hol
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɦɔl/
noun
Definitions
- A hole, hollow, cavity
- (nautical) A cargo hold
- (vulgar) An anus, arsehole; both anatomical senses of butt
- (by extension) Any other bodily cavity that resembles a hole
- An artificial opening such as a slit
- burrow (a hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, like a rabbit, used as a dwelling)
- (figuratively) An unsanitary and/or unpleasant place; shithole
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch hol inherited from Old Dutch *hol inherited from Proto-Germanic *hulą (hollow space, hole, cavity, hollow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hulą
Gloss
hollow space, hole, cavity, hollow
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- airhole English
- antihole English
- armhole English
- arrow-hole English
- arsehole English
- asshole English
- beanhole English
- blasthole English
- blockhole English
- blowhole English
- bolt-hole English
- bolthole English
- bootyhole English
- borehole English
- bullethole English
- bumhole English
- bunghole English
- butthole English
- cakehole English
- cathole English
- chuckhole English
- coal hole English
- cockhole English
- corehole English
- cornhole English
- crabhole English
- craphole English
- creephole English
- cubbyhole English
- cumhole English
- cyberhole English
- denehole English
- dickhole English
- dihole English
- doghole English
- downhole English
- dreamhole English
- driphole English
- dusthole English
- earhole English
- earthhole English
- eyehole English
- farthole English
- feedhole English
- fingerhole English
- firehole English
- foothold English
- foothole English
- foxhole English
- fuckhole English
- funkhole English
- gully-hole English
- hand-hole English
- handhole English
- hawsehole English
- hole English
- hole saw English
- hole up English
- holeable English
- holeful English
- holeless English
- holelike English
- holeproof English
- holepunch English
- holer English
- holeshot English
- holey English
- holon English
- jaw-hole English
- keyhole English
- kneehole English
- knothole English
- knuckerhole English
- lamphole English
- leghole English
- lughole English
- maintenance hole English
- manhole English
- microhole English
- minihole English
- mousehole English
- mudhole English
- multihole English
- nanohole English
- nosehole English
- oarhole English
- outhole English
- peehole English
- peephole English
- pesthole English
- photohole English
- piehole English
- pigeonhole English
- pinhole English
- pisshole English
- plughole English
- poophole English
- pophole English
- porthole English
- posthole English
- pothole English
- pritchel hole English
- pukehole English
- pussyhole English
- quasihole English
- rathole English
- ringhole English
- rockhole English
- roothole English
- rudderhole English
- scumhole English
- shakehole English
- shithole English
- shothole English
- sighthole English
- sinkhole English
- sleazehole English
- slimehole English
- smokehole English
- snowhole English
- spouthole English
- spyhole English
- stakehole English
- stinkhole English
- stokehole English
- stumphole English
- suckhole English
- tailhole English
- taphole English
- thumbhole English
- traphole English
- underhole English
- uphole English
- venthole English
- waterhole English
- weephole English
- wellhole English
- woodhole English
- wormhole English
- Onanie German
- beer Dutch, Flemish
- bewoner Dutch, Flemish
- boomholte Dutch, Flemish
- buikholte Dutch, Flemish
- das Dutch, Flemish
- dassenhol Dutch, Flemish
- holbewoner Dutch, Flemish
- holenbeer Dutch, Flemish
- holenleeuw Dutch, Flemish
- holrond Dutch, Flemish
- holte Dutch, Flemish
- holtedier Dutch, Flemish
- konijn Dutch, Flemish
- konijnenhol Dutch, Flemish
- leeuw Dutch, Flemish
- lichaamsholte Dutch, Flemish
- mondholte Dutch, Flemish
- oogholte Dutch, Flemish
- opium Dutch, Flemish
- opiumhol Dutch, Flemish
- rond Dutch, Flemish
- rover Dutch, Flemish
- rovershol Dutch, Flemish
- speel Dutch, Flemish
- speelhol Dutch, Flemish
- trilholte Dutch, Flemish
- *kuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *hulaz Proto-Germanic
- *hulą Proto-Germanic
- hol Old English
- hole Middle English
- hol Old Norse
- hol Middle Dutch
- hol Old High German
- hol Afrikaans
- holte Afrikaans
- uithol Afrikaans
- *hol Old Dutch
- Heeli Alemannic German
- hol Alemannic German
- হোল Bengali
- hul Tok Pisin
- olo Sranan Tongo