jol

See also: jól and jöl

English

Etymology

Shortened from jolly?

Noun

jol (plural jols)

1. (South Africa, slang) A party.
   • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 249:

     —Oh sure, high spirits, a jol that went a bit over the top.

Verb

jol (third-person singular simple present jols, present participle jolling or joling, simple past and past participle jolled or joled)

1. (South Africa, slang) to party

Anagrams

• J-Lo

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

jol f (plural jollen, diminutive jolletje n)

1. yawl

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse jól. Akin to English Yule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːl/

Noun

jol f (definite singular jola, indefinite plural joler, definite plural jolene)

1. Alternative form of jul

Derived terms

• god jol

References

• “jol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Volapük

Noun

jol (plural jols)

1. waterside, beach, bank

Declension

declension of jol

	singular	plural
nominative	jol	jols
genitive	jola	jolas
dative	jole	joles
accusative	joli	jolis
predicative	jolu	jolus
vocative	o jol!	o jols!

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *erþō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-. Akin to English earth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːɽ/, /jouːɽ/

  Rhymes: -úːɽ

Noun

jol f (definite singular jola, dative joln)

1. earth, soil, ground
2. grave

   Far’n skal dill joln åt helgän

   The father will be buried next Sunday.

Derived terms

• bärjol
• jolbann
• jolber
• jolklotr
• jolmån
• skenjol

Etymology 2

From Old Norse jarða and the above noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²juːɽ/, /²jouːɽ/

  Rhymes: -ùːɽ

Verb

jol

1. to bury