polo

See also: Polo, polo-, poło, pólo, póló, póło, pôlo, and поло

English

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊloʊ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊləʊ/
Audio (RP) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊləʊ

Etymology 1

From Balti ‎ (pulu, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).

Noun

polo (usually uncountable, plural polos)

(uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
- 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 227:
  There were polo fields – sometimes green, sometimes brown – where in the old days, people had actually played that strange game that seems like a drunken bet about golf and horse riding.
The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
(countable) A polo shirt.
- 2007, February 22, “Mike Albo”, in Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me‎:
  Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148.

Derived terms

canoe polo
cycle polo
ice polo
kayak polo
polocrosse
poloist
polo neck, polo-neck
polo player
polo shirt
tennis polo
water polo

Translations

ball game

Arabic: بُولُو‎ m (būlū)
Armenian: պոլո (hy) (polo)
Asturian: polu m
Azerbaijani: polo (az)
Belarusian: по́ла n (póla)
Bengali: পোলো (polo)
Bulgarian: по́ло n (pólo)
Burmese: ဂူလီသဘင် (gulisa.bhang)
Catalan: polo (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬球／马球 (zh) (mǎqiú)
Czech: pólo (cs) n
Danish: polo
Estonian: polo (et)
Finnish: poolo (fi), hevospoolo (fi)
French: polo (fr) m
Galician: polo (gl) m
Georgian: ცხენბურთი (cxenburti)
German: Polo (de) m
Greek: πόλο (el) n (pólo)
Hausa: hōlṑ m
Hebrew: פּוֹלוֹ‎ (he) m (polo)
Hindi: पोलो (hi) m (polo), चौगान (hi) m (caugān)
Irish: póló m
Italian: polo (it) m
Japanese: ポロ (poro)
Kazakh: поло (polo), шөген (şögen)
Korean: 폴로 (pollo)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: çovgan
Kyrgyz: поло (polo)
Lithuanian: polas m
Macedonian: поло n (polo)
Marathi: पोलो (mr) (polo)
Nepali: पोलो (polo)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: polo (no) m
Nynorsk: polo m
Persian: چوگان‎ (fa) (čowgân)
Polish: polo (pl) n
Portuguese: pólo (pt) m
Russian: по́ло (ru) n (pólo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: поло n
Roman: polo (sh) n
Sinhalese: පෝලෝ (pōlō)
Slovak: pólo
Spanish: polo (es) m
Swedish: hästpolo (sv) c
Tajik: чавгон (čavgon)
Thai: โปโล (bpoo-loo)
Tibetan: པོ་ལོ (po lo)
Turkish: polo (tr), çevgen (tr)
Ukrainian: по́ло n (pólo)
Urdu: پولو‎ (ur) m (polo)
Uzbek: polo, chavgon (uz)
Vietnamese: mã cầu (vi), pô-lô

ice polo — see ice polo

polo shirt — see polo shirt

Etymology 2

Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

Noun

polo

A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

polo (plural polos)

(Philippines) A dress shirt.

Etymology 4

From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus

Interjection

polo

Alternative letter-case form of Polo
Coordinate terms: marco, marco polo

Anagrams

Loop, OOPL, Pool, loop, pool

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

Contraction

polo n (masculine pol, feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)

for the, by the

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: po‧lo

Etymology 1

From English polo shirt.

Noun

polo

a polo shirt

Etymology 2

From English polo, from Balti ‎ (pulu, “ball”).

Noun

polo

a ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

polo

a dress shirt

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpolo]

Adverb

polo

half

Noun

polo n

Alternative form of pólo (“polo”) (a ball game played on horseback)

Danish

Noun

polo

polo (ball game played on horseback)
polo shirt
Synonyms: poloskjorte, polotrøje

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Pole, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pȍľe (“field”). Doublet of poljo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpolo]
Audio:
(file)
Rhymes: -olo
Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo (accusative singular polon, plural poloj, accusative plural polojn)

Pole (person from Poland)

Hypernyms

eŭropano (“a European”)

Related terms

pola (“Polish”)
pole (“in Polish; like a Pole”)
Polio, Pollando (“Poland”)

Finnish

Etymology

Related to and likely derived from polkea.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞lo̞]
Rhymes: -olo
Syllabification^(key): po‧lo

Noun

polo

poor (one to be pitied)
poikapolo
poor boy
Synonyms: raasu, ressukka, poloinen, raukka, parka, raukkaparka

