Karol

See also: karol and Karöl

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.rɔl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arɔl
  • Syllabification: Ka‧rol

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin Carolus. Doublet of król.

Proper noun

Karol m pers (female equivalent Karola or Karolina, diminutive Karolek or Lolek)

  1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Charles
    Alternative form: (dialectal) Karul
  2. a male surname from Latin
Declension

Proper noun

Karol f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname from Latin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Karol f

  1. genitive plural of Karola

Further reading

  • Karol in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Karol”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkarɔɫ/

Proper noun

Karol m pers

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Charles

Declension

Declension of Karol
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativeKarolKarolovia
genitiveKarolaKarolov
dativeKaroloviKarolom
accusativeKarolaKarolov
locativeKaroloviKaroloch
instrumentalKarolomKarolmi

Derived terms

  • Kajo
  • Karči
  • Karčino, Karčinko
  • Karino
  • Karo
  • Karolko

Further reading

  • Karol”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025