waterpolo

See also: water polo, water-polo, and wáter-polo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English water polo.

Pronunciation

• (Central) IPA^(key): /wəterˈpolo/, /bəterˈpolo/
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /waterˈpolo/, /baterˈpolo/

Noun

waterpolo m (uncountable)

1. water polo

Further reading

• “waterpolo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “waterpolo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “waterpolo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English water polo. Equivalent to water +‎ polo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaːtərpoːloː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: wa‧ter‧po‧lo

Noun

waterpolo n (uncountable)

1. water polo

French

Alternative forms

• water-polo, water polo

Etymology

Borrowed from English water polo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.tɛʁ.pɔ.lo/

Noun

waterpolo m (uncountable)

1. (sports) water polo

Further reading

• “waterpolo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English water polo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɔ.tɛrˈpɔ.lɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
• Syllabification: wa‧ter‧po‧lo

Noun

waterpolo n (indeclinable, related adjective waterpolowy)

1. water polo (water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal)

   Synonym: piłka wodna

Derived terms

nouns

• waterpolista
• waterpolistka

 

Further reading

• waterpolo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• waterpolo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• waterpolo in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English water polo.

Noun

waterpolo n (uncountable)

1. waterpolo

Declension

declension of waterpolo (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) waterpolo	waterpoloul
genitive/dative	(unui) waterpolo	waterpoloului
vocative	waterpoloule

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English water polo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wateɾˈpolo/ [wa.t̪eɾˈpo.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: wa‧ter‧po‧lo

Noun

waterpolo m (uncountable)

1. water polo (sport)

Derived terms

• waterpolista

 

Related terms

• polo

 

Further reading

• “waterpolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28