pols

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See also: Pols, pöls, and POLS

English

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

pols

  1. plural of pol

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pols, from Middle Dutch pols, from Latin pulsus.

Pronunciation

Noun

pols (plural polse, diminutive polsie)

  1. wrist

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin pulsus.

Pronunciation

Noun

pols m (plural polsos)

  1. pulse
  2. temple (part of the head)
    Synonym: templa
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Catalan pols, from Vulgar Latin *pulvus, from Latin pulvis (reassigned to the neuter gender), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (dust; flour). Doublet of pólvera, from the Vulgar Latin plural *pulvera.

Pronunciation

Noun

pols f (invariable)

  1. dust
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

pols

  1. plural of pol

Further reading

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch pols, from Latin pulsus.

Pronunciation

Noun

pols m (plural polsen, diminutive polsje n)

  1. A wrist.
    Synonyms: handgewricht, handwortel
  2. Short for polsslag: pulse.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: pols
  • Negerhollands: poels
  • Papiamentu: pòls, pols

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pulsus.

Noun

pols m (plural pols)

  1. (anatomy) wrist
  2. pulse

Latvian

Noun

pols m (1st declension)

  1. pole

Declension

Middle English

Noun

pols

  1. Alternative form of puls

Swedish

Noun

pols

  1. indefinite genitive singular of pol