Declension

Inflection of polo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		polo	polot
genitive		polon	polojen
partitive		poloa	poloja
illative		poloon	poloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		polo	polot
accusative	nom.	polo	polot
accusative	gen.	polon	polot
genitive		polon	polojen
partitive		poloa	poloja
inessive		polossa	poloissa
elative		polosta	poloista
illative		poloon	poloihin
adessive		pololla	poloilla
ablative		pololta	poloilta
allative		pololle	poloille
essive		polona	poloina
translative		poloksi	poloiksi
instructive		—	poloin
abessive		polotta	poloitta
comitative		—	poloineen

Possessive forms of polo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	poloni	polomme
2nd person	polosi	polonne
3rd person	polonsa

References

Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

French

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

polo m

polo (ball game played on horseback)
polo shirt

Galician

Etymology 1

Contraction of the preposition por (“through, by, for”) + alternative form of the masculine singular definite article lo (“the”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pʊlʊ]

Contraction

polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

Contraction of por o (“through the; by the; for the”).
O ladrón entrou pola ventá
The thief entered through the window

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpolʊ]

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

chick (young bird, especially a chicken)
- 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
  Iten o par dos polos et polas, seis blanquas et dous coroados.
  Item, the pair of chickens and chicks, six white coins and a crown
Synonyms: pito, pitiño

Related terms

pola

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpolʊ]

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

(geography, electricity) pole

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English polo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpolʊ]

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

polo (ball game)
polo shirt, polo

References

“polo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
“polo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“polo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“polo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“polo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“polo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English pole, French pôle, German Pol, Italian polo, Russian по́люс (póljus), Spanish polo, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpo.lo/

Noun

polo (plural poli)

pole (point where an axis meets the surface of a rotating body)

Derived terms

polala
polara

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *polo. Cognates include Finnish polo.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞ɫo̞]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞ɫo̞]

Rhymes: -olo

Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo

(in compounds) poor (one deserving pity)

Declension

Declension of polo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	polo	polot
genitive	polon	polloin, pololoin
partitive	polloa	poloja, pololoja
illative	polloo	polloi, pololoihe
inessive	polos	polois, pololois
elative	polost	poloist, pololoist
allative	pololle	poloille, pololoille
adessive	polol	poloil, pololoil
ablative	pololt	poloilt, pololoilt
translative	poloks	poloiks, pololoiks
essive	polonna, polloon	poloinna, pololoinna, polloin, pololoin
exessive¹⁾	polont	poloint, pololoint
¹⁾ obsolete ^) the accusative* corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) ^) the comitative** is formed by adding the suffix -ka^? or -kä^? to the genitive.

Derived terms

polopoika

References

Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 422

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lo/[1]
Rhymes: -ɔlo
Hyphenation: pò‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural poli)

(countable) pole (geographic, electrical or magnetic)

Related terms

polare

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polo.

Noun

polo m (plural poli)

(uncountable) polo (sport)

Related terms

polistico

References

polo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Noun

polō

dative/ablative singular of polus

References

“polo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Noun

polo m (invariable)

polo

Related terms

ūdenspolo

Lower Sorbian

Noun

polo n (diminutive polack)

Superseded spelling of pólo.

Declension

Declension of polo

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	polo	poli	pola
Genitive	pola	polowu	polow
Dative	poloju, polu	poloma	polam
Accusative	polo	poli	pola
Instrumental	polom	poloma	polami
Locative	polu	poloma	polach

Maranao

Etymology

From pulo, compare Cebuano pulo.

Noun

polo

island

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English polo, from Balti ‎ (pulu, “ball”).

Noun

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

(sports, equestrianism) polo

Derived terms

vannpolo

References

“polo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“polo” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English polo, from Balti ‎ (pulu, “ball”).

Noun

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

(sports, equestrianism) polo

Derived terms

vasspolo

References

“polo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti ‎ (pulu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lɔ/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
Syllabification: po‧lo

Noun

polo n (indeclinable)

(equestrianism) polo (ball game)
polo shirt
Synonym: polówka

Derived terms

noun

polówka

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

pólo (superseded)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lu/

Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

(geography, electricity) pole (geographic, magnetic)
(complex analysis) pole
(figurative) extreme opposite

Derived terms

monopolo
dipolo
quadripolo
Polo Norte
Polo Sul

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti པོ་ལོ (po lo, “ball”).

Alternative forms

pólo (superseded)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lu/

Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

polo (ball game)
polo shirt, polo

Etymology 3

From Old Portuguese, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Doublet of polho, which came from Spanish.

