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Meaning of solitude | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C2 Standard
ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd

Definitions

  1. Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A lonely or deserted place.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية اختلاء استفرد الخلوة انزواء انفراد عزلة وحد وحدة
Български самота
བོད་སྐད དབེན་པ
Bosanski osama pustoš samotnost осама пустош самотност
Català solitud
Čeština samota
Cymraeg unigedd
Dansk ensomhed
Deutsch Abgelegenheit Abgeschiedenheit Alleinsein Einsamkeit
Ελληνικά ερημιά μοναξιά
Esperanto soleco
Español soledad solitud
Eesti üksindus
Suomi yksinäisyys
Français solitude
Gaeilge aonarachas aonaracht
Gàidhlig aonrachd
Galego tebras
עברית בדידות
हिन्दी तख़लिया
Hrvatski osama pustoš samotnost осама пустош самотност
Magyar magány
Bahasa Indonesia kesepian
Íslenska einsemd
Italiano solitudine
日本語 ひとりぼっち 孤 孤独
Қазақша жалғыздық
한국어 고독 잠적 혼자
Кыргызча жалгыздык
Latina desolatio solitas solitudo
Lietuvių vienatvė
മലയാളം ഏകാന്തത
Nederlands eenzaamheid
Polski głusza odosobnienie osamotnienie samota samotnia samotność ustronność
Português solidão solitude
Română singurătate solitudine
Русский одиночество уединение
Slovenščina samota
Српски osama pustoš samotnost осама пустош самотност
Svenska avskildhet ensamhet enskildhet enslighet
తెలుగు ఏకాంతము
Türkmençe ýalňyzlyk
Türkçe yalnızlık
Українська самота само́тність

Examples

“Now the New Year reviving old Desires, The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires, Where the White Hand of Moses on the Bough Puts out, and Jesus from the Ground suspires.”
“Cranks like Rousseau made solitude glamorous, but sensible people agreed that it was really terrible.”
“As much as I definitely enjoy solitude / I wouldn't mind perhaps / Spending little time with you”
“Mark where his carnage and his conquests cease! He makes a solitude, and calls it — peace.”
“[S]uch an one […] recalls as a vision of Paradise the land he has learnt to love; he exaggerates the insalubrity of a northern climate; he bewails the wretched formality of our civilised life, and so, back to the distant solitudes flies his recollection like a dove to the wilderness.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Solitudes solitudinarian solitudinousness solivagant Solivan solive

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