Pol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pol"

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɔl]

Proper noun

Pol m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Paul

Related terms

• Pau

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Pol
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Homophone: pol

Etymology 1

Short form of Leopold, Apollonius, Napoleon, and also a modern variant of Paul.

Proper noun

Pol ?

1. a male given name

Etymology 2

First attested as polle in 1396. Derived from pol (“overgrown sandy hill, elevated place”).

Proper noun

Pol n

1. A hamlet in Maasgouw, Limburg, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Pol en Panheel

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos) via Latin polus.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Audio:

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Noun

Pol m (strong, genitive Poles or Pols, plural Pole)

1. pole (geographical, electrical, magnetical)

Declension

Declension of Pol [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pol	die	Pole
genitive	eines	des	Poles, Pols	der	Pole
dative	einem	dem	Pol, Pole1	den	Polen
accusative	einen	den	Pol	die	Pole

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Kältepol
• Nordpol
• Polstelle
• Südpol
• Wärmepol

Further reading

• “Pol” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pol (Endpunkt)” in Duden online
• “Pol (Oberfläche, Stoffseite)” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl

Etymology 1

Noun

Pol m (plural Polen, feminine Polin)

1. Pole

Related terms

• polnesch

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Pol m (plural Polen)

1. (geography, electricity, magnets) pole

Derived terms

• Dipol
• Himmelspol
• Nordpol
• Südpol

Old French

Etymology

From Latin Paulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl/

Proper noun

Pol m (nominative singular Poz)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Paul

Descendants

• French: Paul
  • Haitian Creole: Pòl
• Walloon: På

Plautdietsch

Noun

Pol m (plural Pols)

1. pole, post