pôle
French
noun
Definitions
- (geography) pole
- (figuratively) centre, hub
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French pole (hen) inherited from Old French pole derived from Latin polus (pole) derived from Ancient Greek πόλος (axis of rotation, axis, pivot, hinge).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πόλος
Gloss
axis of rotation, axis, pivot, hinge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- polecat English
- pooli Finnish
- polaris Latin
- polus Latin
- polo Italian
- pool Dutch, Flemish
- dipôle French
- monopôle French
- épipôle French
- polo Spanish, Castilian
- πόλος Ancient Greek
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- polo Portuguese
- pol Norwegian Nynorsk
- pullian Old English
- pol Irish
- pol Danish
- pól Czech
- pole Old French
- pol Serbo-Croatian
- пол Serbo-Croatian
- polo Ido
- pôle Norman
- pole Middle French
- pòl Occitan