solstice

From Middle English solstice, from Old French solstice, from Latin sōlstitium.

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

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• Rhymes: -ɒlstɪs, -əʊlstɪs

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.

   Synonym: sunstead

   Hyponyms: summer solstice, winter solstice

   Coordinate terms: equinox, lunistice

   • 2010, Capt Sp Meek, The Solar Magnet‎^[1]:

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

• equinox

• isolects, scolites, solecist

Inherited from Old French solstice, a learned borrowing from Latin sōlstitium, from sōl + sistō + -ium.

• IPA^(key): /sɔl.stis/

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• Rhymes: -is

solstice m (plural solstices)

1. (astronomy) solstice

   Hyponyms: solstice d'été, solstice d'hiver

• “solstice”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• solsticium

From Old French solstice and Latin sōlstitium.

solstice (plural solstices)

1. solstice (summer or winter)
2. the day of the solstice

• English: solstice

• “solstice, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2024.

Learned borrowing from Latin sōlstitium.

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

1. (astronomy) solstice

• French: solstice
• → Middle English: solstice
  • English: solstice