composition musicale qui n’est joué que par un seul instrument ou qui n’est chanté…”.
What does solo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesolo (a piece of music for one performer)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie un instrument ou un instrumentiste qui joue seul. 2. Qualifie une ascension sans assurage par un second alpiniste ou grimpeur.
adverb: 1. Seul, solitairement.
noun: 1. Morceau ou passage d’une composition musicale qui n’est joué que par un seul instrument ou qui n’est chanté que par un seul chanteur. 2. Escalade en solo, pratiquée de manière autonome, sans la présence d’un second grimpeur assurant le premier. Désigne parfois l’escalade en « solo intégral », sans aucun système d’assurage (pas de corde). 3. Spectacle solo.
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 solo
- solos plural
- soli plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce solo?
- /sɔ.lo/
- \sɔ.lo\
- \so.lo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to solo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is solo in French?
solo appears 23 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).