polo

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

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊloʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊləʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊləʊ

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.
2. 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”:

     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.

Usage notes

The word polo has the following commercial uses:

• Polo Mints - A white mint flavoured sweet with a hole in the centre.
• VW Polo - A type of car manufactured by Volkswagen

Derived terms

• polo shirt - A T-shaped shirt with a collar and two buttons.
• polo neck - A garment, usually a sweater, with a round, high collar that folds over and covers the neck. (Can also be used as an adjective, e.g. polo-necked jumper.)
• water polo - A version of the game above, played in a swimming pool instead of on horseback.

Translations

ball game

• Arabic: بولو m (būlū)
• Asturian: polu m
• Catalan: polo m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬球, 马球 (zh) (mǎqiú)

• Finnish: poolo (fi), hevospoolo
• French: polo (fr) m
• Galician: polo (gl) m
• German: Polo (de) m
• Greek: πόλο (el) n (pólo)
• Hausa: hōlṑ m

• Hebrew: פולו (he) m
• Hindi: पोलो (polo)
• Italian: polo (it) m
• Japanese: ポロ (poro)
• Korean: 폴로 (pollo)
• Macedonian: поло n (pólo)
• Persian: چوگان (fa) (čowgân)
• Portuguese: pólo (pt) m
• Russian: по́ло (ru) n (pólo)
• Spanish: polo (es) m
• Swedish: hästpolo (sv) c
• Turkish: polo (tr), çevgen (tr)

External links

• Polo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• loop, OOPL, pool

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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

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Esperanto

Noun

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

1. a Pole (person from Poland)

Hypernyms

• eŭropano (“a European”)

Related terms

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

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Finnish

(index po)

Etymology

From the verb polkea (to stomp) +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo

1. (descriptive) poor (one to be pitied)

   poikapolo

   poor boy

Declension

Inflection of polo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

		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		pololleˣ	poloilleˣ
essive		polona	poloina
translative		poloksi	poloiksi
instructive		—	poloin
abessive		polotta	poloitta
comitative		—	poloineen

Synonyms

• poloinen

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

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Galician

Etymology 1

Contraction of por lo.

Contraction

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

1. through the; by the; for the

   O ladrón entrou pola ventá.

   The thief entered through the window.

Etymology 2

From Latin pullus.

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. chick (young bird, especially a chicken)

Synonyms

• pito

Etymology 3

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

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole

Etymology 4

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt

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Italian

Noun

polo m (plural poli)

1. (countable) pole (geographic, electrical or magnetic)
2. (uncountable) polo (sport)

See also

• pollo

Related terms

• polare

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Latin

Noun

polō

1. dative singular of polus
2. ablative singular of polus

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

polo n (diminutive polack)

1. obsolete 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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pólo (superseded)

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. pole (geographic, magnetic)
2. polo (game, shirt)
3. (figuratively) extreme opposite

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo̞lo̞/

Etymology 1

From Latin polus, from πόλος (pólos).

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole

Related terms

• polar

Etymology 2

From English polo.

Noun

polo m (uncountable)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt

Related terms

• waterpolo m

Verb

polo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of polir.