pool

Signification (Anglais)

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. Ellipsis of swimming pool.
4. A supply of resources.
5. A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
6. A small amount of liquid on a surface.
7. A localized glow of light.

Verb

To form a pool.

Verb

1. 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. To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.

Concepts

piscine

mare

étang

flaque

cagnotte

marigot

syndicat de prise ferme

tour de table

consortium

bol

grouper

regroupement

rassembler

regrouper

bassin

groupe

fontaine

pool

pistoche

billard

consortium bancaire

syndicat

syndicat bancaire

syndicat financier

mettre en commun

bâche

réservoir

s’accoupler

lac

profondeur

association

billard américain

entreprise conjointe

tub

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/puːl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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 (“bog, marsh, swamp, pool”), Latvian bala (“a muddly, treeless depression”), Russian боло́то (bolóto, “swamp, bog, marsh”).

Phrases

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

Il y a aussi une piscine extérieure dans la communauté constituante de Rottenberg.