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Hol

Hol

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Adj.
[See
Whole
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Whole.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


Hol

Hol

See also: hol, hól, hòl, hol., hol-, and hol'

Luxembourgish

Noun

Hol m (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) hail (precipitation)

Synonyms

  • (hail): Knëppelsteng

Norwegian

Proper noun

Hol

  1. A municipality in Buskerud, Norway.

hol

hol

See also: Hol, hól, hòl, hol., hol-, and hol'

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

Noun

hol n (plural holen or hollen, diminutive holletje n)

  1. A hole, hollow, cavity
  2. (nautical) A cargo hold
  3. (vulgar) An anus, arsehole; both anatomical senses of butt
    Dat zal je hol deerlijk bezuren, rekel!
    Your arse will pay dearly for that, scamp!
  4. Any other bodily cavity
  5. A dug-out animal dwelling, such as a rabbit's or badger's burrow
  6. (figuratively) An unsanitary and/or unpleasant place
  7. An artificial opening such as a slit
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • holbewoner
  • holdrukker
  • holebeer, holenbeer
  • holebroeder
  • holenmens
  • holenkunde
  • holenkunst
  • hoolophouder
  • enkelholig
  • (dwellings by inhabitant) drakenhol, satyrshol
  • (holes by use/situation) berghol, haardhol, kelderhol, kerkerhol, kruiphol, manhol, piratenhol, rookhol, rovershol, scheepshol, speelhol, waterhol
  • (bodily cavities by place) ooghol, voorhoofdshol
  • donderhol
  • vulcanishol

Adjective

hol (comparative holler, superlative holst)

  1. hollow, having an empty space inside
Inflection
Inflection of hol
uninflected hol
inflected holle
comparative holler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial hol holler het holst
het holste
indefinite m./f. sing. holle hollere holste
n. sing. hol holler holste
plural holle hollere holste
definite holle hollere holste
partitive hols hollers
Antonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

hol m (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)

  1. A run, the action running
Derived terms

Verb

hol

  1. first-person singular present indicative of hollen
  2. imperative of hollen

Etymology 3

unknown, perhaps cognate with hill

Noun

hol f (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)

  1. A small height in the landscape, such as
    1. a hill (like the Utrecht city wall ruins)
    2. a sloping road (as in Rotterdam)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą, noun-derivation from *hulaz (hollow), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-, *kewH- (hollow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːl/
  • Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

hol n (genitive singular hols, plural hol)

  1. hole
  2. cave
  3. (dentistry) cavity

Declension

n3 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative hol holið hol holini
Accusative hol holið hol holini
Dative holi holinum holum holunum
Genitive hols holsins hola holanna

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhol]
  • Hyphenation: hol

Conjunction

hol

  1. now... now, sometimes... sometimes
    hol itt, hol ott - now here, now there

Pronoun

hol

  1. (interrogative) where?
    • 1825, Mihály Vörösmarty, Zalán futása, canto 1, lines 5–6:
      Hol vagyon, aki merész ajakát hadi dalnak eresztvén, / A riadó vak mélységet fölverje szavával, []

Derived terms


Old English

Noun

hōl n

  1. Calumny; slander.

Related terms


Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hulaz. Cognates include Old English hol and Old Norse holr.

Adjective

hol

  1. hollow

Noun

hol ?

  1. A hollow

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz. More at hollow.

Adjective

hol

  1. hollow

Turkish

Etymology

From English hall.

Noun

hol

  1. hall

Synonyms


Uzbek

Etymology

From English adverb.

Noun

hol

  1. (grammar) adverb