gol

gol (plural gols)

1. Alternative form of gul.

• gol-mol

Probably borrowed from Old Church Slavonic голъ (golŭ), from Proto-Slavic *golъ (“naked”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”). Compare Romanian and Megleno-Romanian gol, Bulgarian гол (gol), Serbo-Croatian go, gol.

gol m (feminine goalã, plural golj, feminine plural goali or goale)

1. empty
2. naked
3. bare

Borrowed from Spanish gol, from English goal.

• IPA^(key): /ɡol/

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• Rhymes: -ol
• Hyphenation: gol

gol inan

1. (sports) goal

• “gol”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia
• “gol”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia , Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Borrowed from English goal.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)
• Rhymes: -ɔl

gol m (plural gols)

1. (sports) goal

• golàs
• golejar

• “gol”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , April 2007

• gool

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gol m (plural golyow)

1. contraction of gool (“feast, fair; vigil, wake, watch”)

• Only used in phrases such as dy'gol.

Borrowed from English goal.

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key):
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key):

gol m (plural golyow)

1. (sports) goal

Borrowed from English goal.

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gol m (plural goles)

1. (sports) goal

From English goal, from Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: gol

gol (plural gol-gol)

1. goal:
   1. (sports) in many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object; The act of placing the object into the goal

gol

1. (colloquial) to goal: to score a goal

• “gol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Irish gol.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡɔl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡɔlˠ/, /ɡɔl̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡʌlˠ/, /ɡʌl̪ˠ/

gol m (genitive singular goil or gola)

1. verbal noun of goil
2. weeping, crying

As a first-declension noun:

As a third-declension noun:

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

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• goal

Borrowed from English goal.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Hyphenation: gòl

gol m (invariable)

1. (sports) goal (act of placing the ball into the goal)

   Synonym: rete

• autogol
• gol fantasma

Probably borrowed from Old Church Slavonic голъ (golŭ), from Proto-Slavic *golъ (“naked”). Compare Romanian and Aromanian gol.

gol (feminine goală, masculine plural goľ)

1. bare, naked

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wṛda-. Cognate to Classical Persian گل (gul), Turkish gül .

gol f

1. flower; rose

gol

1. past tense of gala

gōl

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of galan

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

gol m

1. weeping, wailing
2. baying (of dogs)

• Irish: gol

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Syllabification: gol

Borrowed from English goal.

gol m animal

1. (soccer) goal (point scored)

   Synonym: bramka

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• gól

gol

1. second-person singular imperative of golić

• gol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• golo (Portugal)

Borrowed from English goal.

• Rhymes: -ow
• Hyphenation: gol

gol m (plural gols or (rare) gois or (rare) goles) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (sports) goal (area into which the players attempt to put an object; act of placing the object into the goal)
2. (sports) goal (act of placing the object into the goal)

The plurals gois and goles, despite being listed in dictionaries, are extremely rare and may be perceived as nonstandard.

• “gol”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “gol”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “gol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “gol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡol/

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• Rhymes: -ol

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic голъ (golŭ), from Proto-Slavic *golъ (“naked”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”). Compare Bulgarian гол (gol), Serbo-Croatian go, gol, Ukrainian го́лий (hólyj).

gol m or n (feminine singular goală, masculine plural goi, feminine and neuter plural goale)

1. empty

   Synonyms: deșert, vid

   Antonym: plin

2. (of a person or body parts) naked

   Synonyms: dezbrăcat, nud

   Antonym: îmbrăcat

3. hollow
4. (of food) by itself, without any modification or garnish

   pâine goală ― plain bread

gol n (plural goluri)

1. cavity

• cavitate
• gaură

• da de gol

Borrowed from English goal.

• goal — dated

gol n (plural goluri)

1. (sports) goal

• “gol”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

From Proto-Turkic *kol.

• IPA^(key):

gol

1. (anatomy) arm
2. hand

   Synonym: el

• (Ili Salar) golqap (“gloves”)

• Potanin, G.N. (1893) “голь”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430
• 林莲云 (1985) “gol”, in 撒拉语简志 ‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 42
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “gol”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 231
• 马伟 , 朝克 (2014) “gol”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 ‎, 1^st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 , →ISBN, page 16
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “gol”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká , Moscow, page 464
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “gol”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 108

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”).

• gȏ (Bosnia, Serbia)

• IPA^(key): /ɡôːl/

gȏl (Cyrillic spelling го̑л, definite gȍlī, comparative gòlijī)

1. (Croatia) naked, nude, bare

Borrowed from English goal.

• IPA^(key): /ɡôːl/

gȏl m inan (Cyrillic spelling го̑л)

1. (sports) goal

• gȍlman

From Proto-Slavic *golъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ́ʋ/

gȍł (not comparable)

1. nude

   Synonym: nȃg

2. bald (of an animal, not covered by fur or feathers)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

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• gólost
• golóta
• golȃzen

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ́ːʋ/

gȏł f

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Borrowed from English goal.

• IPA^(key): /ɡóːl/

gọ̑l m inan

1. (sports) goal

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

• “gol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

• IPA^(key): /ko⁵⁵/

gol

1. to laugh

Borrowed from English goal.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡol/
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: gol

gol m (plural goles)

1. (soccer) goal

   marcar un gol ― score a goal

gol

1. (soccer) goal!

• “gol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , December 10 2024

gol

1. past indicative of gala

• -log, glo, log, log.

From English gold.

gol

1. gold
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:12:

     Long kantri Havila i gat gutpela gol, na i gat wanpela kain diwai, blut bilong en i gat gutpela smel. Na i gat wanpela kain ston i dai tumas, em ol i save kolim kanilian.

     →New International Version translation

Borrowed from English goal.

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gol (definite accusative golü, plural goller)

1. goal (act of placing the object into the goal)
2. goal (point(s) scored)

• kale

• IPA^(key):

gol (definite accusative goly, plural gollar)

1. hand
2. arm

• “gol” in Enedilim.com
• “gol” in Webonary.org

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: gol

Borrowed from Turkish göl, from Ottoman Turkish كول (göl, “lake”), from Proto-Turkic *kȫl (“lake”).

gol

1. (geography) lake

Borrowed from English goal.

gol

1. (sports) goal