OL
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation
Adjective
OL
- Abbreviation of online.
Etymology 2
From Japanese OL (オフィスレディー), from English office+lady.
Noun
OL (plural OLs)
- Abbreviation of office lady (Japanese wasei eigo)
Translations
office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)
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Anagrams
- 'lo, LO, Lo, lo
Chinese
Etymology
From Japanese OL (ōeru), wasei eigo from English office + lady.
Pronunciation
Noun
OL
- office lady; pink-collar office worker
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o.ɛl/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
OL ?
- (soccer) Initialism of Olympique Lyonnais. (a soccer team from the French town of Lyons)
See also
- (Olympique Lyonnais):
Olympique Lyonnais on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (Olympique Lyonnais):
Olympique lyonnais on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Japanese
Etymology
Initialism of English office lady.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) オーエル [òóérú] (Heiban – [0])
- (Tokyo) オーエル [òóéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA(key): [o̞ːe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
OL • (ōeru)
- Initialism of オフィスレディー (ofisu redī, “office lady”) (female office worker responsible chiefly for menial, non-aspirational tasks)
Descendants
- → English: OL
- → Chinese: OL
See also
- キャリアウーマン (kyariaūman)
- サラリーマン (sararīman)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːˌel/, [ˈuːˌɛl], [ˈuːˌɛɽ]
Noun
OL (definite singular OL-et, indefinite plural OL, definite plural OL-a or OL-ene)
- Initialism of olympiske leker (“Olympic Games”).
References
- “OL” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “OL” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːˌel/, [ˈuːˌɛl], [ˈuːˌɛɽ]
Noun
OL (definite singular OL-et, indefinite plural OL, definite plural OL-a)
- Initialism of olympiske leikar (“Olympic Games”).
References
- “OL” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.