Pole in Different Languages
Discover 'Pole' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Pole
Afrikaans paal | ||
Albanian shtylla | ||
Amharic ምሰሶ | ||
Arabic عمود | ||
Armenian բեւեռ | ||
Assamese নাই | ||
Aymara janiwa utjkiti | ||
Azerbaijani dirək | ||
Bambara o tɛ yen | ||
Basque zutoina | ||
Belarusian слуп | ||
Bengali মেরু | ||
Bhojpuri नइखे भइल | ||
Bosnian pol | ||
Bulgarian полюс | ||
Catalan pal | ||
Cebuano poste | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 极 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 極 | ||
Corsican polu | ||
Croatian pol | ||
Czech pól | ||
Danish pol | ||
Dhivehi ނެތް | ||
Dogri नहीं है | ||
Dutch pool | ||
English pole | ||
Esperanto stango | ||
Estonian pole | ||
Ewe meli o | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) wala naman | ||
Finnish napa | ||
French pôle | ||
Frisian peal | ||
Galician poste | ||
Georgian ბოძი | ||
German pole | ||
Greek πόλος | ||
Guarani ndaipóri | ||
Gujarati ધ્રુવ | ||
Haitian Creole poto | ||
Hausa iyakacin duniya | ||
Hawaiian kia | ||
Hebrew מוֹט | ||
Hindi खंभा | ||
Hmong tus ncej | ||
Hungarian pólus | ||
Icelandic stöng | ||
Igbo osisi | ||
Ilocano awan | ||
Indonesian tiang | ||
Irish cuaille | ||
Italian polo | ||
Japanese ポール | ||
Javanese cagak | ||
Kannada ಧ್ರುವ | ||
Kazakh полюс | ||
Khmer បង្គោល | ||
Kinyarwanda nta | ||
Konkani ना | ||
Korean 폴 | ||
Krio nɔ de | ||
Kurdish cemser | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) لێی نی یه | ||
Kyrgyz устун | ||
Lao ເສົາ | ||
Latin polus | ||
Latvian stabs | ||
Lingala ezali te | ||
Lithuanian stulpas | ||
Luganda tewali | ||
Luxembourgish pol | ||
Macedonian столб | ||
Maithili नहि अछि | ||
Malagasy hazo lava | ||
Malay tiang | ||
Malayalam പോൾ | ||
Maltese arblu | ||
Maori pou | ||
Marathi खांबा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯩꯇꯦ꯫ | ||
Mizo a awm lo | ||
Mongolian туйл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တိုင် | ||
Nepali खम्बा | ||
Norwegian stang | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mtengo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସେଠାରେ ନାହିଁ | ||
Oromo hin jiru | ||
Pashto قطب | ||
Persian قطب | ||
Polish polak | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) pólo | ||
Punjabi ਖੰਭੇ | ||
Quechua mana kanchu | ||
Romanian stâlp | ||
Russian столб | ||
Samoan pou | ||
Sanskrit नास्ति | ||
Scots Gaelic pòla | ||
Sepedi ga go gona | ||
Serbian пол | ||
Sesotho palo | ||
Shona danda | ||
Sindhi قطب | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ධ්රැවය | ||
Slovak pól | ||
Slovenian palica | ||
Somali tiir | ||
Spanish polo | ||
Sundanese gantar | ||
Swahili pole | ||
Swedish pol | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) poste | ||
Tajik сутун | ||
Tamil துருவ | ||
Tatar юк | ||
Telugu పోల్ | ||
Thai เสา | ||
Tigrinya የለን | ||
Tsonga a ku na swona | ||
Turkish kutup | ||
Turkmen ýok | ||
Twi (Akan) nni hɔ | ||
Ukrainian стовп | ||
Urdu قطب | ||
Uyghur ئۇ يەردە يوق | ||
Uzbek qutb | ||
Vietnamese cây sào | ||
Welsh polyn | ||
Xhosa ipali | ||
Yiddish פלאָקן | ||
Yoruba polu | ||
Zulu isigxobo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "paal" is likely derived from the Dutch word "paal," which can also mean "stick" or "border post." |
| Albanian | Also a term for a 'pole with a flag' found in Albanian heraldry. |
| Amharic | The word "ምሰሶ" can also mean "backbone". |
| Arabic | Although "عمود" primarily refers to "pole" or "pillar", it can also mean a column in a table or a vertical line of text. |
| Armenian | Բեւեռ comes from the same Proto-Indo-European root as 'pole' and also means 'axis' |
| Azerbaijani | In some dialects, |
| Basque | The word 'zutoina' can also refer to a 'stick', 'pillar', or 'cross'. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "слуп" for "pole" comes from a Proto-Slavic root and is related to the German word "Säule" |
| Bengali | The word "মেরু" ("pole") also refers to "the axis of the celestial sphere", "a cardinal point of the compass", or "a celestial point of reference used in the celestial sphere." |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, the word "pol" also refers to "gender" or "sex". |
| Bulgarian | "Полюс" can also mean "plus" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | In some areas of Catalonia and Valencia "pal" also means a stick, shaft of a tool or the stem of a tree |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word 'poste' also means a position, rank, or office. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word '极' ('pole') in Chinese also means 'the utmost' or 'the extreme'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 極 in Chinese (Traditional) also means "the most" or "the highest point". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "polu" also refers to the central beam of a traditional Corsican house that supports the roof. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'pol' has additional meanings such as 'sex' or 'gender'. |
| Czech | The word "pól" can also refer to a north or south geographical pole, or to the positive or negative terminal of an electrical source. |
| Danish | The word "pol" in Danish can also refer to a person who lives in a rural area, and its plural form "poler" means "people living in rural areas." |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "pool" also means "betting stake" in gambling, a meaning derived from French. |
| Esperanto | "Stango" may also refer to a rod or beam, or to a person who is tall and thin. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "post" can also refer to a pillar, stake, or any long, slender piece of wood or metal, or even a tree trunk. |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "napa" is cognate with and derived from Proto-Uralic word *napa, originally meaning "(the) navel" |
| French | Le mot « pôle » vient du grec « polos », qui signifie « axe, pivot » et qui a aussi donné « pôle » en anglais. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "peal" also means "thunderbolt" or "thunderclap". |
| Galician | Galician "poste" derives from Latin "postis" for doorposts and also means "job" or "position" in a social hierarchy. |
| Georgian | ბოძი derives from the Proto-Kartvelian root *bod, meaning "trunk" or "pole". |
| German | German "Pole" can also refer to the Polish people, the Polish language, and the region of Poland. |
| Greek | In Ancient Greek, "Πόλος" also referred to the axis around which the celestial sphere rotates. |
| Gujarati | The word 'ध्रुव' in Gujarati is derived from the Sanskrit word 'ध्रुव' which means 'firm' or 'fixed' and is also used to refer to the celestial pole. |
| Haitian Creole | The etymological origin of “ poto” remains obscure, yet scholars posit a link to an indigenous Taíno-Arawakan word or the French "peau de taupe" |
| Hausa | The word "iyakacin duniya" can also refer to the North or South Pole, or to a person who is very tall. |
| Hawaiian | The word |
| Hebrew | In addition to its literal meaning, "מוט" can refer to a lever, authority or a physical or mental support. |
| Hindi | The primary meaning of the word "खंभा" is "pillar" or "column", and it can also refer to "mast" or "pole" in specific contexts. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "tus ncej" is also used to refer to a person who serves as a guide. |
| Hungarian | The word "pólus" has ancient Greek roots and in the Hungarian language it also refers to the North Star, Polaris, and the axis of the Earth. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "stöng" primarily means "pole" but can also refer to a rod, staff, or bar and is etymologically related to the English word "stang". |
| Igbo | In Igbo cosmology, the `osisi` can also refer to the central axis of the world, connecting the heavens and the underworld. |
| Indonesian | The word 'tiang' also has a figurative meaning in Indonesian, referring to the central or most important person or thing in a group or arrangement. |
| Irish | "Cuaille" is a loanword from the English word "cowl" (a type of monk's hood), which refers to the pole or stick on which the hood is hung. |
| Italian | The word "polo" in Italian can also mean "henhouse" or "small farm".} |
| Japanese | ポール is the katakana spelling of the English word "pole" and can also mean "bar" in a musical context. |
| Javanese | "Cagak" also refers to a pillar of a building, or the leg of a heron standing in the water. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, ಧ್ರುವ (dhruva) also refers to the North Star (Polaris), the fixed point in the sky around which other stars appear to rotate. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "полюс" can also refer to a political or social extreme. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "បង្គោល" also refers to a long, slender piece of wood or metal used as a lever or fulcrum. |
| Korean | The Korean word "폴" ("pole") is derived from the English word "pole", which means "a long, slender piece of wood or metal." |
| Kurdish | "Cemser" also means "thin and fragile" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | "Устун" also means "honour" and "reputation" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ເສົາ" has numerous alternate meanings including "stick","post", and "pillar". |
| Latin | The Latin word "polus" derives from the Greek word "polos" meaning "pivot, axis, or hinge." |
| Latvian | Latvian "stabs" also refers to the "upright part of a plough" and "an ice-skating aid". |
| Lithuanian | The word 'stulpas' is possibly related to the Proto-Baltic word 'stulpàs' meaning 'column'. |
| Luxembourgish | "Pol" can also refer to a rod with a hook used to hang something. |
| Macedonian | “Столб” means “table leg,” “table column” in Bulgarian. |
| Malagasy | "Hazo lava" literally means "long tree" and it's called a pole when in the context of houses. |
| Malay | The word "tiang" can also refer to the "pillar" of a house or a "post" in a fence. |
| Malayalam | The word 'പോൾ' ('pole') in Malayalam can also refer to a group of people who share a common interest or goal, like a political party or a club. |
| Maltese | The word 'arblu' is derived from the Arabic word 'arba', meaning 'four', possibly referring to the four poles used to support a traditional Maltese boat. |
| Maori | The word 'pou' also carries the meaning 'post' and can refer to a standing figure carved out of wood or stone. |
| Marathi | The word 'खांबा' in Marathi is also used to refer to a person who is tall and thin or to a pillar that supports a structure. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "туйл" (pole) is derived from the Proto-Mongolic word "tïγül" or "tïwül," meaning "pillar" or "support." |
| Nepali | The name is derived from "khamboj", a tribe in Cambodia noted for their expertise in pole-making. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "stang" can also refer to a place of execution, a pole used for fishing, or a type of dance. |
| Pashto | The word "قطب" in Pashto can also refer to a "religious leader" or a "spiritual guide". |
| Persian | In Persian, the word “قطب” can also mean 'axis', 'pivot', 'cardinal point', 'direction', 'leader', and 'head of religious movement'. |
| Polish | The word "Polak" can also mean "Pole" or "Polish person" in Polish, derived from the word "Polska" (Poland). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word 'pólo' also means 'sports team' and 'north or south extremity of the Earth'. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word 'ਖੰਭੇ' (pole) also refers to a unit of land measurement equaling about 20 acres. |
| Romanian | The word "stâlp" in Romanian is thought to derive from the Latin word "stipul", which means "stalk" or "stem". |
| Russian | The word "столб" (pole) in Russian can also refer to a column, pillar, or post. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word 'pou' not only refers to a pole, but also plays a significant role in Samoan culture, representing family lineage and serving as boundary markers for sacred and chiefly areas. |
| Scots Gaelic | Pòla is also used as a unit of length in the Scottish Highlands, where it is equivalent to the English mile. |
| Serbian | "Пол" (pole) is also a Serbian word for "gender." |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, "palo" can also refer to a chief or leader, and is cognate with the Zulu word "ipalo" meaning "government" or "kingdom." |
| Shona | In Shona, the word "danda" can also refer to a traditional court or gathering place. |
| Sindhi | قطب is also a word associated with "religious guide" or "spiritual leader" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'ධ්රැවය' (pole) in Sinhala can also refer to the geographical poles, an axis of rotation, or a point of extreme difference. |
| Slovak | The word "pól" in Slovak can also mean "gender" or "sex". |
| Slovenian | "Palica" also means "stick" and "wand" and derives from the Proto-Slavic word *palica. |
| Somali | The Somali word "tiir" can also refer to a column, pillar, or mast. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, “polo” also refers to the sport or the type of shirt worn during the match. |
| Sundanese | The word "gantar" also means "pillar" and "mast" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "pole" has several other uses and meanings in Swahili, such as "pillar", "prop", or "stick used for digging or planting." |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "pol" can also refer to the police, and is a shortening of "polis", which itself comes from French "police". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "poste" in Tagalog can also refer to a flagpole or a goalpost in sports. |
| Tajik | "Сутун" is also used to describe the trunk of a tree or the back of a person. |
| Tamil | The word "துருவ" can also refer to a "fixed point" or a "fixed star" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | In English, "pole" can also mean "a long, slender stick," "a native of Poland," or "a magnetic region of the Earth." |
| Thai | The word "เสา" also means "pillar" and "column", and can refer to the support of a building, a commemorative monument, or a flagstaff. |
| Turkish | The word "kutup" in Turkish originated from the Arabic word "qutb" and also refers to a "leader or guide of a community". |
| Ukrainian | In the Ukrainian language, the word "стовп" (stovp) can also refer to a pillar or a column in architecture, or a vertical line of text or data in a printed or digital document. |
| Urdu | Urdu word قطب "pole" is a borrowing from Arabic where it can also mean "axis" or "pivot". |
| Uzbek | "Qutb" is also used in Uzbek to refer to the axis of the celestial sphere. |
| Vietnamese | The word "cây sào" can also be translated as "staff", "club", or "shaft" depending on the context. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "polyn" comes from the Latin word "palus" and can also mean "stake" or "peg". |
| Xhosa | Ibali word may either refer to a stick or a pole depending on the context in which it is used |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word פלאָקן comes from the German word "Flach", meaning "flat" or "shallow". |
| Yoruba | The word polu can also mean a long, straight, and narrow piece of wood used as a staff. |
| Zulu | Zulu word 'isigxobo' is also used to describe other meanings like a 'barrier', or 'obstruction'. |
| English | "Pole" comes from Ancient Greek "πόλος (pólos)" meaning "axis" or "pivot", which also gave us the word "politics" |