pólo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "polo"

Czech

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pólo

Wikipedia ^cs

Alternative forms

• polo

Etymology

Borrowed from English polo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoːlo]
• Rhymes: -oːlo
• Hyphenation: pó‧lo

Noun

pólo n

1. polo (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) [from 20th c.]
   • 2005, František Táborský, Sportovní hry 2: základní pravidla, organizace, historie‎, Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 150:

     Inspirováni domorodými obyvateli založili koloniální vojáci Velké Británie první klub póla na koních v severoindickém Silcharu již v roce 1859. O deset let později se dostalo pólo do Anglie, kde bylo v roce 1871 sehráno prvé oficiální utkání.

     Inspired by native inhabitants, British colonial soldiers founded the first polo club in North Indian Silchar as early as in 1859.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	pólo	póla
genitive	póla	pól
dative	pólu	pólům
accusative	pólo	póla
vocative	pólo	póla
locative	pólu	pólech
instrumental	pólem	póly

Declension of pólo (hard neuter)

Derived terms

• pólista
• pólový
• vodní pólo

Related terms

• kanoepolo

Further reading

• “pólo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “pólo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pólo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

• polo (superseded)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *poľe, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian polo, Polish pole, Czech pole, Russian по́ле (póle), Old Church Slavonic полѥ (polje), and more distantly with English field and plain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɨlɔ/, /ˈpɛlɔ/, (dated) /ˈpʊlɔ/

Noun

pólo n (diminutive pólko, pólack)

1. field (open country; space used to grow crops or hold livestock; course of study or domain of knowledge)

Declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	pólo	póli	póla
Genitive	póla	pólowu	pólow
Dative	póloju, pólu	póloma	pólam
Accusative	pólo	póli	póla
Instrumental	pólom	póloma	pólami
Locative	pólu	póloma	pólach

Declension of pólo

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pólo”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pólo”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Noun

pólo m (plural pólos)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of polo#Portuguese: pole. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Etymology 2

Noun

pólo m (plural pólos)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of polo#Portuguese: ball game. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.