Karol

See also: karol and Karöl

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.rɔl/

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• Rhymes: -arɔl
• Syllabification: Ka‧rol

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Carolus. Doublet of król.

Proper noun

Karol m pers (female equivalent Karola or Karolina, diminutive Karolek or Lolek)

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Charles

   Alternative form: (dialectal) Karul

2. a male surname from Latin

Declension

Declension of Karol

	singular	plural
nominative	Karol	Karolowie
genitive	Karola	Karolów
dative	Karolowi	Karolom
accusative	Karola	Karolów
instrumental	Karolem	Karolami
locative	Karolu	Karolach
vocative	Karolu	Karolowie

Proper noun

Karol f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname from Latin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Karol f

1. genitive plural of Karola

Further reading

• “Karol”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• “Karol”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarɔɫ/

Proper noun

Karol m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Charles

Declension

Declension of Karol
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Karol	Karolovia
genitive	Karola	Karolov
dative	Karolovi	Karolom
accusative	Karola	Karolov
locative	Karolovi	Karoloch
instrumental	Karolom	Karolmi

Derived terms

• Kajo
• Karči
• Karčino, Karčinko
• Karino
• Karo
• Karolko

Further reading

• “Karol”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026