polo

See also: Polo, polo-, poło, pólo, póló, and pôlo

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Balti پولو‎ (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).

Noun

polo (usually uncountable, plural polos)

  1. (uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
  2. A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
  3. (countable) A polo shirt.
    • 2007, February 22, “Mike Albo”, in Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me‎:
      Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148.
Usage notes

The word polo has the following commercial uses:

  • Polo Mints - A white mint flavoured sweet with a hole in the centre.
  • VW Polo - A type of car manufactured by Volkswagen
Derived terms
  • polo shirt - A T-shaped shirt with a collar and two buttons.
  • polo neck - A garment, usually a sweater, with a round, high collar that folds over and covers the neck. (Can also be used as an adjective, e.g. polo-necked jumper.)
  • water polo - A version of the game above, played in a swimming pool instead of on horseback.
Translations

Etymology 2

Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

Noun

polo

  1. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

polo (plural polos)

  1. (Philippines) A dress shirt.

Further reading

Anagrams

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

Contraction

polo n (masculine pol, feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)

  1. for the, by the

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Etymology 1

From English polo shirt.

Noun

polo

  1. a polo shirt

Etymology 2

From English polo, from Balti پولو‎ (polo, “ball”).

Noun

polo

  1. a ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
  2. a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

polo

  1. a dress shirt

Esperanto

Noun

polo (accusative singular polon, plural poloj, accusative plural polojn)

  1. a Pole (person from Poland)

Hypernyms

Finnish

(index po)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpolo/
  • Rhymes: -olo
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo

  1. poor (one to be pitied)
    poikapolo
    poor boy

Declension

Inflection of polo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative polo polot
genitive polon polojen
partitive poloa poloja
illative poloon poloihin
singular plural
nominative polo polot
accusative nom. polo polot
gen. polon
genitive polon polojen
partitive poloa poloja
inessive polossa poloissa
elative polosta poloista
illative poloon poloihin
adessive pololla poloilla
ablative pololta poloilta
allative pololle poloille
essive polona poloina
translative poloksi poloiksi
instructive — poloin
abessive polotta poloitta
comitative — poloineen

Synonyms

References

  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

Galician

Etymology 1

Contraction of por lo.

Contraction

polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

  1. through the; by the; for the
    O ladrón entrou pola ventá.
    The thief entered through the window.

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

  1. chick (young bird, especially a chicken)
Synonyms

Etymology 3

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

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

  1. (geography, electricity) pole

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English polo.

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

  1. polo (ball game)
  2. polo shirt

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English pole, French pôle, German Pol, Italian polo, Russian по́люс (póljus), Spanish polo, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.lo/

Noun

polo (plural poli)

  1. pole (point where an axis meets the surface of a rotating body)

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

polo m (plural poli)

  1. (countable) pole (geographic, electrical or magnetic)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polo.

Noun

polo m (plural poli)

  1. (uncountable) polo (sport)

See also

Latin

Noun

polō

  1. dative singular of polus
  2. ablative singular of polus

References

  • polo in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Noun

polo m (invariable)

  1. polo

Lower Sorbian

Noun

polo n (diminutive polack)

  1. superseded spelling of pólo.

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English polo, from Balti پولو‎ (polo, “ball”).

Noun

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

  1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

Derived terms

  • vannpolo

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English polo, from Balti پولو‎ (polo, “ball”).

Noun

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

  1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

Derived terms

  • vasspolo

References

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin polus (“pole”), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.lu/
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

  1. pole (geographic, magnetic)
  2. (figuratively) extreme opposite

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti པོ་ལོ (pulu, “ball”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.lu/
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

  1. polo (game, shirt)

Etymology 3

From Old Portuguese, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). Doublet of polho, which came from Spanish.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpo.lu/
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

  1. eyas

Etymology 4

From Old Portuguese polo, from por + lo.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpu.lu/
  • Hyphenation: po‧lo

Contraction

polo m (plural polos, feminine pola, feminine plural polas)

  1. (obsolete) Contraction of por (“by; through; for”) + o (“the”)

Ramoaaina

Noun

polo

  1. liquid

Further reading

  • Robyn Davies and Lisbeth Fritzell, Duke of York Grammar Essentials (Ramoaaina) (October 1992)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpolo/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

  1. (geography, electricity) pole
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English polo.

Noun

polo m (uncountable)

  1. polo (ball game)
  2. polo shirt

Etymology 3

Originally a trademark.

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

  1. (chiefly Spain) popsicle, ice lolly

Etymology 4

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

polo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of polir.

Further reading

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian по́ло (pólo).

Noun

polo

  1. polo (sport)

Inflection

Inflection of polo
nominative sing. polo
genitive sing. polon
partitive sing. polod
partitive plur. —
singular plural
nominative polo —
accusative polon —
genitive polon —
partitive polod —
essive-instructive polon —
translative poloks —
inessive polos —
elative polospäi —
illative ? —
adessive polol —
ablative pololpäi —
allative polole —
abessive polota —
comitative polonke —
prolative polodme —
approximative I polonno —
approximative II polonnoks —
egressive polonnopäi —
terminative I ? —
terminative II pololesai —
terminative III polossai —
additive I ? —
additive II pololepäi —

Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “поло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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