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# sol

«sol» in Mova's school dictionary: **a name for our Sun, from Latin** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (Sol — the Sun; sol — music note; a sol — a Mars day; sol — chemistry; sol — money of Peru); also French and Spanish word

### meaning for a pupil

1) (space) Sol is a name for our Sun, from Latin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#m1)

2) (space) A sol is one day on Mars, about 24 hours 40 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#m2)

3) (music) Sol (or so, soh) is the fifth note of the do-re-mi scale. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#m3)

4) (science) A sol is a liquid with tiny solid bits spread through it (a kind of colloid). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#m4)

5) The sol is the money of Peru. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#m5)

6) (French) "Sol" means floor or ground; (Spanish, Portuguese) "sol" means sun — not English words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In space lessons, scientists number Mars rover days in sols ("on sol 100 the rover found a rock"); science fiction calls our Sun "Sol". In music, do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do is sung in The Sound of Music ("so, a needle pulling thread"). In French lessons, "par terre" or "sur le sol" means on the ground.

### examples

- The Mars rover took a photo on its 200th sol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#x1)
- A sol on Mars is about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#x2)
- Sol is the Latin name for the Sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#x3)
- Sing do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#x4)
- In science fiction, Earth's sun is called Sol. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#x5)
- The price was ten soles in a market in Lima. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#x6)
- (French) "Le sol" means the ground or the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#x7)
- (Spanish) "Hace sol" means "it is sunny". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/#x8)

### note

Capital S for the Sun's name (Sol). The music note is also spelt "so" or "soh". Plural of the Peruvian money: soles. In French "sol" is not the sun (that is "soleil"). Do not confuse with "soul" or "sole".

### In the corpora

- [Mars is about half the Earth's width, and its day, called a sol, is about 24 hours 40 minutes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/8-mars/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sol» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sol/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.