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Plural of solo

regular plural

The plural of solo is solos or soli.

Forms of solo

Singularsolo /ˈsoʊ.loʊ/
Pluralsolos
soli
Countablecountable

Solos and soli in a sentence

  • The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.From the entry owe
  • The following abbreviations are used for all drum solos and fill-ins.2005, Ted Reed -, Drum Solos and Fill-Ins for the Progressive Drummer. From the entry fill-in
  • Debbie Ahn, on piano, provided some mesmerizing back-up and many fiery, on-target solos.1984 April 21, Pam Gordon, “'There's Always Cost': Ferron's Boston Concert”, in Gay Community News, page 17. From the entry backup
  • Music Content: highly florid and mellismatic melodies; background instrumental riffs and chordal harmonies; limited instrumental solos or instrumental features.2012, Lenard C. Bowie, African American Musical Heritage, →ISBN. From the entry mellismatic
  • All the guitar solos (apart from “Watermelon In Easter Hay”) were xenochronous, creating a spacious, free-floating sonic universe.2005, Katherine Norman, editor, Poetry of Reality, Routledge, →ISBN, page 132. From the entry xenochronous

Meaning of solo

  1. noun A piece of music for one performer.
  2. noun A job or performance done by one person alone.
  3. noun A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner.

Full definition of solo

Questions about the plural of solo

What is the plural of solo?
The plural of solo is solos or soli.
Which is correct, solos or soli?
Both are used. solos is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is solo countable?
Solo is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: solo (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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