pols

See also: Pols, pöls, and POLS

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

pols

1. 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)

1. wrist

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin pulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpols]

Noun

pols m (plural polsos)

1. pulse
2. temple (part of the head)

   Synonym: templa

Derived terms

• polsera

Related terms

• polsar

Etymology 2

Inherited 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpols]

Noun

pols f (invariable)

1. dust

Derived terms

• guardapols
• polsera

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɔls]

Noun

pols

1. 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, 2024
• “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/

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• Hyphenation: pols
• Rhymes: -ɔls

Noun

pols m (plural polsen, diminutive polsje n)

1. wrist.

   Synonyms: handgewricht, handwortel

2. 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)

1. (anatomy) wrist
2. pulse

Latvian

Noun

pols m (1st declension)

1. 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

1. Alternative form of puls

Swedish

Noun

pols

1. indefinite genitive singular of pol