atol

• ahak, atak, atal, atot

A minced oath of atay.

• Hyphenation: a‧tol
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈtol/ [ʔɐˈt̪ol̪]

atol

1. an expression of anger, surprise, excitement, etc.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔatol/ [ˈʔa.tol̪]
• Hyphenation: a‧tol

átol (Basahan spelling ᜀᜆᜓᜎ᜔)

1. (Naga) snail

   Synonyms: guling-guling, buko

• atolli (Amecameca, Calpan, Cholula, Jaltocán and Texcoco)
• atoli (Nanacamilpa)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːtoːl/

atol (inanimate)

1. atole

• IPA^(key): [ˈatol]

atol m inan

1. atoll

• “atol”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “atol”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “atol”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Borrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).

• IPA^(key): [aˈtʌlˀ]

atol (singular definite atollen, plural indefinite atoller)

1. atoll

Borrowed from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).

• IPA^(key): /aːˈtɔl/, /ˈaː.tɔl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: atol

atol n or m (plural atollen, diminutive atolletje n)

1. atoll

   Synonym: koraaleiland

• → Indonesian: atol

atol m (plural atoris)

1. actor

• atrís

• tol

From Proto-Celtic *tullon, *tullos (“hole”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”). Compare Spanish tollo (“hole”), Welsh twll, Breton toull, Irish toll.

• IPA^(key): /aˈtɔl/

atol f (plural atois)

1. ditch used for watering a field
2. dam

• atolar
• tola

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “atol”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “atol”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tol”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Dutch atol, ultimately from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).

• IPA^(key): [ˈatɔl]
• Hyphenation: atol

atol (plural atol-atol)

1. atoll

• “atol”, 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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatuʀ, compare Malay atur.

atol

1. to arrange

From Proto-Germanic *atalaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.tol/

atol

1. terrible, dire, hideous, loathsome, evil
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     bitre brēostċeare · ġebiden hæbbe,
     ġecunnad in ċēole · ċearselda fela,
     atol ȳþa ġewealc, · þǣr mec oft biġeat
     nearo nihtwaco · ǣt nacan stefnan,
     þonne hē be clifum cnossað. · Calde ġeþrungen

     have withstood bitter sorrow,
     known many sorrow-halls in ship,
     loathsome rolling of waves
     where the unquiet night watch
     oft got me at the stem of seacraft
     then it beats near cliffs. Bound by cold

• Middle English: ātel

Borrowed from English atoll.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.tɔl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -atɔl
• Syllabification: a‧tol

atol m inan

1. atoll (type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform)

• “atol”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “atol”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• atol in PWN's encyclopedia

Borrowed from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu), possibly from Prakrit *𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀻𑀞 (*saṃtīṭha), from Sanskrit *संतीर्थ (*saṃtīrtha, “level ford”).

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): [aˈtɔɻ]
• Hyphenation: a‧tol

atol m (plural atóis)

1. atoll (type of island)

• atolar

• → English: atoll (see there for further descendants)

• “atol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “atol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French atoll, from English atoll, from Portuguese atol, from Dhivehi އަތޮޅު (atoḷu).

atol m (plural atoli)

1. atoll

• IPA^(key): /atóːl/

atọ̑l m inan

1. atoll

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	atól
gen. sing.	atóla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	atól	atóla	atóli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	atóla	atólov	atólov
dative (dajȃlnik)	atólu	atóloma	atólom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	atól	atóla	atóle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	atólu	atólih	atólih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	atólom	atóloma	atóli

• IPA^(key): /atol/

atol

1. egg

• IPA^(key): /aˈtol/ [aˈt̪ol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: a‧tol

atol m (plural atoles)

1. (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba) alternative form of atole

• “atol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025