pole
Betekenis (English)
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- Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
- A construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage.
- A type of basic fishing rod.
- A long sports implement used for pole-vaulting; now made of glassfiber or carbon fiber, formerly also metal, bamboo and wood have been used.
- (slang) A telescope used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
- A unit of length, equal to a rod (¹⁄₄ chain or 5+¹⁄₂ yards).
- Pole position.
- (slang) A rifle.
- (slang) A penis.
Concepten
Synonyms
long stick
polar regions
punt-pole
canoe pole
block of wood
electric pole
go ashore
tree stump
bamboo pole
violin neck
rheophore
wooden pole
litter shaft
polar area
perch1
timber stick
poles and towers
culminating point
upright bar
wire pole
cross-pole
stripperpole
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/pəʊl/
Etymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English pole, pal, from Old English pāl (“a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade”), from Proto-West Germanic *pāl (“pole”), from Latin pālus (“stake, pale, prop, stay”), perhaps from Old Latin *paxlos, from Proto-Italic *pākslos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (“to nail, fasten”). Doublet of peel, pale, and palus. Cognates Cognate with Scots pale, paill (“stake, pale”), North Frisian pul, pil (“stake, pale”), Saterland Frisian Pool (“pole”), West Frisian poal (“pole”), Dutch paal (“pole”), German Pfahl (“pile, stake, post, pole”), Danish pæl (“pole”), Swedish påle (“pole”), Icelandic páll (“hoe, spade, pale”), Old English fæc (“space of time, while, division, interval; lustrum”).
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