solder
Etymology
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Etymology
From Middle English souder, soudere, soudur, from Old French soldure, soudeure, from Old French souder, solder (> Middle English souden), from Latin solidāre, present active infinitive of solidō ("make solid").
Pronunciation- (UK) enPR: sŏlʹdə(r), sōlʹdə(r); IPA: /ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/, /ˈsəʊl.də(ɹ)/
- (Canada, General American) enPR: sŏdʹər, sōʹdər, sôʹdər; IPA: /ˈsɑd.ɚ/, /ˈsoʊ.dɚ/, /ˈsɔ.dɚ/
solder
- Any of various easily-melted alloys, commonly of tin and lead, that are used to mend, coat, or join metal objects, usually small.
- Figuratively, circumstances or emotions that strongly bond things or persons together in analogy to solder that joins metals.
- French: soudure
- German: Lötmetall, Lot, Lötdraht, Lötzinn
- Portuguese: solda
- Russian: припой
- Spanish: estaño para soldar, estaño
solder (solders, present participle soldering; simple past and past participle soldered)
to join items together, or to coat them with solder - (figuratively) to join things as if with solder.
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