polo

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊloʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/, /ˈpəʊl.əʊ/, [ˈpəʊləʊ], [ˈpɒʊɫəʊ]

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• Rhymes: -əʊləʊ

From Balti پولو (“ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).

polo (usually uncountable, plural polos)

1. (uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
   • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 227:

     There were polo fields – sometimes green, sometimes brown – where in the old days, people had actually played that strange game that seems like a drunken bet about golf and horse riding.

2. The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
3. (countable) A polo shirt.
   • 2007 February 22, Mike Albo, “Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me”, in New York Times‎:

     Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148.

Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

polo

1. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Unknown.

polo (plural polos)

1. (Philippines) A dress shirt.

From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus

polo

1. Alternative letter-case form of Polo

   Coordinate terms: marco, marco polo

• polo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “polo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Loop, OOPL, Pool, loop, pool

From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

polo n (masculine pol, feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)

1. for the, by the

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

From English polo shirt.

polo

1. a polo shirt

From English polo, from Balti پولو (“ball”).

polo

1. a ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal
2. a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates

Unknown.

polo

1. a dress shirt

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolo]

polo

1. half

polo n

1. Alternative form of pólo (“polo”) (a ball game played on horseback)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• polo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• polo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• polo in Internetová jazyková příručka

polo

1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
2. polo shirt

   Synonyms: poloskjorte, polotrøje

• “polo” in Den Danske Ordbog

From German Pole, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pȍľe (“field”). Doublet of poljo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolo]
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• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo (accusative singular polon, plural poloj, accusative plural polojn)

1. Pole (person from Poland)

• eŭropano (“a European”)

• pola (“Polish”)
• pole (“in Polish; like a Pole”)
• Polio, Pollando (“Poland”)

Related to and likely derived from polkea.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞lo̞]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification^(key): po‧lo

polo

1. poor (one to be pitied)

   poikapolo

   poor boy

   Synonyms: raasu, ressukka, poloinen, raukka, parka, raukkaparka

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

• “polo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

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polo m

1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
2. polo shirt

• “polo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Contraction of the preposition por (“through, by, for”) + alternative form of the masculine singular definite article lo (“the”).

• IPA^(key): [pʊlʊ]

polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

1. Contraction of por o (“through the; by the; for the”).

   O ladrón entrou pola ventá

   The thief entered through the window

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolʊ]

polo m (plural polos)

1. chick (young bird, especially a chicken)
   • 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:

     Iten o par dos polos et polas, seis blanquas et dous coroados.

     Item, the pair of chickens and chicks, six white coins and a crown

   Synonyms: pito, pitiño

• pola

Learned borrowing from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolʊ]

polo m (plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole

Borrowed from English polo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolʊ]

polo m (plural polos)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt, polo

• “polo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “polo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “polo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “polo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “polo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “polo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Borrowed from English pole, French pôle, German Pol, Italian polo, Russian по́люс (póljus), Spanish polo, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.lo/

polo (plural poli)

1. pole (point where an axis meets the surface of a rotating body)

• polala
• polara

From Proto-Finnic *polo. Cognates include Finnish polo.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞ɫo̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞ɫo̞]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo

1. (in compounds) poor (one deserving pity)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 422

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lo/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: pò‧lo

polo m (plural poli)

1. (countable) pole (geographic, electrical or magnetic)

• polare

• pollo

Borrowed from English polo.

polo m (plural poli)

1. (uncountable) polo (sport)

• polistico

polō

1. dative/ablative singular of polus

• “polo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

polo m (invariable)

1. polo

• ūdenspolo

polo n inan (diminutive polack)

1. Superseded spelling of pólo.

From pulo, compare Cebuano pulo.

polo

1. island

polo

1. group

From English polo, from Balti پولو (“ball”).

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

• vannpolo

• “polo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “polo” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From English polo, from Balti پولو (“ball”).

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

• vasspolo

• “polo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti پولو.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
• Syllabification: po‧lo

polo n (indeclinable)

1. (equestrianism) polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt

   Synonyms: koszulka polo, polówka

• polo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• polo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin polus (“pole”), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

• pólo (superseded)

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo m (plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole (geographic, magnetic)
2. (complex analysis) pole
3. (figurative) extreme opposite

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti པོ་ལོ (po lo, “ball”).

• pólo (superseded)

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo m (plural polos)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt, polo

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Doublet of polho, which came from Spanish.

• pôlo (superseded)

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo m (plural polos)

1. eyas

• poleiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese polo, from por + lo.

• IPA^(key): (unstressed) /pu.lu/, [pu.lu]
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

1. (obsolete) Contraction of por (“by; through; for”) + o (“the”)

   Synonym: pelo

polo

1. liquid

• Robyn Davies and Lisbeth Fritzell, Duke of York Grammar Essentials (Ramoaaina) (October 1992)

Borrowed from French polo.

polo n (uncountable)

1. polo

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpo.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: po‧lo

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

polo m (plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole

Borrowed from English polo.

polo m (uncountable)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt
3. (Peru) T-shirt

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:camiseta

Originally a trademark.

polo m (plural polos)

1. (chiefly Spain) popsicle, ice lolly

   Synonym: paleta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

polo

1. first-person singular present indicative of polir

From corruption of polong, Hispanicized spelling of Tagalog pulong, meaning "community work". [1][2] An alternate etymology posits it to be from Tagalog ikapulo ("tenth") or tithe (diezmos prediales), for a tenth (10%) of the harvest is given to the Church. [3][4]

polo m (plural polos)

1. (Philippines, historical) unpaid compulsory work; corvée
2. (Philippines, historical) tax levied on the natives of the Philippine islands and paid as labor, goods, and/or money

   Synonyms: tributo, impuesto

• “polo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from English polo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo.lo]
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. polo (sport)
2. polo shirt
   • 1981, Clodualdo Del Mundo, Writing for Film:

     Maraming reklamo si Arni tungkol sa initiation; sisisihin pa nito si Sid dahil ito ang pumilit sa kanyang sumali sa frat. Magsusuot ng polo si Arni. Halos hindi niya maigalaw ang kanyang braso.

     Arni have a lot of complaints about the initiation; he even blamed Sid for forcing him to join the frat. Arni would wear a polo shirt. He could almost not move his arms.

• polo barong

Borrowed from Spanish polo (“corvée”), which came from either:

• From pulo, ikapulo (“tenth”) or tithe (diezmos prediales), for a tenth (10%) of the harvest is given to the Church.[1][2] Related to etymology 4.
• From corruption of polong,[3] Hispanicized spelling of Tagalog pulong, meaning "community work". [4]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo.lo]
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. unpaid compulsory work; corvée

   Synonym: atag

2. tax levied on the natives and paid as labor, goods, and/or money

   Synonyms: buwis, tributo, alkabala, amilyar, impuwesto

Either from Proto-Philippine *pujuq. Compare Malay pulau.

• IPA^(key): /poˈloʔ/, [poˈloʔ]
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. Obsolete form of pulo: island

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq. Compare Malay puluh.

• IPA^(key): /poˈloʔ/, [poˈloʔ]
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. Obsolete form of pulo: ten

Borrowed from Russian по́ло (pólo).

polo

1. polo (sport)

• vezipolo

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “поло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika