Liverpool

English

Etymology

From Old English *Liferpōl, from lifer (“thick water”, literally “liver”) + pōl (“pool”). Compare Old English lifrig (“thick, clotted”, literally “livery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪvə(ɹ)ˌpuːl/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

Proper noun

Liverpool

2. A city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England; an important seaport in the United Kingdom, and once one of the biggest in the world.
   • 2009 January 23, Eve M. Kahn, “Conversation-Piece Buys, Maybe. Intriguing Histories, Definitely.”, in The New York Times‎^[2], archived from the original on 8 June 2020:

     […] British potters in Liverpool treasonously inscribed pro-American slogans on 1810s pitchers for the lucrative export trade ($2,000 to $6,000 at William R. and Teresa F. Kurau).

4. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
5. A local government area in New South Wales, which includes the suburb; in full, the City of Liverpool.
7. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
9. A small village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States.
10. A neighbourhood of Lake Station, on the site of Liverpool, a former town in Lake County, Indiana.
12. A village in Onondaga County, New York, United States.
14. A small borough in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States.
16. A tiny city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.

Derived terms

• Liverpool Plains
• Liverpool Street

Related terms

• (seaport in Merseyside): Liverpudlian

Translations

city in England

• Amharic: ሊቨርፑል (livärpul)
• Arabic: لِيفَرْبُول (līfarbūl)

  Egyptian Arabic: ليفربول (līferbūl)

• Aramaic: ܠܝܒܪܦܘܠ
• Armenian: Լիվերպուլ (hy) (Liverpul)
• Azerbaijani: Liverpul
• Belarusian: Ліверпу́л (Livjerpúl)
• Bengali: লিভারপুল (bn) (libharopul)
• Bulgarian: Ли́върпул m (Lívǎrpul)
• Burmese: လီဗာပူးမြို့ (libapu:mrui.)
• Chechen: Ливерпуль (Liverpulʲ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 利物浦 (lei⁶ mat⁶ pou²)

  Mandarin: 利物浦 (zh) (Lìwùpǔ)

  Wu: 利物浦 (⁶li-veq-pu)

• Chuvash: Ливерпуль (Liverp̬ulʹ)
• Czech: Liverpool (cs) m
• Finnish: Liverpool (fi)
• French: Liverpool (fr) m
• Galician: Liverpool
• Georgian: ლივერპული (liverṗuli)
• German: Liverpool (de)
• Greek: Λίβερπουλ (el) n (Líverpoul)
• Gujarati: લિવર્પૂલ (livarpūl)
• Hebrew: ליברפול
• Hindi: लिवरपूल (livarpūl), लिवर्पूल (livarpūl)
• Irish: Learpholl m
• Italian: Liverpool (it) f, Liverpula f
• Jamaican Creole: Livapuul
• Japanese: リバプール (Ribapūru)
• Kannada: ಲಿವರ್ಪೂಲ್ (livarpūl)
• Kazakh: Ливерпуль (kk) (Liverpul)
• Korean: 리버풀 (Ribeopul)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: لیڤەرپوول (lîverpûl)

• Kyrgyz: Ливерпул (Liverpul)
• Lao: ລິເວີຣ໌ພູລ (li wœ̄ phūn)
• Latin: Liverpolis n
• Latvian: Liverpūle
• Lezgi: Ливерпуль (Liverpul’)
• Lithuanian: Liverpulis
• Macedonian: Ливерпул m (Liverpul)
• Malayalam: ലിവർപൂൽ (livaṟpūl)
• Manx: Lerphoyll m
• Marathi: लिव्हरपूल (livharpūl), लिव्हर्पूल (livharpūl)
• Mazanderani: لیورپول
• Mongolian: Ливерпүүл (Liverpüül)
• Nepali: लिभरपुल (libharapul)
• Ossetian: Ливерпуль (Liverpulʹ)
• Persian: لیورپول (fa) (liverpul)
• Polish: Liverpool (pl) m
• Portuguese: Liverpool f
• Punjabi: ਲਿਵਰਪੂਲ (livrapūl)

  Western Punjabi: لیور پول (pnb) (leyor pol)

• Russian: Ливерпу́ль (ru) m (Liverpúlʹ)
• Scots: Liverpuil
• Scottish Gaelic: Poll a' Ghrùthain m, Baile Lèir m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ливерпул m

