OL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Adjective

OL

1. Abbreviation of online.

Etymology 2

From Japanese OL (OL) (オフィスレディー), from English office + lady.

Noun

OL (plural OLs)

1. Abbreviation of office lady (Japanese wasei eigo)

Translations

office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)

• Japanese: オフィスレディー (ofisu redī), OL (ōeru), オーエル (ōeru)
• Korean: 오피스 레이디 (opiseu reidi), 오에루 (o'eru), OL (OL)
• Russian: о́фис-ле́ди f (ófis-lédi), ОЛ f (OL)

Anagrams

• 'lo, LO, Lo, lo

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese OL (ōeru), wasei eigo from English office + lady.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ōu-áilou

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ ㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹ e¹ lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: OL
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ou-áilo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: ou¹-ai²-lou⁵
    • Yale: ōu-ái-lou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ouair.lou
    • Palladius: оу’айлоу (ou’ajlou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀaɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou¹ e¹ lou⁴
    • Yale: ōu ē lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹ e¹ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou¹ é¹ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵ ɛː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

Noun

OL

1. office lady; pink-collar office worker

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.ɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

OL ?

1. (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

Typical attire of an OL

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): [o̞ːe̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

OL(オーエル) • (ōeru) 

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. Initialism of olympiske leikar (“Olympic Games”).

References

• “OL” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.