poles

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /pəʊlz/ (US) IPA(key): /poʊlz/ Rhymes: -əʊlz === Noun === poles plural of pole === Verb === poles third-person singular simple present indicative of pole === Anagrams === olpes, S-pole, lopes, eslop, LEPOs, Lopes, spole, slope == Asturian == === Etymology === From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + feminine plural article les (“the”). === Contraction === poles f pl (masculine sg pol, feminine sg pola, neuter sg polo, masculine plural polos) for the, by the == Galician == === Verb === poles second-person singular present indicative of pulir == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch polijst, polijsten, from Old French poliss-, stem of some of the conjugated forms of polir, from Latin polīre (“to polish, make smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”), from the notion of fulling cloth. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpo.lɛs/ Rhymes: -lɛs Hyphenation: po‧les === Noun === poles (plural poles-poles) polish: a substance used to polish ==== Alternative forms ==== polis ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “poles”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Middle English == === Noun === poles plural of pol == Spanish == === Noun === poles m pl plural of pole === Verb === poles second-person singular present indicative of polir