polo

See also: Polo, polo-, poło, pólo, póló, póło, pôlo, and поло

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊloʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/, /ˈpəʊl.əʊ/, [ˈpəʊləʊ], [ˈpɒʊɫəʊ]

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -əʊləʊ

Etymology 1

From Balti پولو‎ (“ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).

Noun

polo (usually uncountable, plural polos)

1. (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.
   • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 227:

     There were polo fields – sometimes green, sometimes brown – where in the old days, people had actually played that strange game that seems like a drunken bet about golf and horse riding.

2. The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
3. (countable) A polo shirt.
   • 2007 February 22, Mike Albo, “Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me”, in New York Times‎^[5]:

     Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148.

Derived terms

• auto polo
• canoe polo
• cycle polo
• elephant polo
• ice polo
• kayak polo
• polocrosse
• poloist
• polo neck, polo-neck
• polo player
• polo shirt
• tennis polo
• water polo

 

Translations

ball game

• Arabic: بُولُو‎ m (būlū)
• Armenian: պոլո (hy) (polo)
• Asturian: polu m
• Azerbaijani: polo (az)
• Belarusian: по́ла n (póla)
• Bengali: পোলো (pōlō)
• Bulgarian: по́ло n (pólo)
• Burmese: ဂူလီသဘင် (gulisa.bhang)
• Catalan: polo (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬球／马球 (zh) (mǎqiú)

• Czech: pólo (cs) n
• Danish: polo
• Estonian: polo (et)
• Finnish: poolo (fi), hevospoolo (fi)
• French: polo (fr) m
• Galician: polo (gl) m
• Georgian: ცხენბურთი (cxenburti)
• German: Polo (de) m
• Greek: πόλο (el) n (pólo)
• Hausa: hōlṑ m
• Hebrew: פּוֹלוֹ‎ (he) m (polo)
• Hindi: पोलो (hi) m (polo), चौगान (hi) m (caugān)
• Irish: póló m
• Italian: polo (it) m
• Japanese: ポロ (poro)
• Kazakh: поло (polo), шөген (şögen)
• Korean: 폴로 (pollo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: çovgan

• Kyrgyz: поло (polo)
• Lithuanian: polas m
• Macedonian: поло n (polo)
• Marathi: पोलो (mr) (polo)
• Nepali: पोलो (polo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: polo (no) m

  Nynorsk: polo m

• Persian: چوگان‎ (fa) (čowgân)
• Polish: polo (pl) n
• Portuguese: pólo (pt) m
• Russian: по́ло (ru) n (pólo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: поло n

  Roman: polo (sh) n

• Sinhalese: පෝලෝ (pōlō)
• Slovak: pólo
• Spanish: polo (es) m
• Swedish: hästpolo (sv) c
• Tajik: чавгон (čavgon)
• Thai: โปโล (bpoo-loo)
• Tibetan: པོ་ལོ (po lo)
• Turkish: polo (tr), çevgen (tr)
• Ukrainian: по́ло n (pólo)
• Urdu: پولو‎ (ur) m (polo)
• Uzbek: polo, chavgon (uz)
• Vietnamese: mã cầu (vi), pô-lô
• Yiddish: פּאָלאָ‎ m (polo)

ice polo — see ice polo

polo shirt — see polo shirt

Etymology 2

Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

Noun

polo

1. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

polo (plural polos)

1. (Philippines) A dress shirt.

Etymology 4

From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus

Interjection

polo

1. Alternative letter-case form of Polo

   Coordinate terms: marco, marco polo

Further reading

• polo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “polo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Loop, OOPL, Pool, loop, pool

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

Contraction

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

1. for the, by the

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Etymology 1

From English polo shirt.

Noun

polo

1. a polo shirt

Etymology 2

From English polo, from Balti پولو‎ (“ball”).

