pólo

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Czech

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Etymology

Borrowed from English polo.

Pronunciation

Noun

pólo n

  1. polo (a ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal)
    • 2005, František Táborský, Sportovní hry 2: základní pravidla, organizace, historie, Praha: Grada Publishing, →ISBN, page 150:
      Inspirováni domorodými obyvateli založili koloniální vojáci Velké Británie první klub póla na koních v severoindickém Silcharu již v roce 1859. O deset let později se dostalo pólo do Anglie, kde bylo v roce 1871 sehráno prvé oficiální utkání.
      Inspired by native inhabitants, British colonial soldiers founded the first polo club in North Indian Silchar as early as in 1859.

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Further reading

  • pólo in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • pólo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • pólo in Internetová jazyková příručka

Lower Sorbian

pólo

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *poľe, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian polo, Polish pole, Czech pole, Russian по́ле (póle), Old Church Slavonic полѥ (polje), and more distantly with English field and plain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɨlɔ/, /ˈpɛlɔ/, (dated) /ˈpʊlɔ/

Noun

pólo n inan (diminutive pólko, pólack)

  1. field (open country; space used to grow crops or hold livestock; course of study or domain of knowledge)

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Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pólo”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pólo”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Portuguese

Noun

pólo m (plural pólos)

  1. Superseded spelling of polo.