poll

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English pol, polle ("scalp, pate"), from or cognate with Middle Dutch pol, pōle, polle (“top, summit; head”), from Proto-West Germanic *poll, from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“round object, head, top”), from Proto-Indo-European *bolno-, *bōwl- (“orb, round object, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Akin to Scots pow (“head, crown, scalp, skull”), Saterland Frisian pol (“round, full, brimming”, adjective), German Low German Polle, Poll (“round object, ball”), German Low German Poller (“head, tree-top, bulb”), Danish puld (“crown of a hat”), Swedish dialectal pull (“head”). Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1625, from the notion of "counting heads". ==== Alternative forms ==== pol, pole ==== Pronunciation ==== (General Australian) IPA(key): /pɔl/ (Received Pronunciation, without the doll–dole merger) IPA(key): /pəʊl/, [pɒʊl], /pɒl/ (Received Pronunciation, doll–dole merger) IPA(key): /pɒl/ (US) IPA(key): /poʊl/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /pol/ (Wales, without the toe–tow merger) IPA(key): /poul/ Rhymes: -əʊl Homophones: pole, Pole (both toe–tow merger, excluding /pɒl/ pronunciation) ==== Noun ==== poll (plural polls) A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion. Synonym: survey A formal vote held in order to ascertain the most popular choice. Synonyms: vote, election A polling place (usually as plural, polling places) The result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded. (now rare outside veterinary medicine contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally) grows. Synonym: scalp (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count. The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer. The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== pollard polliwog tadpole ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== poll (third-person singular simple present polls, present participle polling, simple past and past participle polled) (transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate). (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group). (intransitive) To vote at an election. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop. (transitive) To cut the hair of (a creature). 1579-1603, Thomas North, Plutarch's Lives His death did so grieve them that they polled themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's hairs. (transitive) To remove the horns of (an animal). To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop. (transitive, computing, communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer or printer on a network). (intransitive, with adverb) To be judged in a poll. (obsolete) To extort from; to plunder; to strip. Especially in conjunction with pill for emphasis. To impose a tax upon. To pay as one's personal tax. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation; to enumerate one by one. (law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== poll (of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless. Poll Hereford Red Poll cows ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Perhaps a shortening of Polly, a common name for pet parrots. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /pɒl/ Rhymes: -ɒl ==== Noun ==== poll (plural polls) A pet parrot. === Etymology 3 === From Ancient Greek πολλοί (polloí, “the many, the masses”), as in hoi polloi. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /pɒl/ Rhymes: -ɒl ==== Noun ==== poll (plural polls) (UK, dated, Cambridge University) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content to take a degree merely; a passman. ===== See also ===== gentleman's C ==== References ==== “poll” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈpuʎ] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpoʎ] === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Catalan poll, from Latin pullus. ==== Noun ==== poll m (plural polls) chicken (bird) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== pollastre === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old Catalan pooll~peoll, from Late Latin pēduculus. ==== Noun ==== poll m (plural polls) louse (insect) ===== Derived terms ===== espollar pollós ===== See also ===== llémena ==== References ==== Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “poll”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) === Etymology 3 === Ultimately from Latin pōpulus. ==== Noun ==== poll m (plural polls) poplar Synonym: pollancre ===== Derived terms ===== poll blanc poll àlber ==== References ==== “poll”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “poll”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “poll”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Cornish == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Brythonic *pull, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“pool”), via either Old English pull, pyll (“tidal pool”) or Old Norse pollr. Cognate with Breton poull, Irish and Scottish Gaelic poll, and Welsh pwll. ==== Noun ==== poll m (plural pollow) pool pond Synonym: lagen pit Synonym: pytt anchorage Synonyms: ankorva, lulyn ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Brythonic *puɨll, from Proto-Celtic *kʷeislā. Cognate with Welsh pwyll. ==== Noun ==== poll m (plural pollow) intelligence reason === Mutation === == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === poll inflection of pollen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == German == === Verb === poll singular imperative of pollen (colloquial) first-person singular present of pollen == Icelandic == === Noun === poll indefinite accusative singular of pollur == Irish == === Etymology === From Middle Irish poll (“hole”), from Old English pull, pyll (“tidal pool”) and/or Old Norse pollr (whence Icelandic pollur), from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“pool”). Cognate with Welsh pwll. === Pronunciation === (Munster) IPA(key): /pˠaul̪ˠ/, /pˠoul̪ˠ/ (Connacht) IPA(key): (Galway) /pˠaul̪ˠ/, (Mayo) /pˠol̪ˠ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /pˠɞl̪ˠ/ === Noun === poll m (genitive singular poill, nominative plural poill) hole, pit pool (small body of standing or stagnant water) burrow (tunnel or hole dug by animal) vent (opening), aperture (anatomy) orifice leak (crack, crevice, fissure) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (pool): lochán, linn, slodán (burrow): uachais (vent): gaothaire (orifice): oscailt, béal ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === poll (present analytic pollann, future analytic pollfaidh, verbal noun polladh, past participle pollta) (ambitransitive) to puncture, pierce, perforate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== polltóir (“perforator”) uchtbhalla pollta (“machicolation”) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “poll; pollaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 853; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “poll”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Middle English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === poll A head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which the hair (normally) grows == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse pollr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɔlː/ (segmentation) IPA(key): /pɔdl/ === Noun === poll m (definite singular pollen, indefinite plural pollar, definite plural pollane) a small branch of a fjord, often with a narrow inlet === Further reading === “poll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from English poll. === Noun === poll n (plural polluri) vote, election opinion poll ==== Declension ==== === References === poll in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Middle Irish poll (“hole”), from Old English pull, pyll (“tidal pool”) or Old Norse pollr (whence Icelandic pollur), from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“pool”). Cognate with Welsh pwll. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʰɔul̪ˠ/ === Noun === poll m (genitive singular puill, plural puill) mud, mire pond, pool, bog ==== Derived terms ==== poll-caca === Mutation ===