Noun

polo

1. 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. a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

polo

1. a dress shirt

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolo]

Etymology 1

Adverb

polo

1. half

Etymology 2

Noun

polo n

1. Alternative form of pólo (“polo”) (a ball game played on horseback)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• polo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• polo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• polo in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Noun

polo

1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
2. polo shirt

   Synonyms: poloskjorte, polotrøje

Further reading

• “polo” in Den Danske Ordbog

Esperanto

Etymology

From German Pole, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pȍľe (“field”). Doublet of poljo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolo]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

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

1. Pole (person from Poland)

Hypernyms

• eŭropano (“a European”)

Related terms

• pola (“Polish”)
• pole (“in Polish; like a Pole”)
• Polio, Pollando (“Poland”)

Finnish

Etymology

Related to and likely derived from polkea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞lo̞]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification^(key): po‧lo

Noun

polo

1. poor (one to be pitied)

   poikapolo

   poor boy

   Synonyms: raasu, ressukka, poloinen, raukka, parka, raukkaparka

Declension

Inflection of polo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		polo	polot
genitive		polon	polojen
partitive		poloa	poloja
illative		poloon	poloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		polo	polot
accusative	nom.	polo	polot
	gen.	polon
genitive		polon	polojen
partitive		poloa	poloja
inessive		polossa	poloissa
elative		polosta	poloista
illative		poloon	poloihin
adessive		pololla	poloilla
ablative		pololta	poloilta
allative		pololle	poloille
essive		polona	poloina
translative		poloksi	poloiksi
abessive		polotta	poloitta
instructive		—	poloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of polo (type valo)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative poloni poloni accusative nom. poloni poloni gen. poloni genitive poloni polojeni partitive poloani polojani inessive polossani poloissani elative polostani poloistani illative polooni poloihini adessive polollani poloillani ablative pololtani poloiltani allative pololleni poloilleni essive polonani poloinani translative polokseni poloikseni abessive polottani poloittani instructive — — comitative — poloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative polosi polosi accusative nom. polosi polosi gen. polosi genitive polosi polojesi partitive poloasi polojasi inessive polossasi poloissasi elative polostasi poloistasi illative poloosi poloihisi adessive polollasi poloillasi ablative pololtasi poloiltasi allative polollesi poloillesi essive polonasi poloinasi translative poloksesi poloiksesi abessive polottasi poloittasi instructive — — comitative — poloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative polomme polomme accusative nom. polomme polomme gen. polomme genitive polomme polojemme partitive poloamme polojamme inessive polossamme poloissamme elative polostamme poloistamme illative poloomme poloihimme adessive polollamme poloillamme ablative pololtamme poloiltamme allative polollemme poloillemme essive polonamme poloinamme translative poloksemme poloiksemme abessive polottamme poloittamme instructive — — comitative — poloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative polonne polonne accusative nom. polonne polonne gen. polonne genitive polonne polojenne partitive poloanne polojanne inessive polossanne poloissanne elative polostanne poloistanne illative poloonne poloihinne adessive polollanne poloillanne ablative pololtanne poloiltanne allative polollenne poloillenne essive polonanne poloinanne translative poloksenne poloiksenne abessive polottanne poloittanne instructive — — comitative — poloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative polonsa polonsa accusative nom. polonsa polonsa gen. polonsa genitive polonsa polojensa partitive poloaan poloansa polojaan polojansa inessive polossaan polossansa poloissaan poloissansa elative polostaan polostansa poloistaan poloistansa illative poloonsa poloihinsa adessive polollaan polollansa poloillaan poloillansa ablative pololtaan pololtansa poloiltaan poloiltansa allative pololleen polollensa poloilleen poloillensa essive polonaan polonansa poloinaan poloinansa translative polokseen poloksensa poloikseen poloiksensa abessive polottaan polottansa poloittaan poloittansa instructive — — comitative — poloineen poloinensa

References

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

Further reading

• “polo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[6] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

polo m

1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
2. polo shirt

Further reading

• “polo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology 1

Contraction of the preposition por (“through, by, for”) + alternative form of the masculine singular definite article lo (“the”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʊlʊ]

Contraction

polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

1. Contraction of por o (“through the; by the; for the”).

   O ladrón entrou pola ventá

   The thief entered through the window

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolʊ]

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. chick (young bird, especially a chicken)
   • 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:

     Iten o par dos polos et polas, seis blanquas et dous coroados.

     Item, the pair of chickens and chicks, six white coins and a crown

   Synonyms: pito, pitiño

Related terms

• pola

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolʊ]

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English polo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolʊ]

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt, polo

References

• “polo” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “polo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “polo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “polo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “polo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “polo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English pole, French pôle, German Pol, Italian polo, Russian по́люс (póljus), Spanish polo, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.lo/

Noun

polo (plural poli)

1. pole (point where an axis meets the surface of a rotating body)

Derived terms

• polala
• polara

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *polo. Cognates include Finnish polo.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞ɫo̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞ɫo̞]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo

1. (in compounds) poor (one deserving pity)

Declension

Declension of polo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	polo	polot
genitive	polon	polloin, pololoin
partitive	polloa	poloja, pololoja
illative	polloo	polloi, pololoihe
inessive	polos	polois, pololois
elative	polost	poloist, pololoist
allative	pololle	poloille, pololoille
adessive	polol	poloil, pololoil
ablative	pololt	poloilt, pololoilt
translative	poloks	poloiks, pololoiks
essive	polonna, polloon	poloinna, pololoinna, polloin, pololoin
exessive1)	polont	poloint, pololoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• polopoika

 

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 422

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: pò‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural poli)

1. (countable) pole (geographic, electrical or magnetic)

Related terms

• polare

See also

• pollo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polo.

Noun

polo m (plural poli)

1. (uncountable) polo (sport)

Related terms

• polistico

Latin

Noun

polō

1. dative/ablative singular of polus

References

• “polo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Noun

polo m (invariable)

1. polo

Related terms

• ūdenspolo

Lower Sorbian

Noun

polo n (diminutive polack)

1. Superseded spelling of pólo.

Declension

Declension of polo

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	polo	poli	pola
Genitive	pola	polowu	polow
Dative	poloju, polu	poloma	polam
Accusative	polo	poli	pola
Instrumental	polom	poloma	polami
Locative	polu	poloma	polach

Maranao

Etymology

From pulo, compare Cebuano pulo.

Noun

polo

1. island

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English polo, from Balti پولو‎ (“ball”).

Noun

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

Derived terms

• vannpolo

References

• “polo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “polo” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English polo, from Balti پولو‎ (“ball”).

Noun

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

Derived terms

• vasspolo

References

• “polo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti پولو‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
• Syllabification: po‧lo

Noun

polo n (indeclinable)

1. (equestrianism) polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt

   Synonyms: koszulka polo, polówka

Derived terms

noun

• polówka

 

Further reading

• polo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• polo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin polus (“pole”), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

Alternative forms

• pólo (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lu/

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole (geographic, magnetic)
2. (complex analysis) pole
3. (figurative) extreme opposite

Derived terms

Derived terms

• monopolo
• dipolo
• quadripolo
• Polo Norte
• Polo Sul

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti པོ་ལོ (po lo, “ball”).

Alternative forms

• pólo (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lu/

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt, polo

Etymology 3

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Doublet of polho, which came from Spanish.

Alternative forms

• pôlo (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.lu/

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. eyas

Related terms

• poleiro

Etymology 4

From Old Galician-Portuguese polo, from por + lo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (unstressed) /pu.lu/, [pu.lu]
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Contraction

polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

1. (obsolete) Contraction of por (“by; through; for”) + o (“the”)

   Synonym: pelo

Ramoaaina

Noun

polo

1. liquid

Further reading

• Robyn Davies and Lisbeth Fritzell, Duke of York Grammar Essentials (Ramoaaina) (October 1992)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French polo.

