solitaire

Etymology
Borrowed from, ultimately from. .

Noun

 * 1) A person who lives alone; a recluse or hermit.
 * 2) * 1722-1723,, letter to a lady
 * he really wishes he had never beheld you, nor yours. You have spoiled him for a solitaire, and a book, all the days of his life; and put him into such a condition, that he thinks of nothing, and enquires of nothing but after a person who has nothing to say to him, and has left him for ever
 * 1)   A game for one person, played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by "jumping", as in draughts.
 * 2)  Any of various card games that can be played by one person.
 * 3) , an extinct bird related to the dodo.
 * (, now ), an extinct bird formerly believed to be related to the dodo.
 * 1) One of several American species of bird in the genus  in the thrush family.
 * 2)  A single gem, usually a diamond, mounted in a piece of jewellery by itself.
 * 3)  A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.
 * 1) , an extinct bird related to the dodo.
 * (, now ), an extinct bird formerly believed to be related to the dodo.
 * 1) One of several American species of bird in the genus  in the thrush family.
 * 2)  A single gem, usually a diamond, mounted in a piece of jewellery by itself.
 * 3)  A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.
 * 1)  A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.
 * 1)  A black neck ribbon worn with a bag wig in the 18th century.

Derived terms

 * spider solitaire
 * Townsend's solitaire

Translations

 * Catalan: Solitari
 * Finnish: erakkopeli, lautapasianssi
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian: Peg Solitaire
 * Spanish: Senku


 * Finnish:
 * French: ibis de la Réunion, solitaire de la Réunion, dronte de la Réunion


 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Bulgarian: солитер
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:

Adjective

 * 1) Living or being alone; solitary.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: yksin asuva ,
 * French:
 * Spanish:

Etymology
. In Middle and Old French there existed the words, , inherited from Vulgar Latin *sōlitānus, from Late Latin.

Adjective

 * 1) solitary, alone

Noun

 * 1) loner, solitary person