pólo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "polo"

Czech

Alternative forms

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[1], 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

Derived terms

  • kanoepolo

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

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

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.