Noun

polo n (uncountable)

1. polo

Declension

declension of polo (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) polo	poloul
genitive/dative	(unui) polo	poloului
vocative	poloule

Spanish

polo (sport)

A polo shirt

A T-shirt

A popsicle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpo.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: po‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole

Derived terms

• polo industrial
• polo magnético
• polo norte
• polo opuesto
• polo sur

 

Related terms

• polar

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polo.

Noun

polo m (uncountable)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt
3. (Peru) T-shirt

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:camiseta

Derived terms

• polo acuático
• waterpolo

 

Etymology 3

Originally a trademark.

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. (chiefly Spain) popsicle, ice lolly

   Synonym: paleta

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

polo

1. first-person singular present indicative of polir

Etymology 5

From corruption of polong, Hispanicized spelling of Tagalog pulong, meaning "community work". An alternate etymology posits it to be from Tagalog ikapulo ("tenth") or tithe (diezmos prediales), for a tenth (10%) of the harvest is given to the Church.

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. (Philippines, historical) unpaid compulsory work; corvée
2. (Philippines, historical) tax levied on the natives of the Philippine islands and paid as labor, goods, and/or money

   Synonyms: tributo, impuesto

See also

• polista
• polo y servicio

 

Further reading

• “polo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English polo.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: po‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo.lo]

Noun

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. polo (sport)
2. polo shirt
   • 1981, Clodualdo Del Mundo, Writing for Film:

     Maraming reklamo si Arni tungkol sa initiation; sisisihin pa nito si Sid dahil ito ang pumilit sa kanyang sumali sa frat. Magsusuot ng polo si Arni. Halos hindi niya maigalaw ang kanyang braso.

     Arni have a lot of complaints about the initiation; he even blamed Sid for forcing him to join the frat. Arni would wear a polo shirt. He could almost not move his arms.

Derived terms

• polo barong

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish polo (“corvée”), which came from either:

• From pulo, ikapulo (“tenth”) or tithe (diezmos prediales), for a tenth (10%) of the harvest is given to the Church. Related to etymology 4.
• From corruption of polong, Hispanicized spelling of Tagalog pulong, meaning "community work".

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: po‧lo
• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo.lo]

Noun

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. unpaid compulsory work; corvée

   Synonym: atag

2. tax levied on the natives and paid as labor, goods, and/or money

   Synonyms: buwis, tributo, alkabala, amilyar, impuwesto

Related terms

• polista

 

See also

• hunos
• polista
• polo y servicio

 

Etymology 3

Either from Proto-Philippine *pujuq. Compare Malay pulau.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: po‧lo
• IPA^(key): /poˈloʔ/, [poˈloʔ]

Noun

polô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. Obsolete form of pulo: island

Etymology 4

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq. Compare Malay puluh.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: po‧lo
• IPA^(key): /poˈloʔ/, [poˈloʔ]

Noun

polô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. Obsolete form of pulo: ten

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian по́ло (pólo).

Noun

polo

1. polo (sport)

Inflection

Inflection of polo (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	polo
genitive sing.	polon
partitive sing.	polod
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	polo	—
accusative	polon	—
genitive	polon	—
partitive	polod	—
essive-instructive	polon	—
translative	poloks	—
inessive	polos	—
elative	polospäi	—
illative	polho poloho	—
adessive	polol	—
ablative	pololpäi	—
allative	polole	—
abessive	polota	—
comitative	polonke	—
prolative	polodme	—
approximative I	polonno	—
approximative II	polonnoks	—
egressive	polonnopäi	—
terminative I	polhosai polohosai	—
terminative II	pololesai	—
terminative III	polossai	—
additive I	polhopäi polohopäi	—
additive II	pololepäi	—

Derived terms

• vezipolo

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “поло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika