OL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

English

Initialism

OL

Anagrams

'lo, LO, Lo, lo

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese OL (ōeru), wasei eigo from English office + lady.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹ e¹ lou⁴

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ou¹ e¹ lou⁴
  - Yale: ōu ē lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹ e¹ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ou¹ é¹ lou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵ ɛː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

Noun

OL

an office lady; a pink-collar office worker.

French

Initialism

OL

(soccer) Abbreviation of Olympique Lyonnais. (a soccer team from the French town of Lyons)

See also

(Olympique Lyonnais): Olympique Lyonnais on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(Olympique Lyonnais): Olympique lyonnais on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Japanese

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) オーエル [òóérú] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) オーエル [òóéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [o̞ːe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Etymology

Initialism of English office + lady., a wasei eigo

Noun

OL (katakana オーエル, rōmaji ōeru)

Initialism of オフィスレディー (ofisu redī) (female office worker responsible chiefly for menial, non-aspirational tasks)

See also

キャリアウーマン (kyariaūman)
サラリーマン (sararīman)

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