From Middle English solitude, from Old French solitude.

• (RP) IPA: /ˈsɒlɪˌtjuːd/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsɑlɪˌtud/

solitude

1. Aloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.

   Synonyms: aloneness

   Antonyms: intimacy

   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →ISBN, page 193 ↗:

     Cranks like Rousseau made solitude glamorous, but sensible people agreed that it was really terrible.

2. A lonely or deserted place.

• sole
• solo
• soliloquy
• solitary
• solitudinous
• solitudinously

• French: solitude
• German: Einsamkeit, Alleinsein
• Italian: solitudine
• Portuguese: solidão, solitude
• Russian: одиночество
• Spanish: soledad, solitud