polo
English
/ˈpoʊloʊ/, /ˈpəʊləʊ/
noun
Definitions
- (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.
- The 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.
- (countable) A polo shirt.
Etymology
Derived from Balti پولو (ball).
Origin
Balti
پولو
Gloss
ball
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
玉
Emoji
⚽️ ⚾️ ⛳️ ⛹️ ⛹️♀️ ⛹️♂️ 🍙 🎊 🎱 🎳 🎾 🏀 🏈 🏉 🏌️ 🏏 🏐 🏑 🏓 🔮 🤾 🥍 🥎 🧶
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- neck English
- polo shirt English
- polo-neck English
- poloist English
- shirt English
- hevospoolo Finnish
- poolo Finnish
- poolokaulus Finnish
- poolopaita Finnish
- poolopusero Finnish
- vesipoolo Finnish
- Polohemd German
- Poloshirt German
- polo Norwegian Bokmål
- vannpolo Norwegian Bokmål
- ポロ Japanese
- ポロシャツ Japanese
- polo Norwegian Nynorsk
- póló Irish
- polo tričko Czech
- polokošile Czech
- polotriko Czech
- polotričko Czech
- pólo Czech
- โปโล Thai
- polo Cebuano
- 폴로 Korean
- holo Hausa
- پولو Balti
- པོ་ལོ Balti