See also: Poles and pôles

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Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pəʊlz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /poʊlz/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊlz

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poles

  1. plural of pole
    The distance between the poles was three feet.

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poles

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pole

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Etymology edit

From a contraction of the preposition por (for, by) + feminine plural article les (the).

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poles f pl (masculine sg pol, feminine sg pola, neuter sg polo, masculine plural polos)

  1. for the, by the

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poles

  1. second-person singular present indicative of pulir

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Borrowed from Dutch polijst, polijsten, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (to polish, make smooth), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (to drive, strike, thrust), from the notion of fulling cloth.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.lɛs/
  • Rhymes: -lɛs
  • Hyphenation: po‧les

Noun edit

poles (plural poles-poles, first-person possessive polesku, second-person possessive polesmu, third-person possessive polesnya)

  1. polish: a substance used to polish.

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poles m pl

  1. plural of pole

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poles

  1. second-person singular present indicative of polir