pol
Translingual
English
Etymology
Clipping of politician
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒl/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒl
Noun
pol (plural pols)
- (informal) A politician.
- 1993 October 31, Maureen Dowd, “The WASP Descendancy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House.
- 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.
Asturian
Catalan
Related terms
Further reading
- “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
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oːl
Noun
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
Etymology
From Middle Dutch pol. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pol
- Rhymes: -ɔl
Noun
Derived terms
- graspol
Extremaduran
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɔl]
- Hyphenation: pol
Etymology 1
From Dutch vol, from Middle Dutch vol, from Old Dutch fol, ful, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Alternative forms
Etymology 2
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
pol (first-person possessive polku, second-person possessive polmu, third-person possessive polnya)
- poll, a survey of a particular group.
Noun
pol (first-person possessive polku, second-person possessive polmu, third-person possessive polnya)
- (nonstandard) Nonstandard form of pul.
Further reading
- “pol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
From Middle French pole, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pˠɔlˠ]
Noun
pol m (genitive singular poil, nominative plural poil)
- (biology, electricity, geography, magnetism) pole
Declension
Derived terms
- 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
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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pol/, [pɔɫ̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pol/, [pɔl]
Interjection
pol
See also
References
- “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to hiss a play: fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)
- to hiss a play: fabulam exigere (Ter. Andr. Pol.)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
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.
References
- “pol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puːl/
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).
Noun
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.
Etymology 2
Clipping of vinmonopol, from vin + monopol.
Noun
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
Noun
pol m (definite singular polen, uncountable)
Derived terms
- ta pol
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
West Proto-Germanic *pōlaz, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old High German pfuol (German Pfuhl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poːl/
Declension
Descendants
- English: pool
Romagnol
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pôːl/
Declension
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pôːl/
Noun
pȏl m (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From pȍla.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pôːl/
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puːl/
audio (file) - Homophone: pool
Noun
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
Declension of pol | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pol | polen | poler | polerna |
Genitive | pols | polens | polers | polernas |
Related terms
- batteripol
- magnetpol
- nordpol
- polär
- polarcirkel
- polarexpedition
- polarforskning
- sydpol