wol

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See also: Wol, woł, wól, wół, wōl, and wɔl

Translingual

Symbol

wol

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Wolof.

Cornish

Noun

wol

  1. Soft mutation of gol.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wolle, from Old Dutch *wulla, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɔl/
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  • Hyphenation: wol
  • Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

wol f (uncountable)

  1. wool

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: wol
  • Negerhollands: wol
  • → Lokono: wolu
  • → Indonesian: wol

German

Adverb

wol

  1. Obsolete spelling of wohl

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch wol, from Proto-Germanic *wullō.

Pronunciation

Noun

wol (first-person possessive wolku, second-person possessive wolmu, third-person possessive wolnya)

  1. wool (hair of sheep, etc.)
    Synonym: suf

Alternative forms

  • wul (Standard Malay)

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English willan.

Verb

wol

  1. will
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old English wull.

Noun

wol

  1. Alternative form of wolle

Etymology 3

From Old English wel.

Adverb

wol

  1. (rare) Alternative form of wel

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German wola, from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Adverb

wol (comparative baȥ, superlative {{{2}}})

  1. well

Descendants

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “wol”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wōl. Cognate with Old Saxon wōl, Old High German wuol, Old Norse ól (“troll-woman”).

Pronunciation

Noun

wōl m

  1. plague, pestilence

Declension

Declension of wol (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative wōl wōlas
accusative wōl wōlas
genitive wōles wōla
dative wōle wōlum

Synonyms

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

From English world.

Noun

wol

  1. world

Etymology 2

From English wall.

Noun

wol

  1. wall
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