pol
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
pol
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒl
Noun edit
pol (plural pols)
- (informal) A politician.
- 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 edit
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).
Contraction edit
pol m (feminine pola, neuter polo, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pol m (plural pols)
- pole
- el pol Sud ― the South Pole
- pol magnètic ― magnetic pole
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “pol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “pol”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “pol” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “pol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -oːl
Noun edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch pol. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pol m (plural pollen, diminutive polletje n)
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Extremaduran edit
Preposition edit
pol
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch vol, from Middle Dutch vol, from Old Dutch fol, ful, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Adjective edit
pol
- (colloquial) full.
- Synonym: penuh
- (colloquial) maximum.
- Synonym: maksimal
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
pol (first-person possessive polku, second-person possessive polmu, third-person possessive polnya)
- poll, a survey of a particular group.
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
pol (first-person possessive polku, second-person possessive polmu, third-person possessive polnya)
- (nonstandard) Nonstandard form of pul.
Further reading edit
- “pol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French pole, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pol m (genitive singular poil, nominative plural poil)
- (biology, electricity, geography, magnetism) pole
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- An Pol Thuaidh (“the North Pole”)
- aonpholach (“unipolar”, adjective)
- fopholach (“subpolar”, adjective)
- pol ainmhíoch (“animal pole”)
- pol cothaitheach (“vegetal pole”)
- pol deimhneach (“positive pole”)
- pol diúltach (“negative pole”)
- polach (“polar”, adjective)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
pol | phol | bpol |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
pol
See also edit
References edit
- “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[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to hiss a play: fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)
- to hiss a play: fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
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 edit
References edit
- “pol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).
Noun edit
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 edit
Etymology 2 edit
Clipping of vinmonopol, from vin + monopol.
Noun edit
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)
- the institution itself (of alcohol monopoly)
- a retailer licensed (through the monopoly) to sell alcohol; government owned liquor store
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
pol m (definite singular polen, uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
pol
References edit
- “pol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old English edit
Etymology edit
West Proto-Germanic *pōlaz, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old High German pfuol (German Pfuhl).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pōl m
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- English: pool
Romagnol edit
Noun edit
pol m (invariable) (Bassa Romagna)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pȏl m (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)
- pole (magnetic, positive, negative etc.)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pȏl m (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) sex (kind of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) gender
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From pȍla.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
pȏl (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Declension of pol | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pol | polen | poler | polerna |
Genitive | pols | polens | polers | polernas |