Definitions and meaning of pol
pol
Etymology
Clipping of politician
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɒl/
- Rhymes: -ɒl
Noun
pol (plural pols)
- (informal) A politician.
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + masculine singular article el (“the”).
Contraction
pol m (feminine pola, neuter polo, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)
- for the, by the
Catalan
Noun
pol m or f (plural pols)
- pole
Danish
Pronunciation
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/
-
- Hyphenation: pol
- Rhymes: -ɔl
Noun
pol m (plural pollen, diminutive polletje n)
- a bundle of plants, with the soil it stands on or that hangs from it
- (Belgium) a hand
Derived terms
Extremaduran
Preposition
pol
- by
- through
- for
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.
Adjective
pol (plural pol-pol)
- (colloquial) full.
- Synonym: penuh
- (colloquial) maximum.
- Synonym: maksimal
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 (plural, first-person possessive polku, second-person possessive polmu, third-person possessive polnya)
- poll, a survey of a particular group.
Etymology 3
Noun
pol (plural, 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 (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
Etymology
From Middle French pole, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pol m (genitive singular poil, nominative plural poil)
- (biology, electricity, geography, magnetism) pole
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "pol" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pol/, [pɔɫ̪]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pol/, [pɔl]
Interjection
pol
- by Pollux!, truly!, really!
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- Myrrhina: Et pol ego istuc ad te. Sed quid est, quod tuo nunc animo aegrest?
- Myrrhina: And, troth, I was coming here to yours. But what is it that now distresses your mind?
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, 1883–1887)
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
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.
Derived terms
References
- “pol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puːl/ (example of pronunciation)
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.
Derived terms
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 licenced (through the monopoly) to sell alcohol; government owned liquor store
Etymology 3
Of unknown origin. See also pole.
Noun
pol m (definite singular polen, uncountable)
- a high ball caught by hand(s) before touching the ground
- Synonyms: hys, lyr
Derived terms
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
pol
- present tense of pola and pole
References
- “pol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old English
Etymology
West Proto-Germanic *pōlaz, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old High German pfuol (German Pfuhl).
Pronunciation
Noun
pōl m
- pool
Declension
Descendants
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).
Pronunciation
Noun
pȏl m (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)
- pole (magnetic, positive, negative etc.)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
pȏl m (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) sex (kind of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs)
- (Bosnia, Serbia) gender
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From pȍla.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Particle
pȏl (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)
- (Croatia) half
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
pol c
- a pole, an extreme point, usually magnetically or geographically. (North pole, 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
Related terms
- batteripol
- magnetpol
- nordpol
- polär
- polarcirkel
- polarexpedition
- polarforskning
- sydpol
Source: wiktionary.org- a politician.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)