  Latin: Liverpul m

• Sinhalese: ලිවර්පූල් (liwarpūl)
• Spanish: Liverpool (es) m
• Swedish: Liverpool (sv)
• Tajik: Ливерпул (Liverpul)
• Tamil: லிவர்பூல் (livarpūl)
• Tatar: Liverpul
• Telugu: లివర్పూల్ (livarpūl)
• Thai: ลิเวอร์พูล
• Ukrainian: Ліверпу́ль m (Liverpúlʹ)
• Urdu: لورپول (livarpūl)
• Uzbek: Liverpul
• Veps: Liverpulʹ
• Welsh: Lerpwl f
• Yiddish: ליווערפּול (liverpul)

NY, Canada or Australia

• Bulgarian: Ли́върпул m (Lívǎrpul)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 利物浦 (zh) (Lìwùpǔ)

• Czech: Liverpool (cs) m
• French: Liverpool (fr)
• German: Liverpool (de)
• Greek: Λίβερπουλ (el) n (Líverpoul)
• Japanese: リバプール (Ribapūru)
• Korean: 리버풀 (ribeopul)
• Latvian: Liverpūle f
• Macedonian: Ливерпул m (Liverpul)
• Polish: Liverpool (pl) m
• Portuguese: Liverpool f
• Russian: Ли́верпул m (Líverpul)
• Spanish: Liverpool (es) m

Noun

Liverpool (plural Liverpools)

1. An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of an oxer or vertical jump with a small pool of water or a tarpaulin underneath.
2. Ellipsis of Liverpool bit.

Catalan

Proper noun

Liverpool m

1. Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)
2. Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪvr̩puːl]

Proper noun

Liverpool m inan (relational adjective liverpoolský)

1. Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)
2. Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Declension

Declension of Liverpool (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Liverpool
genitive	Liverpoolu
dative	Liverpoolu
accusative	Liverpool
vocative	Liverpoole
locative	Liverpoolu
instrumental	Liverpoolem

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.vœʁ.pul/; /li.vɛʁ.pul/

Proper noun

Liverpool m

1. Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)
2. Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪvɐpuːl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Liverpool n (proper noun, strong, genitive Liverpools)

1. Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)
2. Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Polish

Liverpool

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Liverpool.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈvɛr.pul/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrpul
• Syllabification: Li‧ver‧pool

Proper noun

Liverpool m inan (related adjective liverpoolski)

1. Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)
2. Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
3. Liverpool (a community in Nova Scotia, Canada)
4. Liverpool (a village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States)
5. Liverpool (a neighbourhood of Lake Station, on the site of Liverpool, a former town in Lake County, Indiana)
6. Liverpool (a village in Onondaga County, New York, United States)
7. Liverpool (a borough of Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States)
8. Liverpool (a small city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States)

Declension

Declension of Liverpool

	singular
nominative	Liverpool
genitive	Liverpoolu
dative	Liverpoolowi
accusative	Liverpool
instrumental	Liverpoolem
locative	Liverpoolu
vocative	Liverpoolu

Further reading

• Liverpool in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Liverpool.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.veʁˈpuw/ [li.vehˈpuʊ̯], /ˈli.veʁ.puw/ [ˈli.veh.puʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.veʁˈpuw/ [li.vehˈpuʊ̯], /ˈli.veʁ.puw/ [ˈli.veh.puʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /li.veɾˈpuw/ [li.veɾˈpuʊ̯], /ˈli.veɾ.puw/ [ˈli.veɾ.puʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /li.veʁˈpuw/ [li.veχˈpuʊ̯], /ˈli.veʁ.puw/ [ˈli.veχ.puʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /li.veɻˈpuw/ [li.veɻˈpuʊ̯], /ˈli.veɻ.puw/ [ˈli.veɻ.puʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.vɛɾˈpul/ [li.vɛɾˈpuɫ], /ˈli.vɐɾ.pul/ [ˈli.vɐɾ.puɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.vɛɾˈpul/ [li.vɛɾˈpuɫ], /ˈli.vɐɾ.pul/ [ˈli.vɐɾ.puɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.bɛɾˈpul/ [li.βɛɾˈpuɫ], /ˈli.bɐɾ.pul/ [ˈli.βɐɾ.puɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.vɛɾˈpu.li/, /ˈli.vɐɾ.pul/ [ˈli.vɐɾ.puɫ]

Proper noun

Liverpool ?

1. Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)
2. Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlibeɾpul/ [ˈli.β̞eɾ.pul]
• Rhymes: -ibeɾpul
• Syllabification: Li‧ver‧pool

Proper noun

Liverpool m

1. Liverpool (a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England)
2. Liverpool (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Derived terms

• liverpuliano