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English

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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.
      • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 227:
        There were polo fields – sometimes green, sometimes brown – where in the old days, people had actually played that strange game that seems like a drunken bet about golf and horse riding.
    2. The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; 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, “Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me”, in New York Times‎:
        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.
    Derived terms
    Translations

    Etymology 2

    From 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.

    Etymology 4

    From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus.

    Interjection

    polo

    1. Alternative letter-case form of Polo
      Coordinate terms: marco, marco polo

    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

    Chinese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English polo.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    polo

    1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) polo shirt (Classifier: 件 c)

    Czech

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Adverb

    polo

    1. half

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    polo n

    1. Alternative form of pólo (“polo”) (a ball game played on horseback)
    Declension

    This noun needs an inflection-table template.

    Further reading

    • “polo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
    • “polo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
    • “polo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

    Danish

    Noun

    polo

    1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
    2. polo shirt
      Synonyms: poloskjorte, polotrøje

    Further reading

    Esperanto

    Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

    From German Pole, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pȍľe (“field”). Doublet of poljo.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

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

    1. Pole (person from Poland)

    Hypernyms

    Finnish

    Etymology

    Possibly derived from polkea; alternatively from North Germanic (compare Old Norse bǫl (“misfortune”)).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞lo̞]
    • Rhymes: -olo
    • Hyphenation(key): po‧lo

    Noun

    polo

    1. poor, poor thing (one to be pitied)
      Synonyms: raasu, ressukka, poloinen, raukka, parka, raukkaparka
      poikapolo ― poor boy

    Declension

    More information nominative, genitive ...
    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
    abessive polotta poloitta
    instructive — poloin
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
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    More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
    Possessive forms of polo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative poloni poloni
    accusative nom. poloni poloni
    gen. poloni
    genitive poloni polojeni
    partitive poloani polojani
    inessive polossani poloissani
    elative polostani poloistani
    illative polooni poloihini
    adessive polollani poloillani
    ablative pololtani poloiltani
    allative pololleni poloilleni
    essive polonani poloinani
    translative polokseni poloikseni
    abessive polottani poloittani
    instructive — —
    comitative —poloineni
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative polosi polosi
    accusative nom. polosi polosi
    gen. polosi
    genitive polosi polojesi
    partitive poloasi polojasi
    inessive polossasi poloissasi
    elative polostasi poloistasi
    illative poloosi poloihisi
    adessive polollasi poloillasi
    ablative pololtasi poloiltasi
    allative polollesi poloillesi
    essive polonasi poloinasi
    translative poloksesi poloiksesi
    abessive polottasi poloittasi
    instructive — —
    comitative —poloinesi
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative polomme polomme
    accusative nom. polomme polomme
    gen. polomme
    genitive polomme polojemme
    partitive poloamme polojamme
    inessive polossamme poloissamme
    elative polostamme poloistamme
    illative poloomme poloihimme
    adessive polollamme poloillamme
    ablative pololtamme poloiltamme
    allative polollemme poloillemme
    essive polonamme poloinamme
    translative poloksemme poloiksemme
    abessive polottamme poloittamme
    instructive — —
    comitative —poloinemme
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative polonne polonne
    accusative nom. polonne polonne
    gen. polonne
    genitive polonne polojenne
    partitive poloanne polojanne
    inessive polossanne poloissanne
    elative polostanne poloistanne
    illative poloonne poloihinne
    adessive polollanne poloillanne
    ablative pololtanne poloiltanne
    allative polollenne poloillenne
    essive polonanne poloinanne
    translative poloksenne poloiksenne
    abessive polottanne poloittanne
    instructive — —
    comitative —poloinenne
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative polonsa polonsa
    accusative nom. polonsa polonsa
    gen. polonsa
    genitive polonsa polojensa
    partitive poloaan
    poloansa    		 polojaan
    polojansa
    inessive polossaan
    polossansa    		 poloissaan
    poloissansa
    elative polostaan
    polostansa    		 poloistaan
    poloistansa
    illative poloonsa poloihinsa
    adessive polollaan
    polollansa    		 poloillaan
    poloillansa
    ablative pololtaan
    pololtansa    		 poloiltaan
    poloiltansa
    allative pololleen
    polollensa    		 poloilleen
    poloillensa
    essive polonaan
    polonansa    		 poloinaan
    poloinansa
    translative polokseen
    poloksensa    		 poloikseen
    poloiksensa
    abessive polottaan
    polottansa    		 poloittaan
    poloittansa
    instructive — —
    comitative —poloineen
    poloinensa
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    Derived terms

    References

    • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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    French

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    polo m

    1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
    2. polo shirt

    Further reading

    Galician

    Etymology 1

    Contraction of the preposition por (“through, by, for”) + alternative form of the masculine singular definite article lo (“the”).

    Pronunciation

    Contraction

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

    1. Contraction of por o (“through the; by the; for the”).
      O ladrón entrou pola ventá
      The thief entered through the window

    Etymology 2

    From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    polo m (plural polos)

    1. chick (young bird, especially a chicken)
      • 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:
        Iten o par dos polos et polas, seis blanquas et dous coroados.
        Item, the pair of chickens and chicks, six white coins and a crown
      Synonyms: pito, pitiño

    Etymology 3

    Learned borrowing from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    polo m (plural polos)

    1. (geography, electricity) pole

    Etymology 4

    Borrowed from English polo.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    polo m (plural polos)

    1. polo (ball game)
    2. polo shirt, polo

    References

    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

    Noun

    polo (plural poli)

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

    Derived terms

    Ingrian

    Etymology

    From Proto-Finnic *polo. Cognates include Finnish polo.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    polo

    1. (in compounds) poor (one deserving pity)

    Declension

    More information Declension of (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination), singular ...
    Declension of polo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
    singular plural
    nominative polo polot
    genitive polon polloin, pololoin
    partitive polloa poloja, pololoja
    illative polloo polloi, pololoihe
    inessive polos polois, pololois
    elative polost poloist, pololoist
    allative pololle poloille, pololoille
    adessive polol poloil, pololoil
    ablative pololt poloilt, pololoilt
    translative poloks poloiks, pololoiks
    essive polonna, polloon poloinna, pololoinna, polloin, pololoin
    exessive1) polont poloint, pololoint
    1) obsolete
    *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
    **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.
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    Derived terms

    References

    • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 422

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    Portuguese

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    Spanish

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