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wol

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See also: Wol, woł, wól, wół, wōl, and wɔl

Translingual

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Symbol

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wol

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Wolof.

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Cornish

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Noun

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wol

  1. Soft mutation of gol.

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch wolle, from Old Dutch *wulla, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋɔl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wol
  • Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

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wol f (uncountable)

  1. wool

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: wol
  • Negerhollands: wol
  • Lokono: wolu
  • Indonesian: wol

German

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Adverb

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wol

  1. Obsolete spelling of wohl.

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch wol, from Middle Dutch wolle, from Old Dutch *wulla, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂.

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Noun

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wol (first-person possessive wolku, second-person possessive wolmu, third-person possessive wolnya)

  1. wool (hair of sheep, etc.)
    Synonym: suf

Alternative forms

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  • wul (Standard Malay)

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English willan.

Verb

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wol

  1. will
Descendants
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Etymology 2

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From Old English wull.

Noun

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wol

  1. Alternative form of wolle

Etymology 3

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From Old English wel.

Adverb

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wol

  1. (rare) Alternative form of wel

Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German wola, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Adverb

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wol (comparative baȥ, superlative {{{2}}})

  1. well

Descendants

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References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “wol”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *wōl. Cognate with Old Saxon wōl, Old High German wuol, Old Norse ól (troll-woman).

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Noun

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wōl m

  1. plague, pestilence

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Tok Pisin

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Etymology 1

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From English world.

Noun

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wol

  1. world

Etymology 2

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From English wall.

Noun

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wol

  1. wall