pol
Translingual
Symbol
pol
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɒl
Noun
pol (plural pols)
- (informal) A politician.
- 2008, Frank P. Vazzano, Politician Extraordinaire, page 174:
- The knights-errant of politics could "tsk, tsk" all they wanted, but most experienced pols recognized that patronage was the lifeblood of their profession.
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).
Contraction
pol m (feminine pola, neuter polo, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pol m (plural pols)
- pole
- el pol Sud ― the South Pole
- pol magnètic ― magnetic pole
Related terms
Further reading
- “pol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pol”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “pol” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oːl
Noun
pol c (singular definite polen, plural indefinite poler)
- pole (the northern and southern ends of the earth's rotational axis; North Pole and South Pole)
- a pole in geometry.
- pole of a magnet, negative or positive.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pol. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
pol m (plural pollen, diminutive polletje n)
Derived terms
Extremaduran
Preposition
pol
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch vol, from Middle Dutch vol, from Old Dutch fol, ful, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Adjective
pol
- (colloquial) full.
- Synonym: penuh
- (colloquial) maximum.
- Synonym: maksimal
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
From English poll or Dutch poll, from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“round object, head, top”), from Proto-Indo-European *bolno-, *bōwl- (“orb, round object, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”).
Noun
pol (first-person possessive polku, second-person possessive polmu, third-person possessive polnya)
- poll, a survey of a particular group.
Etymology 3
Noun
pol (first-person possessive polku, second-person possessive polmu, third-person possessive polnya)
- (nonstandard) Nonstandard form of pul.
Further reading
- “pol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
From Middle French pole, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pol m (genitive singular poil, nominative plural poil)
- (biology, electricity, geography, magnetism) pole
Declension
Derived terms
- An Pol Thuaidh (“the North Pole”)
- aonpholach (“unipolar”, adjective)
- fopholach (“subpolar”, adjective)
- pol ainmhíoch (“animal pole”)
- pol cothaitheach (“vegetal pole”)
- pol deimhneach (“positive pole”)
- pol diúltach (“negative pole”)
- polach (“polar”, adjective)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
pol | phol | bpol |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pol/, [pɔɫ̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pol/, [pɔl]
Interjection
pol
- by Pollux!, truly!, really!
-
- Myrrhina: Et pol ego istuc ad te. Sed quid est, quod tuo nunc animo aegrest?
- Myrrhina: And, troth, I was coming here to yours. But what is it that now distresses your mind?
- Myrrhina: Et pol ego istuc ad te. Sed quid est, quod tuo nunc animo aegrest?
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See also
References
- “pol”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pol”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pol in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to hiss a play: fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)
- to hiss a play: fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
pol m (definite singular polen, indefinite plural poler, definite plural polene)
- pole (the northern and southern ends of the earth's rotational axis; North Pole and South Pole)
- a pole in geometry.
- pole of a magnet, negative or positive.
Derived terms
References
- “pol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).
Noun
pol m (definite singular polen, indefinite plural polar, definite plural polane)
- pole (the northern and southern ends of the earth's rotational axis; North Pole and South Pole)
- a pole in geometry.
- pole of a magnet, negative or positive.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Clipping of vinmonopol, from vin + monopol.
Noun
pol n (definite singular polet, indefinite plural pol, definite plural pola)
- alcohol monopoly (a government monopoly on manufacturing and/or retailing some or all alcoholic beverages)
- the institution itself (of alcohol monopoly)
- a retailer licensed (through the monopoly) to sell alcohol; government owned liquor store
Etymology 3
Noun
pol m (definite singular polen, uncountable)
Derived terms
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pol
References
- “pol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
West Proto-Germanic *pōlaz, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old High German pfuol (German Pfuhl).
Pronunciation
Noun
pōl m
Declension
Descendants
- English: pool
Romagnol
Noun
pol m (invariable) (Bassa Romagna)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).
Pronunciation
Noun
pȏl m (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)
- pole (magnetic, positive, negative etc.)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
pȏl m (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) sex (kind of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) gender
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From pȍla.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Particle
pȏl (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
pol c
- a pole, an extreme point, usually magnetically or geographically, such as the North Pole or South Pole.
- a pole, the points of an electrical battery between which the voltage arises.
- (mathematics, theory for analytical functions) a point where a Laurent series is not defined.
Declension
Declension of pol | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pol | polen | poler | polerna |
Genitive | pols | polens | polers | polernas |
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- ISO 639-2
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- Rhymes:English/ɒl/1 syllable
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- Rhymes:Catalan/ɔl
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- Catalan lemmas
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- Rhymes:Danish/oːl
- Rhymes:Danish/oːl/1 syllable
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- nn:Shops
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