Pole

See also: pole, pôle, and -pole

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Pole.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /pəʊl/, /pɔʊl/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /poʊl/
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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -əʊl
• Homophones: pole, poll

Noun

Pole (plural Poles)

1. A person from Poland or of Polish descent.

Translations

person from Poland

• Arabic: بُولَنْدِيّ m (bulandiyy), بُولَنْدِيّ m (bōlandiyy), بُولَنْدِيَّة (ar) f (bōlandiyya), بُولَنْدِيَّة (ar) f (bōlandiyya)
• Armenian: լեհ (hy) (leh)
• Asturian: polacu (ast) m, polaca (ast) f
• Belarusian: паля́к m (palják), по́лька f (pólʹka), паля́чка f (paljáčka); (pejorative) лях m (ljax), ля́шка f (ljáška)
• Bulgarian: поляк (bg) m (polják)
• Catalan: polonès (ca) m, polonesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 波蘭人／波兰人 (bo¹ laan⁴ jan⁴), 波兰人 (bo¹ laan⁴ jan⁴)

  Mandarin: 波蘭人／波兰人 (zh) (bōlánrén), 波兰人 (zh) (Bōlánrén)

• Cornish: Polak m, Polakes f
• Czech: Polák (cs) m, Polka (cs) f
• Danish: polak (da) c
• Dutch: Pool (nl) m, Poolse (nl) f
• Esperanto: pollandano (man or woman), pollandanino (woman)
• Estonian: poolakas
• Faroese: póllendingur m
• Finnish: puolalainen (fi)
• French: Polonais (fr) m, Polonaise (fr) f
• Galician: polonés m
• Georgian: პოლონელი (ṗoloneli)
• German: Pole (de) m, Polin (de) f
• Greek: Πολωνός (el) m (Polonós), Πολωνίδα f (Polonída)
• Hawaiian: Pōlani
• Hindi: पोल (hi) (pōl)
• Hungarian: lengyel (hu), (archaic) polyák (hu)
• Icelandic: Pólverji
• Irish: Polannach
• Italian: polacco (it) m, polacca (it) f
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• Japanese: ポーランド人 (Pōrando-jin)
• Korean: 폴란드인 (ko) (Pollandeu-in)
• Latvian: polis (lv) m, poliete f
• Lithuanian: lenkas (lt) m, lenkė (lt) f
• Lower Sorbian: Pólak m, Pólka f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: polakk (no) m

  Nynorsk: polakk (nn) m

• Polish: Polak (pl) m, Polka (pl) f
• Portuguese: polonês (pt) m, polonesa f (Brazil), polaco (pt) f, polaca (pt) f
• Romanian: polonez (ro) m, poloneză (ro) f, polon (ro) m, polonă (ro)
• Russian: поля́к (ru) m (polják), по́лька (ru) f (pólʹka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Pòlainneach m
• Serbo-Croatian: Пољак m, Пољакиња f, Poljak (sh) m, Poljakinja f
• Silesian: Polok m, Polka f
• Slovak: Poliak m, Polka f
• Slovene: Polják (sl) m, Poljákinja (sl) f
• Spanish: polaco (es) m, polaca (es) f
• Swahili: Mpoli (sw) sg, Wapoli (sw) pl
• Swedish: (general) polack (sv), (female, only used if gender is important) polska (sv)
• Turkish: Polonyalı (tr), Leh (tr), Polonez (tr)
• Ukrainian: поляк (uk) m (polják), полька f (pól’ka)
• Venetian: połaco
• Vilamovian: Pöła
• Volapük: (♂♀) Polänan (vo), (♂) hi-Polänan, (♀) ji-Polänan
• Welsh: Pwyliad m or f, Pwyles f
• Yiddish: פּאָליאַק m (polyak) (non-Jewish), פּאָליאַטשקע f (polyatshke) (non-Jewish), פּאָליאַנער m (polyaner) (Jewish)

Anagrams

• lope, olpe, pleo-

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Polen.

Proper noun

Pole

1. Poland

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German

Pronunciation

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -oːlə

Noun

Pole m (genitive Polen, plural Polen, female Polin)

1. Pole

Noun

Pole

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) plural of Pol

Further reading

• “Pole” in Duden online