pols
See also: Pols and pöls
English
Noun
pols
- plural of pol
Anagrams
- LPOs, lops, slop, splo
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch pols, from Middle Dutch pols, from Latin pulsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔls/
Noun
pols (plural polse, diminutive polsie)
- wrist
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpols/
Etymology 1
From Latin pulsus.
Noun
pols m (plural polsos)
- pulse
- temple (part of the head)
- Synonym: templa
Derived terms
- polsera
Related terms
- polsar
Etymology 2
From Old Catalan pols, from Vulgar Latin *pulvus, from Latin pulvis (reassigned to the neuter gender), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“dust; flour”). Doublet of pólvera, from the Vulgar Latin plural *pulvera.
Noun
pols f (plural pols)
- dust
Derived terms
- guardapols
- polsera
Noun
pols
- plural of pol
Further reading
- “pols” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pols”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “pols” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pols” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pols, from Latin pulsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔls/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: pols
- Rhymes: -ɔls
Noun
pols m (plural polsen, diminutive polsje n)
- A wrist.
- Short for polsslag: pulse.
Derived terms
- polshorloge
- polsslag
- vinger aan de pols houden
Descendants
- Afrikaans: pols
- Negerhollands: poels
- → Papiamentu: pòls, pols
Anagrams
- slop
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin pulsus.
Noun
pols m (plural pols)
- (anatomy) wrist
- pulse
Latvian
Noun
pols m (1st declension)
- pole
Declension
Declension of pols (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | pols | poli |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | polu | polus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | pola | polu |
| dative (datīvs) | polam | poliem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | polu | poliem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | polā | polos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | pol | poli |
Middle English
Noun
pols
- Alternative form of puls
Swedish
Noun
pols
- indefinite genitive singular of pol.