OL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Adjective

OL

(Internet) Abbreviation of online.

Proper noun

OL

(soccer) Initialism of Olympique Lyonnais.

Etymology 2

From Japanese OL (OL) (オフィスレディー), from English office + lady.

Noun

OL (plural OLs)

Abbreviation of office lady (Japanese wasei eigo).

Translations

office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)

Japanese: オフィスレディー (ofisu redī), OL (ōeru), オーエル (ōeru)
Korean: 오피스 레이디 (opiseu reidi), 오에루 (o'eru), OL (OL)
Russian: о́фис-ле́ди f (ófis-lédi), ОЛ f (OL)

Anagrams

'lo, LO, Lo, lo

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese OL (ōeru), wasei eigo from English office + lady.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ōu-áilou

(Zhuyin): ㄡㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹ e¹ lou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: OL
  - Zhuyin: ㄡㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ou-áilo̊u
  - Wade–Giles: ou¹-ai²-lou⁵
  - Yale: ōu-ái-lou
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ouair.lou
  - Palladius: оу’айлоу (ou’ajlou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀaɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ou¹ e¹ lou⁴
  - Yale: ōu ē lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹ e¹ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ou¹ é¹ lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵ ɛː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

Noun

OL

office lady; pink-collar office worker

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /o.ɛl/
Audio: (file)

Proper noun

OL ?

(soccer) initialism of Olympique Lyonnais (a soccer team from the French town of Lyons)

See also

(Olympique Lyonnais): Olympique Lyonnais on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(Olympique Lyonnais): Olympique lyonnais on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Japanese

Etymology

Initialism of English office lady.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) オーエル [òóérú] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) オーエル [òóéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [o̞ːe̞ɾɯ̟]

Noun

OL(オーエル) • (ōeru)

initialism of オフィスレディー (ofisu redī, “office lady”) (female office worker responsible chiefly for menial, non-aspirational tasks)

Descendants

→ English: OL
→ Chinese: OL

See also

キャリアウーマン (kyariaūman)
サラリーマン (sararīman)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuːˌel/, [ˈuːˌɛl], [ˈuːˌɛɽ]

Noun

OL (definite singular OL-et, indefinite plural OL, definite plural OL-a or OL-ene)

initialism of olympiske leker (“Olympic Games”)

References

“OL” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“OL” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuːˌel/, [ˈuːˌɛl], [ˈuːˌɛɽ]

Noun

OL (definite singular OL-et, indefinite plural OL, definite plural OL-a)

initialism of olympiske leikar (“Olympic Games”)

References

“OL” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.