Solitaire may refer to:

Film and television

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Le Solitaire ''The Loner'' ( French: ''Le Solitaire'') is a 1987 French crime film directed and co-written by Jacques Deray, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Malo, Michel Beaune and Pierre Vernier. It was the last in a series of commercial action films ...

'', a 1987 French film * ''Solitaire'' (1991 film), a Canadian drama film * ''Solitaire'' (2008 film), a drama film *''Solitaire'', 2016 Lebanese comedy film with

Bassam Kousa Bassam Kousa (; born 7 November 1954) is a Syrian Syrians () are the majority inhabitants of Syria, indigenous to the Levant, most of whom have Arabic, especially its Levantine and Mesopotamian dialects, as a mother tongue. The cultural an ...

*"Solitaire", a 1977 episode of ''Police Woman'' *"Solitaire", a 1996 episode of ''Dave's World'' * Solitaire (''James Bond''), a character in ''Live and Let Die'' *Solitaire Island, a fictional island in the 1995 "Watergate" episode of ''seaQuest DSV''

Games

Solitaire (game) Patience (Europe), card solitaire, or solitaire (US/Canada), is a genre of card games whose common feature is that the aim is to arrange the cards in some systematic order or, in a few cases, to pair them off in order to discard them. Most are in ...

, American name for a genre of single-player card games known as "patience" elsewhere **

Klondike (solitaire) Klondike is a card game for one player and the best known and most popular version of the patience or solitaire family, as well as one of the most challenging in widespread play.Parlett (1979), pp. 94–95. It has spawned numerous variants includin ...

, a card game, also known as solitaire in North America **

Microsoft Solitaire ''Solitaire'' is a computer game included with Microsoft Windows, based on a card game of the same name, also known as Klondike. Its original version was programmed by Wes Cherry, and the cards were designed by Susan Kare. History Microsoft ...

, a computer game *

Mahjong solitaire Mahjong solitaire (also known as Shanghai solitaire, electronic or computerized mahjong, solitaire mahjong or simply mahjong) is a single-player matching game that uses a set of mahjong tiles rather than cards. It is more commonly played on ...

, a tile game *

Peg solitaire Peg Solitaire, Solo Noble, Solo Goli, Marble Solitaire or simply Solitaire is a board game for one player involving movement of pegs on a board with holes. Some sets use marbles in a board with indentations. The game is known as solitaire in Bri ...

, a board game called "solitaire" outside of the U.S. *Solitaire, a non-player character from '' Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker''

Literature

* Solitaire (comics), a 1993 superhero comic book series * ''Solitaire'' (novel), a 2002 novel by Kelley Eskridge * ''Solitaire'' (audio drama), a 2010 ''Doctor Who'' audiobook *''Solitaire'', a 2014 novel by

Alice Oseman Alice May Oseman (born 16 October 1994) is an English author and illustrator of young adult fiction. She secured her first publishing deal at 17 and published her first novel ''Solitaire'' in 2014. Her novels include ''Radio Silence'', ''I Was ...

Music

The Solitaires The Solitaires were an American doo-wop group, best known for their 1957 hit single " Walking Along". Although they never had a national chart hit, they were one of the most popular vocal groups in New York in the late 1950s. History The Solit ...

, an American doo wop group * Solitaire (musician) or James Callahan (born 1965), a 1980s synth pop performer *

Solitair Sheldon Pitt, better known by his stage name Solitair, is a Canadian rapper and record producer from Toronto, Ontario. He is a founding member of the now defunct Black Jays record label and production team. Solitair has been producing hip hop an ...

(born 1975), hip-hop MC and producer from Toronto *Solitaire, a dance music duo consisting of

Pump Friction Pump Friction is the studio project of DJ/ producer Lewis Dene from London. He scored a number 1 hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1997 with " That Sound". He also reached number 40 that same year with "Vicious" (as ...

(Lewis Dene) and Dave Taylor

Albums

* ''Solitaire'' (Edenbridge album) (2010) * ''Solitaire'' (Neil Sedaka album) (1972) * ''Solitaire'' (Andy Williams album) (1973) * ''Solitaire'' (Uri Caine album) (2001) *''Solitaire'', a 2002 album by

Doc Gynéco Bruno Beausir (; born May 10, 1974), known by his stage name Doc Gynéco (), is a French hip hop musician. His music is typically characterized as a ragga/ rap style, that has found its fan base in France. Early life, family and education Bor ...

*''Solitaire'', a 2014 album by Shy'm

Songs

* "The Way"/"Solitaire", a 2004 double A-side by Clay Aiken * "Solitaire" (Martine Clémenceau song) (1981), covered by Laura Branigan in 1983 * "Solitaire" (Neil Sedaka song) (1972), covered by the Carpenters in 1975 *"Solitaire", a 1973 song and 1993 single by

Tony Christie Anthony Fitzgerald (born 25 April 1943), known professionally as Tony Christie, is an English musician and singer. He is best known for his recording of " (Is This the Way to) Amarillo", a double UK chart success. Career 1960s to 1970s Bor ...

*"Solitaire", a 1993 song by Deep Purple from '' The Battle Rages On...'' *"Solitaire", a 1955 song by

Erroll Garner Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first re ...

*"Solitaire", a 2007 song by Kamelot from '' Ghost Opera'' *"Solitaire", a 2012 song by Kamelot from '' Silverthorn'' *"Solitaire", a 2015 song by Marina and the Diamonds from '' Froot'' *"Solitaire/Unraveling", a 2001 song by Mushroomhead from '' XX'' *"Solitaire", a 2009 song by Wilco from '' Wilco (The Album)''

Transportation and military

* ''Solitaire'' (ship), a 1971 pipe-laying ship * French ship ''Solitaire'' (1774) or HMS ''Solitaire'' * HMS ''Solitaire'', a ship of the Royal Navy * Rutan Solitaire, a motorglider *Solitaire, a variant of the

Mitsubishi MU-2 The Mitsubishi MU-2 is a Japanese high-wing, twin-engine turboprop aircraft with a Cabin pressurization, pressurized cabin manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. It made its maiden flight in September 1963 and was produced until 1986. It ...

aircraft

Wildlife

* Solitaire (bird), a bird group in the thrush family *

Night parrot The night parrot (''Pezoporus occidentalis'') is a small parrot endemic to the continent of Australia. It has also been known as porcupine parrot, nocturnal ground parakeet, midnight cockatoo, solitaire, spinifex parrot and night parakeet. It i ...

, ''Pezoporus occidentalis'', or solitaire, an endangered bird of Australia * Réunion solitaire, ''Threskiornis solitarius'', an extinct bird *

Rodrigues solitaire The Rodrigues solitaire (''Pezophaps solitaria'') is an extinct flightless bird that was endemism, endemic to the island of Rodrigues, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Genetically within the family of Columbidae, pigeons and doves, it wa ...

, ''Pezophaps solitaria'', an extinct bird

Other uses

* ''Solitaire'' (ballet), a 1956 ballet by Kenneth MacMillan *

Solitaire (cipher) The Solitaire cryptographic algorithm was designed by Bruce Schneier at the request of Neal Stephenson for use in his novel ''Cryptonomicon'', in which field agents use it to communicate securely without having to rely on electronics or having to ...

, a cryptographic algorithm * Solitaire (jewellery), a single jewel, such as a diamond, set alone * Solitaire, Namibia, a settlement * Solitaires of Port-Royal, a 17th-century French community *The proper name of the star 58 Hydrae