polo

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpoʊloʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊ.ləʊ/, /ˈpəʊl.əʊ/, [ˈpəʊləʊ], [ˈpɒʊɫəʊ]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊləʊ

From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).

polo (usually uncountable, plural polos)

1. (uncountable) A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal.
   • 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 227:

     There were polo fields – sometimes green, sometimes brown – where in the old days, people had actually played that strange game that seems like a drunken bet about golf and horse riding.

2. The game of ice polo, one of the ancestors of ice hockey; a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates.
3. (countable) A polo shirt.
   • 2007 February 22, Mike Albo, “Outfitters to Presidents, Preppies, Me”, in New York Times‎^[5]:

     Then on the second floor there is the creepy boy’s section, which had little headless mannequins in premium polos ($39.50), rugby shirts ($49.50) and a precocious leather pilot jacket for $148.

From Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

polo

1. A Spanish gypsy dance characterized by energetic movements of the body while the feet merely shuffle or glide, with unison singing and rhythmic clapping of hands.

Unknown.

polo (plural polos)

1. (Philippines) A dress shirt.

From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus.

polo

1. Alternative letter-case form of Polo.

   Coordinate terms: marco, marco polo

• polo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “polo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Loop, OOPL, Pool, loop, pool

From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

polo n (masculine pol, feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural poles)

1. for the, by the

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

From English polo shirt.

polo

1. a polo shirt

From English polo, from Balti پولو (polo, “ball”).

polo

1. a ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal
2. a similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates

Unknown.

polo

1. a dress shirt

Borrowed from English polo.

polo

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) polo shirt (Classifier: 件 c)

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolo]

polo

1. half

polo n

1. alternative form of pólo (“polo”) (a ball game played on horseback)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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

polo

1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
2. polo shirt

   Synonyms: poloskjorte, polotrøje

• “polo” in Den Danske Ordbog

From German Pole, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pȍľe (“field”). Doublet of poljo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: po‧lo

polo (accusative singular polon, plural poloj, accusative plural polojn)

1. Pole (person from Poland)

• eŭropano (“a European”)

• pola (“Polish”)
• pole (“in Polish; like a Pole”)
• Polio, Pollando (“Poland”)

• “polo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “polo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Possibly derived from polkea; alternatively from North Germanic (compare Old Norse bǫl (“misfortune”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞lo̞]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification^(key): po‧lo
• Hyphenation^(key): po‧lo

polo

1. poor, poor thing (one to be pitied)

   Synonyms: raasu, ressukka, poloinen, raukka, parka, raukkaparka

   poikapolo ― poor boy

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004), Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

• “polo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[6] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

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polo m

1. polo (ball game played on horseback)
2. polo shirt

• “polo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Contraction of the preposition por (“through, by, for”) + alternative form of the masculine singular definite article lo (“the”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔlo/ [ˈpɔ.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

1. contraction of por (“through/by/for”) +‎ o m sg (“the”)

   O ladrón entrou pola ventá

   The thief entered through the window

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpo.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo m (plural polos)

1. chick (young bird, especially a chicken)
   • 1418, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 95:

     Iten o par dos polos et polas, seis blanquas et dous coroados.

     Item, the pair of chickens and chicks, six white coins and a crown

   Synonyms: pito, pitiño

Learned borrowing from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpo.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo m (plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole

Borrowed from English polo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpo.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo m (plural polos)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt, polo

• “polo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “polo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “polo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “polo”, 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), “polo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “polo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from English pole, French pôle, German Pol, Italian polo, Russian по́люс (póljus), Spanish polo, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.lo/

polo (plural poli)

1. pole (point where an axis meets the surface of a rotating body)

• polala
• polara

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpo.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: po‧lo

Borrowed from Dutch polo, from English polo, from Balti پولو (polo, “ball”).

polo (plural polo-polo)

1. polo
   1. (sports) a kind of ball game
   2. (fashion) polo shirt

Borrowed from Sasak [Term?].

polo (plural polo-polo)

1. white spots on the cornea of ​​the eye

• “polo”, 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-Finnic *polo. Cognates include Finnish polo.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞ɫo̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/, [ˈpo̞ɫo̞ˑ]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo

1. (in compounds) poor (one deserving pity)

Declension of polo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	polo	polot
genitive	polon	polloin, pololoin
partitive	polloa	poloja, pololoja
illative	polloo	polloi, pololoihe
inessive	polos	polois, pololois
elative	polost	poloist, pololoist
allative	pololle	poloille, pololoille
adessive	polol	poloil, pololoil
ablative	pololt	poloilt, pololoilt
translative	poloks	poloiks, pololoiks
essive	polonna, polloon	poloinna, pololoinna, polloin, pololoin
exessive1)	polont	poloint, pololoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 422

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lo/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: pò‧lo

polo m (plural poli)

1. (countable) pole (geographic, electrical or magnetic)

• polare

• pollo

Borrowed from English polo.

polo m (plural poli)

1. (uncountable) polo (sport)

• polistico

polō

1. dative/ablative singular of polus

• “polo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

polo m (invariable)

1. polo

• ūdenspolo

polo n (diminutive polack)

1. superseded spelling of pólo

From pulo, compare Cebuano pulo.

polo

1. island

polo

1. group

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[7], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 197

From Malay peluk.

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈlɔ/
• Hyphenation: po‧lo

poló

1. (transitive) to hug (to embrace by holding closely, especially in the arms)

   Dia suka polo depe anjing.

   He loves to hug his dog.

poló

1. hug (a close embrace)

   Depe polo biking kita lebe sayang pa dia.

   His hugs makes me love him more.

• For the reciprocal sense (each other), the word bakupoló or bapoló is used instead.

From English polo, from Balti پولو (polo, “ball”).