Alternative forms

pôlo (superseded)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpo.lu/

Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

eyas

Related terms

poleiro

Etymology 4

From Old Portuguese polo, from por + lo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (unstressed) /pu.lu/, [pu.lu]
Hyphenation: po‧lo

Contraction

polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

(obsolete) Contraction of por (“by; through; for”) + o (“the”)
Synonym: pelo

Ramoaaina

Noun

polo

liquid

Romanian

Etymology

From French polo.

Noun

polo n (uncountable)

polo

Declension

declension of polo (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) polo	poloul
genitive/dative	(unui) polo	poloului
vocative	poloule

Spanish

polo (sport)

A polo shirt

A T-shirt

A popsicle

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpo.lo]
Rhymes: -olo
Syllabification: po‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

(geography, electricity) pole

Derived terms

polo industrial
polo magnético
polo norte
polo opuesto
polo sur

Related terms

polar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polo.

Noun

polo m (uncountable)

polo (ball game)
polo shirt
(Peru) T-shirt
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:camiseta

Derived terms

polo acuático
waterpolo

Etymology 3

Originally a trademark.

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

(chiefly Spain) popsicle, ice lolly
Synonym: paleta

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

polo

first-person singular present indicative of polir

Etymology 5

From corruption of polong, Hispanicized spelling of Tagalog pulong, meaning "community work". [1][2] An alternate etymology posits it to be from Tagalog ikapulo ("tenth") or tithe (diezmos prediales), for a tenth (10%) of the harvest is given to the Church. [3][4]

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

(Philippines, historical) unpaid compulsory work; corvée
(Philippines, historical) tax levied on the natives of the Philippine islands and paid as labor, goods, and/or money
Synonyms: tributo, impuesto

References

Agoncillo, Teodoro A. (1990) History of the Filipino People‎, 8th edition, Quezon City: Garotech Publishing, →ISBN, page 83
Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (1992), “Numeral expressions in Tagalog”, in Archipel, volume 44, page 167-181
Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq. Compare Malay puluh.

Noun

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

Obsolete form of pulo.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polo.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: po‧lo

IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo.lo]

Noun

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

polo (sport)
polo shirt
- 1981, Clodualdo Del Mundo, Writing for Film
  Maraming reklamo si Arni tungkol sa initiation; sisisihin pa nito si Sid dahil ito ang pumilit sa kanyang sumali sa frat. Magsusuot ng polo si Arni. Halos hindi niya maigalaw ang kanyang braso.
  Arni have a lot of complaints about the initiation; he even blamed Sid for forcing him to join the frat. Arni would wear a polo shirt. He could almost not move his arms.

Derived terms

polo barong

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish polo.

Noun

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

unpaid compulsory work; corvée
Synonym: atag
tax levied on the natives and paid as labor, goods, and/or money
Synonyms: buwis, tributo, alkabala, amilyar, impuwesto

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian по́ло (pólo).

Noun

polo

polo (sport)

Inflection

Inflection of polo (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	polo
genitive sing.	polon
partitive sing.	polod
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	polo	—
accusative	polon	—
genitive	polon	—
partitive	polod	—
essive-instructive	polon	—
translative	poloks	—

inessive	polos	—
elative	polospäi	—
illative	polho poloho	—

adessive	polol	—
ablative	pololpäi	—
allative	polole	—

abessive	polota	—
comitative	polonke	—
prolative	polodme	—

approximative I	polonno	—
approximative II	polonnoks	—
egressive	polonnopäi	—

terminative I	polhosai polohosai	—
terminative II	pololesai	—
terminative III	polossai	—

additive I	polhopäi polohopäi	—
additive II	pololepäi	—

Derived terms

vezipolo

References

Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “поло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

[1] Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

[2] Agoncillo, Teodoro A. (1990) History of the Filipino People‎, 8th edition, Quezon City: Garotech Publishing, →ISBN, page 83

[3] Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

[4] Potet, Jean-Paul G. (1992), “Numeral expressions in Tagalog”, in Archipel, volume 44, page 167-181

[5] Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Numbers and Units in Old Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN

polo

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Interjection

Further reading

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

Contraction

Cebuano

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Czech

Pronunciation

Adverb

Noun

Further reading

Danish

Noun

Further reading

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Hypernyms

Related terms

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

French

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Contraction

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Related terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Ido

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Ingrian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

References

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation