pol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pol"

Translingual

Symbol

pol

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Polish.

English

Etymology

Clipping of politician

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /pɑl/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɒl/
Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

pol (plural pols)

(informal) A politician.
- 1993 October 31, Maureen Dowd, “The WASP Descendancy”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
  Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House.
- 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

LPO, Lop, PLO, lop

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)

for the, by the

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin polus.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl/
Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

pol m (plural pols)

pole
el pol Sud ― the South Pole
pol magnètic ― magnetic pole

Related terms

polar

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

IPA^(key): /pɔl/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: pol
Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

pol m (plural pollen, diminutive polletje n)

a bundle of plants, with the soil it stands on or that hangs from it
(Belgium) a hand

Derived terms

graspol

Extremaduran

Preposition

pol

by
Esti libru hue escritu pol Gabriel García Márquez.
This book was written by Gabriel García Márquez.
through
for

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpɔl]
Hyphenation: pol

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

pul

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.

Noun

pol (first-person possessive polku, second-person possessive polmu, third-person possessive polnya)

(nonstandard) Nonstandard form of pul.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle French pole, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pˠɔlˠ]

Noun

pol m (genitive singular poil, nominative plural poil)

(biology, electricity, geography, magnetism) pole

Declension

Declension of pol

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pol	poil
Vocative	a phoil	a phola
Genitive	poil	pol
Dative	pol	poil

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an pol	na poil
Genitive	an phoil	na bpol
Dative	leis an bpol don phol	leis na poil

Derived terms

An Pol Thuaidh (“the North Pole”)
aonpholach (“unipolar”, adjective)
fopholach (“subpolar”, adjective)
polach (“polar”, adjective)
pol ainmhíoch (“animal pole”)
pol cothaitheach (“vegetal pole”)
pol deimhneach (“positive pole”)
pol diúltach (“negative pole”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pol	phol	bpol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pol/, [pɔɫ̪]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pol/, [pɔl]

Interjection

pol

by Pollux!, truly!, really!
- c. 180 BCE, Plautus, Casina
  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?

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- 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

nordpol
Polhavet

References

“pol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /puːl/

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

nordpol
Polhavet

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)
1. the institution itself (of alcohol monopoly)
2. a retailer licensed (through the monopoly) to sell alcohol; government owned liquor store

Etymology 3

Unknown.[1] See also pole.

Noun

pol m (definite singular polen, uncountable)

a high ball caught by hand(s) before touching the ground
Synonyms: hys, lyr

Derived terms

ta pol

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pol

present tense of pola and pole

References

“pol” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

“pol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

PLO

Old English

Etymology

West Proto-Germanic *pōlaz, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old High German pfuol (German Pfuhl).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poːl/

Noun

pōl m

pool

Declension

Declension of pol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pōl	pōlas
accusative	pōl	pōlas
genitive	pōles	pōla
dative	pōle	pōlum

Descendants

English: pool

Romagnol

Noun

pol m (invariable) (Bassa Romagna)

chicken

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pôːl/

Noun

pȏl m (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)

pole (magnetic, positive, negative etc.)

Declension

Declension of pol

	singular	plural
nominative	pȏl	pólovi
genitive	pola	pólōvā
dative	polu	polovima
accusative	pol	polove
vocative	pole	polovi
locative	polu	polovima
instrumental	polom	polovima

Derived terms

polarni

Alternative forms

spȏl (Croatia)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pôːl/

Noun

pȏl m (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)

(Bosnia, Serbia) sex (kind of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs)
(Bosnia, Serbia) gender

Declension

Declension of pol

	singular	plural
nominative	pol	polovi
genitive	pola	polova
dative	polu	polovima
accusative	pol	polove
vocative	pole	polovi
locative	polu	polovima
instrumental	polom	polovima

Derived terms

polni

Etymology 3

From pȍla.

Alternative forms

pȏ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pôːl/

Particle

pȏl (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)

(Croatia) half
sat i pol ― an hour and a half
tri i pol mjeseca ― three and a half months

Swedish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /puːl/
audio (file)
Homophone: pool

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
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	pol	polen	poler	polerna
Genitive	pols	polens	polers	polernas

Related terms

batteripol
magnetpol
nordpol
polär
polarcirkel
polarexpedition
polarforskning
sydpol

[1] “pol” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

pol

Translingual

Symbol

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

Contraction

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Further reading

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Extremaduran

Preposition

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Noun

Noun

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Interjection

See also

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 4

Verb

References

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Descendants

Romagnol

Noun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension