pola

English

Etymology

Clipping of polarizing

Adjective

pola (not comparable)

1. (photography) Polarizing.

   a pola filter

Anagrams

• OLAP, Opal, Palo, alop, aplo-, opal

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + feminine singular article la (“the”).

Contraction

pola f (masculine pol, neuter polo, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)

1. for the, by the

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ola
• Hyphenation: po‧la

• Audio

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Adjective

pola (accusative singular polan, plural polaj, accusative plural polajn)

1. Polish (of or pertaining to Poland, the Polish people, or the Polish language)
2. (la pola) Clipping of la pola lingvo (“the Polish language”).

Hypernyms

• eŭropa (“European”)

Related terms

• pole (“in Polish”)
• Polio, Pollando (“Poland”)
• polo (“a Polish person”)

Farefare

Etymology

Created in 2021. Learned borrowing from German Pole (“Polish person”).

Adjective

pola

1. Polish

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. Related to Karelian polo, poloi and Ludian polo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolɑ/,
• Rhymes: -olɑ
• Syllabification^(key): po‧la

Noun

pola

1. A buoyant mark put on a fishing net or similar non-moving fishing equipment.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “pola”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• Alpo, Palo, lapo, palo

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin pulla, feminine of pullus (“chicken”).

Noun

pola f (plural poles)

1. hen, (female chicken)

Galician

Etymology 1

Contraction of preposition por (“through, by, for”) + alternative form of the feminine singular definite article la (“the”)

Contraction

pola f (feminine plural polas, masculine polo, masculine plural polos)

1. through the; by the; for the

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

pola f (plural polas)

1. young hen

   Synonym: pita

Related terms

• polo

Related terms

• póla

References

• “pola” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “pola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “pola” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pola” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pola” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian

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pola

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpola/
• Hyphenation: po‧la
• Rhymes: -la, -a

Etymology 1

From Malay pola, from Old Javanese pola (“design”), polah (“conduct, behaviour, doings, undertaking”) (cf. pa- +‎ ulah, hence equivalent to peng- +‎ olah/ulah), olah/ulah (“action, activity”). Doublet of polah. Compare to Indonesian olah (“method, process”), ulah (“behavior, manners, ways”).

Noun

pola (plural pola-pola, first-person possessive polaku, second-person possessive polamu, third-person possessive polanya)

1. pattern
2. model

   Synonym: model

3. structure
4. blueprint, outline, plan.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Ledo Kaili .

Noun

pola (plural pola-pola, first-person possessive polaku, second-person possessive polamu, third-person possessive polanya)

1. a tool for binding bark, made of old black wood.

Further reading

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

Lower Sorbian

Noun

pola

1. Superseded spelling of póla.

Maranao

Noun

pola

1. cannon

   Synonyms: lotang, madengon

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.la/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: po‧la
• Homophone: Pola

Noun

pola n

1. inflection of pole:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Samoan

Noun

pola

1. blind used a retractable wall

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pǒːla/
• Hyphenation: po‧la

Noun

póla f (Cyrillic spelling по́ла)

1. half

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôla/
• Hyphenation: po‧la

Adverb

pȍla (Cyrillic spelling по̏ла)

1. half

   pola sata — half an hour

   pola tri — 2:30

   na pola puta — at the half-way point

   u pola noći — at midnight

Noun

pola (Cyrillic spelling пола)

1. genitive singular of pol

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpola/
• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: po‧la

Verb

pola

1. inflection of polir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Swedish

Verb

pola (present polar, preterite polade, supine polat, imperative pola)

1. (dated) to be buddies or mates (with someone)

   De polar

   They are buddies

   att pola med någon

   to be buddies with someone

2. (dated, colloquial) to be a sexual partner (to)

Usage notes

Unfamiliar to many younger native speakers, though the derived word polare (“buddy”) is universally known.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• polare (“buddy”)

References

• pola in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• pola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• pola in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)