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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From the {{etyl|bft}} word {{rfscript|Tibetan}} ''pulu'', meaning ball.
From the {{etyl|bft}} word {{term|པོ་ལོ|tr=pulu||ball|lang=bo}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===

Revision as of 04:29, 26 December 2011

English

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Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Balti word (deprecated template usage) པོ་ལོ (po lo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

polo (usually uncountable, plural polos)

  1. Template: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. Template:countable A polo shirt

Translations

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

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition (deprecated template usage) por + neuter singular article (deprecated template usage) lo.

Contraction

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

  1. for the, by the

Esperanto

Noun

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

  1. a Pole (person from Poland)

Hypernyms

Finnish

Template:Finnish index

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

polo

  1. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "descriptive" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. poor (one to be pitied)
    poikapolo
    poor boy

Declension

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Synonyms

References

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

Italian

Noun

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

See also

Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) polō

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) dative singular of polus
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) ablative singular of polus

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) polus, from (deprecated template usage) πόλος (pólos).

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

  1. pole

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English (deprecated template usage) polo.

Noun

polo m (uncountable)

  1. polo (ball game)
  2. polo shirt
  • waterpolo Lua error in Module:links/templates at line 57: Parameter 1 is required.

Verb

Template:es-verb-form

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