jol

See also: jól and jöl

English

Etymology

Shortened from jolly?

Pronunciation

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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 (nominative plural jols)

1. waterside, beach, bank

Declension

declension of jol

	singular	plural
nominative	jol	jols
genitive	jola	jolas
dative	jole	joles
accusative	joli	jolis
vocative 1	o jol!	o jols!
predicative 2	jolu	jolus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

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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