Do *you* pronounce the L in SOLDER ? (In the USA?) (2024)

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Below is the UK transcription for 'solder': Modern IPA: sɔ́ldə Traditional IPA: ˈsɒldə 2 syllables: "SOL" + "duh"

The consistent spelling solder is 16C, though it had occasionally been seen before. Middle English soudur shows that there was no /l/ in the 14C, and as late as 1840, Smart's Pronouncing Dictionary (of British English) gave the /l/-free pronunciation.

The word solder comes from the Middle English word soudur, via Old French solduree and soulder, from the Latin solidare, meaning "to make solid".

"Sautering" is the incorrect spelling of "soldering," "sweating (sweat soldering)," or "sautéing." It is also how Americans and Canadians pronounce the word "soldering." "Soldering" is a process of joining two or more metal components together by melting and flowing a filler metal, known as solder, into the joint.

WordReference English Thesaurus © 2024. Synonyms: mend , patch , cement , fasten , join , weld , chase , mold , put together, roll into one, unite.

sodder (plural sodders) An agricultural implement for scooping or stripping a layer of topsoil and picking it up intact to lay it down as a cover growth or lawn elsewhere.

Soldering a pipe joint or "sweating a pipe" is accomplished by heating a copper fitting with a propane torch until the fitting is just hot enough to melt metal solder. The heat draws the solder into the gap between the fitting and pipe to form a water tight seal.

Pronunciation: \SAH-der\

The silent "l" in solder ("a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces") isn't completely exotic: other, more common words like salmon, calm, walk, should, and calf also typically have one.

The word is from French "souder," but the L was put into the spelling on the basis of the Latin etymology (related to "solid"), and eventually a lot of people started pronouncing the L. This is very similar to what happened with "salmon" except that nobody pronounces the L in that one.

Don't say the 'r' in 'world'! Not even a tiny bit, it is completely silent as it is followed by a consonant. The 'l' in world is dark because it comes after a vowel sound. Your tongue should raise at the back and the front, it is a very soft sound, not like the clear /l/ you find at the beginning of a word.

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"Sautering" is the incorrect spelling of "soldering," "sweating (sweat soldering)," or "sautéing." It is also how Americans and Canadians pronounce the word "soldering." "Soldering" is a process of joining two or more metal components together by melting and flowing a filler metal, known as solder, into the joint.