pole

See also Pole, and pôle

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pəʊl/, X-SAMPA: /p@Ul/
• (US) IPA: /poʊl/, X-SAMPA: /poUl/
• Rhymes: -əʊl
• Homophone: poll

Etymology 1

From Middle English pole, pal, from Old English pāl (“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”), from Proto-Germanic *palaz, *pālaz (“pole”), from Latin pālus (“stake, pale, prop, stay”) from Old Latin *paglus, from Proto-Indo-European *pāǵe- (“to nail, fasten”). Cognate with Scots pale, paill (“stake, pale”), North Frisian pul, pil (“stake, pale”), West Frisian poal (“pole”), Dutch paal (“pole”), German Pfahl (“pile, stake, post, pole”), Danish pæl (“pole”), Swedish påle (“pole”), Icelandic páll (“hoe, spade, pale”), Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; lustrum”).

Noun

pole (plural poles)

1. Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
2. (fishing) A type of basic fishing rod.
3. A long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting.
4. (slang, spotting) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
5. (historical) A unit of length, equal to a perch (¼ chain or 5½ yards).
6. (auto racing) Short for pole position

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:stick

Derived terms

terms derived from pole

flagpole maypole

poleaxe pole vault

Translations

long and slender object

• Albanian: shtagë (sq) f
• Armenian: ձող (hy) (joġ) 
• Basque: haga (eu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 杆子 (cmn) (gānzi)

• Czech: kůl (cs) m, tyč (cs) f
• Dutch: boom (nl), paal (nl)
• Esperanto: stango (eo)
• Finnish: seiväs (fi), vapa (fi), salko (fi)
• French: perche (fr) f
• German: Stab (de) m, Stange (de) f
• Greek: κοντάρι (el) n (kontári) (kontári)
• Hungarian: rúd (hu), dorong (hu), pálca (hu)
• Irish: cuaille (ga) m
• Italian: palo (it) m, asta (it) f
• Malay: galah (ms), tiang (ms)

• Maori: turupou (mi)
• Norwegian: stav (no) m, stokk (no) m
• Polish: pręt (pl) m
• Romanian: drug f and m, par (ro), stâlp (ro) m
• Russian: жердь (žerd’) f, шест (ru) m (šest)
• Sardinian:

  Gallurese Sardinian: stantagliu

  Logudorese Sardinian: albaranu, longupànte

• Sassarese Sardinian: asta
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мо̏тка (sh) f

  Roman: mȍtka (sh) f

• Slovene: drog (sl) m, palica (sl) f
• Spanish: palo (es) m, garrocha (es) f
• Swedish: stav (sv)
• Telugu: గడ కర్ర (gaDa karra)

type of fishing rod

• Norwegian: trøe (no) f

• Polish: wędzisko (pl) n

unit of length

• French: perche (fr) f

• Polish: pręt (pl) m

Verb

pole (third-person singular simple present poles, present participle poling, simple past and past participle poled)

1. To propel by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.

   Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.

2. To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.

   He poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.

3. (transitive) To furnish with poles for support.

   to pole beans or hops

4. (transitive) To convey on poles.

   to pole hay into a barn

5. (transitive) To stir, as molten glass, with a pole.

Translations

propel by pushing with poles

• Finnish: sauvoa (fi)

Etymology 2

From Middle French pole, pôle, and its source, Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (“axis of rotation”).

Noun

pole (plural poles)

1. Either of the two points on the earth's surface around which it rotates; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
2. A point of magnetic focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a magnet (designated north and south).
3. (geometry) A fixed point relative to other points or lines.
4. (electricity) A contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves.
5. (complex analysis) For a meromorphic function $f(z)$: a point $a$ for which $f(z) \rightarrow \infty$ as $z \rightarrow a$.

   The function $f(z) = \frac{1}{z-3}$ has a single pole at $z = 3$.

Antonyms

• (complex analysis): zero

Derived terms

• polar
• polarity
• dipole
• monopole
• north pole
• south pole
• poles apart
• polestar, pole star

Translations

extreme of an axis

• Arabic: قطب (ar) (quṭb) m
• Armenian: բևեռ (beveṙ)
• Chinese: 極, 极 (jí)
• Czech: pól (cs) m
• Dutch: pool (nl)
• Esperanto: poluso (eo)
• Finnish: napa (fi)
• French: pôle (fr)
• German: Pol (de) m
• Greek: πόλος (el) m (pólos) (pólos)
• Icelandic: póll (is) m

• Irish: pol (ga) m
• Japanese: 極 (きょく, kyoku)
• Polish: biegun (pl) m
• Portuguese: pólo (pt) m, extremidade (pt) f
• Russian: полюс (ru) (póljus) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̑л (sh) m

  Roman: pȏl (sh) m

• Spanish: polo (es) m
• Swahili: mlingoti (sw)
• Swedish: pol (sv)

magnetic point

• Armenian: բևեռ (beveṙ)
• Chinese: 極, 极 (jí)
• Dutch: pool (nl)
• Finnish: napa (fi)
• French: pôle (fr)
• German: Pol (de) m
• Greek: πόλος (el) m (pólos) (pólos)
• Icelandic: póll (is) m
• Irish: pol (ga) m
• Japanese: 極 (きょく, kyoku)

• Malay: kutub (ms)
• Polish: biegun (pl) m
• Portuguese: pólo m
• Russian: полюс (ru) (póljus) m 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̑л (sh) m

  Roman: pȏl (sh) m

• Spanish: polo (es) m
• Swahili: mlingoti (sw)
• Swedish: pol (sv)

contact on an electrical device

• Irish: pol (ga) m

• Polish: biegun (pl) m

isolated point (complex analysis)

• Polish: biegun (pl) m

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Translations to be checked

• Hungarian: sark
• Italian: polo m

• Telugu: ధృవం (dhRvam)

Verb

pole (third-person singular simple present poles, present participle poling, simple past and past participle poled)

1. (transitive) To induce piezoelectricity in (a substance) by aligning the dipoles.

Anagrams

• lope
• olpe

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

pole n

1. field (agriculture)
2. field (physics)
3. field (algebra)
4. field (computing)

Synonyms

• komutativní těleso n (algebra)

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Esperanto

Adverb

pole

1. in Polish

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Estonian

Contraction

pole

1. ei ole

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Galician

Verb

pole

1. third-person singular present indicative of pulir

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Latin

Noun

pole

1. vocative singular of polus

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɔlɛ/

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Noun

pole n

1. field

Declension

    declension of pole

	singular	plural
nominative	pole	pola
genitive	pola	pól
dative	polu	polom
accusative	pole	pola
instrumental	polem	polami
locative	polu	polach
vocative	pole	pola

Derived terms

• szukać wiatru w polu

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Spanish

Verb

pole (infinitive polir)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of polir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of polir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of polir.

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Swahili

Adjective

pole

1. slow (not quick in motion)

This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at slow. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see pole in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009