pool

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
2. Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of swimming pool.
4. (broadly) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
5. (broadly) Any group of like things.
6. A small amount of liquid on a surface.
7. A localized glow of light.

Verb

To form a pool.

Verb

1. (transitive) To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
2. (intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

Conceptes

piscina

toll

bol

conca

dàrsena

estany

pica

pila

bassa

bassiol

tolla

bassal

estanc

ajuntar

piscina coberta

consorci

embassada

amarador

mancomunar

billar americà

grup

fer consorci

Sinònims

pond

puddle

lake

swimming pool

tank

billiards

reservoir

basin

kitty

associate

join

well

swimming-bath

combine

snooker

come together

merge

marsh

blend

underwriting group

syndicate

pocket billiards

waterhole

mere

bowl

consortium

gather

collect

water basin

swimming-pool

tub

cistern

swamp

dam

water hole

pelvis

lagoon

gully

joint venture

mar

bring together

complexion

complect

comfit

bind

backwater

colligate

fusion

fuse

coalesce

Traduccions

piscina

piscina

piscine

mare

piscina

estanque

étang

Tümpel

pozzanghera

pozza

Teich

cagnotte

flaque

zwembad

Becken

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/puːl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: pool

Heretat de anglès antic: pōl

Cognat amb escocès: puil

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: Pol

Cognat amb frisó occidental: poel

Cognat amb neerlandès: poel

Cognat amb alemany: Pfuhl

Cognat amb danès: pøl

Cognat amb suec: pöl

Cognat amb islandès: pollur

Cognat amb lituà: bala

Cognat amb letó: bala

Cognat amb rus: боло́то

In summary

From Middle English pool, pole, pol, from Old English pōl (“pool”), from Proto-West Germanic pōl, from Proto-Germanic *pōlaz (“pool, pond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bōlos (“bog, marsh”).
Cognate with Scots puil (“pool”), Saterland Frisian Pol (“pool”), West Frisian poel (“pool”), Dutch poel (“pool”), German Low German Pohl, Pool, Pul (“pool”), German Pfuhl (“quagmire, mudhole”), Danish pøl (“puddle”), Swedish pöl (“puddle, pool”), Icelandic pollur (“puddle”), Lithuanian bala (“puddle”), Latvian bala (“a muddly, treeless depression”), Russian боло́то (bolóto, “swamp, bog, marsh”).
For the meaning development to a supply of resources compare typologically Russian пруд пруди́ (prud prudí) (< пруд (prud)).

Frases

There is also an outdoor swimming pool in the constituent community of Rottenberg.