Karol
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Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin Carolus. Doublet of król.
Proper noun
Karol m pers (female equivalent Karola or Karolina, diminutive Karolek or Lolek)
- a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Charles
- Alternative form: (dialectal) Karul
- a male surname from Latin
Declension
Declension of Karol
Proper noun
Karol f (indeclinable)
- a female surname from Latin
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun
Karol f
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 pers (genitive singular Karola, nominative plural Karolovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name, Charles
Declension
Declension of Karol
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