English

Interjection

Polo!

1. Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Marco.

German

Noun

Polo n

1. polo (ball game)

English

Noun

polo ‎(usually uncountable, plural polos)

1. (uncountable) 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.
2. A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
3. (countable) A polo shirt.
   • 2007, February 22, “Mike Albo”, in Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me:

     Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148.

Usage notes

The word polo has the following commercial uses:

• Polo Mints - A white mint flavoured sweet with a hole in the centre.
• VW Polo - A type of car manufactured by Volkswagen

Derived terms

• polo shirt - A T-shaped shirt with a collar and two buttons.
• polo neck - A garment, usually a sweater, with a round, high collar that folds over and covers the neck. (Can also be used as an adjective, e.g. polo-necked jumper.)
• water polo - A version of the game above, played in a swimming pool instead of on horseback.

Translations

Etymology 2

Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

Noun

polo

1. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Anagrams

• loop, OOPL, pool

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition por ‎(“for, by”) + neuter singular article lo ‎(“the”).

Contraction

polo n ‎(masculine pol, feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)

1. for the, by the

Esperanto

Noun

polo ‎(accusative singular polon, plural poloj, accusative plural polojn)

1. a Pole (person from Poland)

Hypernyms

• eŭropano ‎(“a European”)

Related terms

• pola ‎(“Polish”)
• pole ‎(“in Polish; like a Pole”)
• Polio, Pollando ‎(“Poland”)

Finnish

(index po)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo

1. poor (one to be pitied)

   poikapolo

   poor boy

Declension

Synonyms

• poloinen

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.

Galician

Etymology 1

Contraction of por lo.

Contraction

polo ‎(feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

1. through the; by the; for the

   O ladrón entrou pola ventá.

   The thief entered through the window.

Etymology 2

From Latin pullus.

Noun

polo m ‎(plural polos)

1. chick (young bird, especially a chicken)

Synonyms

• pito

Etymology 3

From Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος ‎(pólos).

Noun

polo m ‎(plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole

Etymology 4

Noun

polo m ‎(plural polos)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt

Italian

Noun

polo m ‎(plural poli)

1. (countable) pole (geographic, electrical or magnetic)
2. (uncountable) polo (sport)

See also

• pollo

Related terms

• polare

Latin

Noun

polō

1. dative singular of polus
2. ablative singular of polus

References

• polo in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Noun

polo m (invariable)

1. polo

Related terms

• ūdenspolo

Lower Sorbian

Noun

polo n ‎(diminutive polack)

1. Superseded spelling of pólo.

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin polus ‎(“pole”), from Ancient Greek πόλος ‎(pólos, “axis of rotation”).

Alternative forms

• pólo (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lu/
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. pole (geographic, magnetic)
2. (figuratively) extreme opposite

Etymology 2

From English polo, from Balti པོ་ལོ ‎(pulu, “ball”).

Alternative forms

• pólo (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lu/
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. polo (game, shirt)

Etymology 3

From Latin pullus.

Alternative forms

• pôlo (superseded)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.lu/
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Noun

polo m (plural polos)

1. eyas

Etymology 4

From Old Portuguese polo, from por + lo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.lu/
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

Contraction

polo m ‎(plural polos, feminine pola, feminine plural polas)

1. (obsolete) Contraction of por ‎(“by; through; for”) + o ‎(“the”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo̞lo̞/

Etymology 1

From Latin polus, from πόλος ‎(pólos).

Noun

polo m ‎(plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole

Related terms

• polar

Etymology 2

From English polo.

Noun

polo m ‎(uncountable)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo

Related terms

• waterpolo m

Etymology 3

Originally a trademark

Noun

polo m ‎(plural polos)

1. (chiefly Spain) popsicle, ice lolly

Etymology 4

Conjugation of the verb polir

Verb

polo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of polir.

Etymology 5

From English.

Noun

polo m ‎(plural polos)

1. polo shirt

Veps

Etymology

Borrowing from Russian по́ло ‎(pólo).

Noun

polo

1. polo (sport)

Inflection

Derived terms

• vezipolo

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “поло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika