Solstice

//ˈsɒl.stɪs//

Synonyms for "solstice" (6 found)

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Related words (3)

Noun(1 words)
sunstead

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Translations

77 translations across 55 languages.

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Arabic

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  • اِنْقِلَاب شَمْسِيّ noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Armenian

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  • արևադարձ noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Asturian

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  • solsticiu noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • сонцастая́нне noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Breton

1 entries
  • goursav-heol noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • слънцестое́не noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Catalan

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  • solstici noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 冬至 noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • 夏至 noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • 至日 noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • 至點 /至点 noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Czech

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  • slunovrat noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Danish

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  • solhverv noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Dutch

2 entries
  • zonnestilstand noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • zonnewende noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Esperanto

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  • solstico noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Estonian

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  • pööripäev noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Finnish

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  • päivänseisaus noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

French

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  • solstice noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მზებუდობა noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • ნაბუნიობა noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

German

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  • Sonnenwende noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Greek

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  • ηλιοστάσιο noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Hindi

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  • अयनांत noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Hungarian

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  • napforduló noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • sólhvörf noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • sólstöður noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Irish

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  • grianstad noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Italian

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  • solstizio noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 冬至 noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • 夏至 noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Karachay-Balkar

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  • къоргъазин noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Korean

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  • 동지 noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • 지점 noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • 하지 noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Latin

2 entries
  • brūma noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • solstitium noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Latvian

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  • saulgrieži noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • saulėgrįža noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Macedonian

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  • сонцестој noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Malay

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  • solstis noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Malayalam

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  • അയനം noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Māori

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  • Ihu o Hineraumati noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • Ihu o Takurua noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • hikumutu noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • takanga o te rā noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Navajo

2 entries
  • shá niighááh noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • shá niiltłʼah noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • solverv noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • solkverv noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Old English

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  • sunstede noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Persian

2 entries
  • انقلاب noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • گشتن noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Polish

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  • przesilenie noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Portuguese

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  • solstício noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Romanian

3 entries
  • solstițiu noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • solstițiul iernii noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • solstițiul verii noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Russian

1 entries
  • солнцестоя́ние noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • अयनान्त noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • suncostaj noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • су̏нцоста̄ј noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Sikkimese

1 entries
  • ཉིན་ལྡོག noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Slovak

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  • slnovrat noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Slovene

2 entries
  • solstícij noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • sónčev obràt noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Spanish

1 entries
  • solsticio noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Swedish

3 entries
  • solstånd noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • sommarsolstånd noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)
  • vintersolstånd noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Tagalog

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  • solstisyo noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Thai

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  • มายัน noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Tibetan

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  • ཉི་མ་ལོག་ཡག noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Ukrainian

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  • сонцестоя́ння noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Vietnamese

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  • điểm chí noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Welsh

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  • heuldro noun (point where the earth stands at the extreme of its ellipsis around the sun)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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We'll have to celebrate the winter solstice.

Source: tatoeba (703152)

The pagan nations of antiquity always had a tendency to worship the sun, under different names, as the giver of light and life. And their festivals in its honor took place near the winter solstice, the shortest day in the year, when the sun in December begins its upward course, thrilling men with the first distant promise of spring.

Source: tatoeba (5681786)

After the summer solstice, the days gradually begin to get shorter.

Source: tatoeba (8855770)

Winter solstice is coming.

Source: tatoeba (9193473)

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