Pole

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəʊl/, [pʰɒʊɫ] (doll–dole merger) IPA(key): /pɒl/, [pʰɒɫ] (New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /pɐʉl/, [pʰɒʊɫ] (US, Canada) IPA(key): /poʊl/, [pʰoʊɫ], [pʰoəɫ] (Scotland) IPA(key): /pol/, [pʰoɫ] (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /poːl/, [pʰoːɫ] Rhymes: -əʊl (toe–tow merger) Homophones: pole, poll (one pronunciation or with the doll–dole merger) === Etymology 1 === From German Pole. ==== Noun ==== Pole (plural Poles) A person of a West Slavic ethnic group native to Central Europe, inhabiting the country of Poland. ===== Synonyms ===== Polander (archaic) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Pole A surname. ===== Alternative forms ===== de la Pole (archaic) === Anagrams === LEPO, lope, olpe, pleo- == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch Polen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpʊə.lə/ === Proper noun === Pole Poland (a country in Central Europe; capital and largest city: Warskou) ==== Related terms ==== Pool Pools === Noun === Pole plural of Pool == German == === Alternative forms === Pohle === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoːlə/ Rhymes: -oːlə === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German *Pole or *Polen (attested as Polen m pl), from Old Polish polanín, from Proto-Slavic *poľaninъ (literally “field-dweller”), derived from *pȍľe (“field”). The Middle High German form may have been a strong noun in -en in light of polnisch; the weak form is then a backformation (cf. Heide, Rabe etc.). ==== Noun ==== Pole m (weak, genitive Polen, plural Polen, feminine Polin) Pole ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Polentum polnisch Ruhrpole Wasserpole ===== Related terms ===== Polen ===== Descendants ===== → English: Pole === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== Pole m nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Pol (archaic) dative singular of Pol === Further reading === “Pole” in Duden online “Pole”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpʰoːlə/ Rhymes: -oːlə Syllabification: Po‧le === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from German Polen. ==== Proper noun ==== Pole n Poland (a country in Central Europe) ===== Related terms ===== ==== See also ==== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== Pole plural of Pol === References ===