polo

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From the Balti word པོ་ལོ (pulu, “ball”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpəʊləʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊləʊ

Noun

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.
2. (countable) A polo shirt
   • 2007 February 22, Mike Albo, “Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me”:

     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.

Translations

ball game

German: Polo (de) m. Macedonian: поло (mk) (pólo) n. Portuguese: pólo (pt) m.

Russian: по́ло (ru) (pólo) n. Spanish: polo (es) Turkish: polo (tr), çevgen (tr)

Derived terms

• polo shirt - A T-shaped shirt with a collar and two buttons.
• polo neck - A garment, usually a sweater, with a round, high collar that folds over and covers the neck. (Can also be used as an adjective, e.g. polo-necked jumper.)
• water polo - A version of the game above, played in a swimming pool instead of on horseback.

Usage notes

The word polo has the following commercial uses:

• Polo Mints - A white mint flavoured sweet with a hole in the centre.
• VW Polo - A type of car manufactured by Volkswagen

Anagrams

• loop
• OOPL
• pool

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Asturian

Etymology

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

Contraction

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

1. for the, by the

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Esperanto

Noun

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

1. a Pole (person from Poland)

Hypernyms

• eŭropano (“a European”)

Related terms

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

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Finnish

(index po)

Etymology

From the verb polkea (to stomp) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpolo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo

1. (descriptive) poor (one to be pitied)

   poikapolo

   poor boy

Declension

Declension of polo (type valo) singular plural nominative polo polot genitive polon polojen partitive poloa poloja accusative polo polon polot inessive polossa poloissa elative polosta poloista illative poloon poloihin adessive pololla poloilla ablative pololta poloilta allative pololle poloille essive polona poloina translative poloksi poloiksi instructive – poloin abessive polotta poloitta comitative – poloineen

Synonyms

• poloinen

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

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Italian

Noun

polo m. (plural poli)

1. (countable) pole (geographic, electrical or magnetic)
2. (uncountable) polo (sport)

See also

• pollo

Related terms

• polare

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Latin

Noun

polō

1. dative singular of polus
2. ablative singular of polus

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpo̞lo̞/

Etymology 1

From Latin polus, from πόλος (polos).

Noun

polo m. (plural polos)

1. pole

Related terms

• polar

Etymology 2

From English polo.

Noun

polo m. (usually uncountable)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt

Related terms

• waterpolo m.

Verb

polo (infinitive polir)

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of polir.