solitaire

Other forms of solitaire

plural

solitaires·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about solitaire

What does solitaire mean?

solitaire means "a gem (usually a diamond) in a setting by itself". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in solitaire?

solitaire has 3 syllables: so-li-taire. The stress falls on "taire". In IPA it is /ˌsɑləˈtɛɹ/.

What is another word for solitaire?

Close synonyms include Pezophaps solitaria, patience. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is solitaire a common word?

solitaire is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with solitaire?

3 words rhyme with solitaire. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.