OL
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Typical attire of an OL
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviation
Adjective
OL
- Abbreviation of online.
Etymology 2
From Japanese OL (OL) (オフィスレディー), from English office + lady.
Noun
OL (plural OLs)
- Abbreviation of office lady (Japanese wasei eigo)
Translations
office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)
Anagrams
Chinese
Etymology
From Japanese OL (ōeru), wasei eigo from English office + lady.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ou-áilo̊u
- Wade–Giles: ou1-ai2-lou5
- Yale: ōu-ái-lou
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ouair.lou
- Palladius: оу’айлоу (ou’ajlou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀaɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ou1 e1 lou4
- Yale: ōu ē lòuh
- Cantonese Pinyin: ou1 e1 lou4
- Guangdong Romanization: ou1 é1 lou4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ou̯⁵⁵ ɛː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
OL
- office lady; pink-collar office worker
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
OL ?
See also
- (Olympique Lyonnais):
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Japanese
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Etymology
Initialism of English office lady.
Pronunciation
Noun
- Initialism of オフィスレディー (ofisu redī, “office lady”) (female office worker responsible chiefly for menial, non-aspirational tasks)
Descendants
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Noun
OL (definite singular OL-et, indefinite plural OL, definite plural OL-a or OL-ene)
- Initialism of olympiske leker (“Olympic Games”).
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Noun
OL (definite singular OL-et, indefinite plural OL, definite plural OL-a)
- Initialism of olympiske leikar (“Olympic Games”).
References
- “OL” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.