pol

See also Pol, pól, and pół

English

Noun

pol (plural pols)

1. A politician.

Anagrams

• lop
• PLO

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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)

1. for the, by the

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Catalan

Noun

pol m, f (plural tennistes)

1. pole

   el pol Sud

   the South Pole

   pol magnètic

   magnetic pole

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

pol m (plural pollen, diminutive polletje)

1. a bundle of plants, with the soil it stands on or that hangs from it
2. (Flemish, dialectic) a hand

Derived terms

• graspol

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle French pole, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (polos, “axis of rotation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [pˠɔlˠ]

Noun

pol m (genitive poil, nominative plural poil)

1. (magnetism, electricity, geography) pole

Declension

Declension of pol

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative pol poil Vocative a phoil a phola Genitive poil pol Dative pol poil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an pol na poil Genitive an phoil na bpol Dative leis an bpol don phol leis na poil

Derived terms

• aonpholach
• fopholach
• polach
• Pol Thuaidh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
pol	phol	bpol
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Lojban

Rafsi

pol

1. rafsi of polno.

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Old English

Etymology

West Proto-Germanic *pōlaz, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old High German pfuol (German Pfuhl).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /poːl/

Noun

pōl m

1. pool

Declension

    Declension of pol (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	pōl	pōlas
accusative	pōl	pōlas
genitive	pōles	pōla
dative	pōle	pōlum

Descendants

• English: pool

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pôːl/

Noun

pȏl m (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)

1. pole (magnetic, positive, negative etc.)

Declension

    declension of pol

	singular	plural
nominative	pȏl	pólovi
genitive	pola	pólōvā
dative	polu	polovima
accusative	pol	polove
vocative	pole	polovi
locative	polu	polovima
instrumental	polom	polovima

Derived terms

• polarni

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (Croatian): spȏl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pôːl/

Noun

pȏl m (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)

1. (Bosnian, Serbian) sex (kind of an organism as determined by its reproductive organs)
2. (Bosnian, Serbian) gender

Declension

    declension of pol

	singular	plural
nominative	pol	polovi
genitive	pola	polova
dative	polu	polovima
accusative	pol	polove
vocative	pole	polovi
locative	polu	polovima
instrumental	polom	polovima

Derived terms

• polni

Etymology 3

From pȍla.

Alternative forms

• pȏ

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pôːl/

Particle

pȏl (Cyrillic spelling по̑л)

1. half

   sat i po(l) — an hour and a half

   tri i po m(j)eseca — three and a half months

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

pol c

1. a pole, an extreme point, usually magnetically or geographically. (North pole, South pole)
2. a pole, the points of an electrical battery between which the voltage arises.
3. (mathematics, theory for analytical functions) a point where a Laurent series is not defined.

Declension

Declension of pol

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pol	polen	poler	polerna
genitive	pols	polens	polers	polernas

Related terms

• batteripol
• magnetpol
• nordpol
• polär
• polarcirkel
• polarexpedition
• polarforskning
• sydpol