Karol

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See also: karol and Karöl

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Carolus. Doublet of król.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.rɔl/
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  • Rhymes: -arɔl
  • Syllabification: Ka‧rol

Proper noun

Karol m pers (female equivalent Karola or Karolina)

  1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Charles
  2. a male surname from Latin

Declension

Proper noun

Karol f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname from Latin

Further reading

  • Karol in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Karol”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Karol m anim (genitive singular Karola, nominative plural Karolovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name, Charles

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Karol”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024