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

• IPA^(key): /poːl/

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

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

1. (geography, astronomy) pole (point on a spherical body's surface intersected by its rotational axis)

   Auf dem Mars gibt es an den Polen Eiskappen.

   On Mars, there are ice caps at the poles.

   1. (figuratively) anchor point, center (person or topic around which everything revolves, which is stable and central to all happenings)
2. (especially physics) one of two points with opposite properties (especially magnetic or electric)

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

• Gegenpol
• Kältepol
• Nordpol
• polen
• Polkappe
• Polstelle
• Ruhepol
• Südpol
• Wärmepol

Related terms

• polar
• Monopol

Further reading

• “Pol”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “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

Old Irish

Proper noun

Pol

1. alternative spelling of Pól

Mutation

Mutation of Pol

radical	lenition	nasalization
Pol	Phol or unchanged	Pol pronounced with /b-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Plautdietsch

Noun

Pol m (plural Pols)

1. pole, post