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

• vannpolo

• “polo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “polo” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From English polo, from Balti پولو (polo, “ball”).

polo m (definite singular poloen, uncountable)

1. (sports, equestrianism) polo

• vasspolo

• “polo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti پولو (polo).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.lɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
• Syllabification: po‧lo

polo n (indeclinable)

1. (equestrianism) polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt

   Synonyms: koszulka polo, polówka

• “polo”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[8] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “polo”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[9] (in Polish)

Learned borrowing from Latin polus (“pole”), from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos, “axis of rotation”).

• pólo (pre-1990 spelling)

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo m (plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole (geographic, magnetic)
2. (complex analysis) pole
3. (figurative) extreme opposite

Unadapted borrowing from English polo, from Balti པོ་ལོ (po lo, “ball”).

• pólo (pre-1990 spelling)

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo m (countable and uncountable, plural polos)

1. (uncountable) polo (ball game)
2. (countable) polo shirt, polo

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin pullus, from Proto-Indo-European *polH-on- (“offspring; [animal] young”). Doublet of polho, which came from Spanish.

• pôlo (pre-1990 spelling)

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo m (plural polos)

1. eyas

• poleiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese polo, from por + lo.

• Hyphenation: po‧lo

polo (feminine pola, masculine plural polos, feminine plural polas)

1. (archaic) contraction of por +‎ o, literally “by the”

   Synonym: pelo

   • 1569, Gaspar da Cruz, “Capitulo sexto / em ho qual particularmente ſe trata da cidade da Cantam<t:Chapter six / which tells particularly of the city of Canton” (chapter VI), in Tractado em que ſe cõtam muito poꝛ eſtẽſo as couſas da China […] [Treaty in which the matters of China are told very extensively  […]], 1st edition, Andre de Burgos, unnumbered page:

     Ha cõta dos paſſos ⁊ baluartes vay feita polo meudo: outros ha fizerã a eſmar pola diſtancia dos baluartes […]

     The count of the steps and bastions was made carefully: others have made it by estimating from the distance between the bastions […]

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

polo

1. liquid

• Robyn Davies and Lisbeth Fritzell, Duke of York Grammar Essentials (Ramoaaina) (October 1992)

Borrowed from French polo.

polo n (uncountable)

1. polo

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpo.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: po‧lo

Borrowed from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

polo m (plural polos)

1. (geography, electricity) pole

Borrowed from English polo.

polo m (uncountable)

1. polo (ball game)
2. polo shirt

   Synonym: chomba

3. (Peru) T-shirt

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:camiseta

Originally a trademark.

polo m (plural polos)

1. (chiefly Spain) popsicle, ice lolly

   Synonym: paleta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

polo

1. first-person singular present indicative of polir

From corruption of polong, Hispanicized spelling of Tagalog pulong, meaning "community work". ^[1][2] An alternate etymology posits it to be from Tagalog ikapulo ("tenth") or tithe (diezmos prediales), for a tenth (10%) of the harvest is given to the Church. ^[3][4]

polo m (plural polos)

1. (Philippines, historical) unpaid compulsory work; corvée
2. (Philippines, historical) tax levied on the natives of the Philippine islands and paid as labor, goods, and/or money

   Synonyms: tributo, impuesto

• “polo”, 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

Borrowed from English polo, from Balti پولو (polo).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpoː.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: po‧lo

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. (sports) polo (sport)
2. (clothing) polo shirt

   Synonym: polosirt

   • 1981, Clodualdo Del Mundo, Writing for Film:

     Maraming reklamo si Arni tungkol sa initiation; sisisihin pa nito si Sid dahil ito ang pumilit sa kanyang sumali sa frat. Magsusuot ng polo si Arni. Halos hindi niya maigalaw ang kanyang braso.

     Arni have a lot of complaints about the initiation; he even blamed Sid for forcing him to join the frat. Arni would wear a polo shirt. He could almost not move his arms.

• polo barong

Borrowed from Spanish polo, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpoː.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: po‧lo

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ) (geography, electricity)

1. pole

Borrowed from Spanish polo (“corvée”), which came from either:

• From pulo, ikapulo (“tenth”) or tithe (diezmos prediales), for a tenth (10%) of the harvest is given to the Church.^[1][2] Related to etymology 5. See sampu.
• From corruption of polong,^[3] Hispanicized spelling of Tagalog pulong, meaning “community work”. ^[4]

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpolo/ [ˈpoː.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: po‧lo

polo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ) (historical)

1. unpaid compulsory work; corvee; forced labor

   Synonym: atag

2. tax levied on the natives and paid as labor, goods, and/or money

   Synonyms: buwis, tributo, alkabala, amilyar, impuwesto

From Proto-Philippine *pujuq.

polô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. obsolete spelling of pulo: island

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puluq.

polô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓ)

1. obsolete spelling of pulo: ten

Borrowed from Russian по́ло (pólo).

polo

1. polo (sport)

Inflection of polo (inflection type 1/ilo)
nominative sing.	polo
genitive sing.	polon
partitive sing.	polod
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	polo	—
accusative	polon	—
genitive	polon	—
partitive	polod	—
essive-instructive	polon	—
translative	poloks	—
inessive	polos	—
elative	polospäi	—
illative	polho poloho	—
adessive	polol	—
ablative	pololpäi	—
allative	polole	—
abessive	polota	—
comitative	polonke	—
prolative	polodme	—
approximative I	polonno	—
approximative II	polonnoks	—
egressive	polonnopäi	—
terminative I	polhosai polohosai	—
terminative II	pololesai	—
terminative III	polossai	—
additive I	polhopäi polohopäi	—
additive II	pololepäi	—

• vezipolo

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “поло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[10], Petrozavodsk: Periodika