jol

See also: jól and jöl

English

Etymology

Shortened from jolly?

Noun

jol (plural jols)

  1. (South Africa, slang) A party.
    • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 249:
      —Oh sure, high spirits, a jol that went a bit over the top.

Verb

jol (third-person singular simple present jols, present participle jolling or joling, simple past and past participle jolled or joled)

  1. (South Africa, slang) to party

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

jol f (plural jollen, diminutive jolletje n)

  1. yawl

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse jól. Akin to English Yule.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juːl/

Noun

jol f (definite singular jola, indefinite plural joler, definite plural jolene)

  1. Alternative form of jul

Derived terms

  • god jol

References

Volapük

Noun

jol (plural jols)

  1. waterside, beach, bank

Declension

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *erþō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-. Akin to English earth.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juːɽ/, /jouːɽ/
    Rhymes: -úːɽ

Noun

jol f (definite singular jola, dative joln)

  1. earth, soil, ground
  2. grave
    Far’n skal dill joln åt helgän
    The father will be buried next Sunday.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse jarða and the above noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²juːɽ/, /²jouːɽ/
    Rhymes: -ùːɽ

Verb

jol

  1. to bury
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