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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "pole"}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/pəʊl/|[pʰɒʊɫ]|a=RP}}
** {{IPA|en|/pɒl/|[pʰɒɫ]|a=doll-dole}}
* {{IPA|en|/pɐʉl/|[pʰɒʊɫ]|a=NZ,AU}}
* {{IPA|en|/poʊl/|[pʰoʊɫ]|[pʰoəɫ]|a=US,Canada}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-pole.ogg|a=US}}
* {{IPA|en|/pol/|[pʰoɫ]|a=Scotland}}
* {{rhymes|en|əʊl|s=1}}
* {{homophones|en|Pole|poll<aa:one pronunciation or with the <<doll-dole>>>}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|pole}}, {{m|enm|pal}}, from {{inh|en|ang|pāl||a pole, stake, post; a kind of hoe or spade}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*pāl||pole}}, from {{der|en|la|pālus||stake, pale, prop, stay}}, perhaps from {{der|en|itc-ola|*paxlos}}, from {{der|en|itc-pro|*pākslos}}, ultimately from {{der|en|ine-pro|*peh₂ǵ-||to nail, fasten}}. {{doublet|en|peel#Etymology 2|alt1=peel|pale#Etymology 2|alt2=pale|palus}}.
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Cognate with {{cog|sco|pale}}, {{m|sco|paill||stake, pale}}, {{cog|frr|pul}}, {{m|frr|pil||stake, pale}}, Saterland Frisian {{m|stq|Pool||pole}}, {{cog|fy|poal||pole}}, {{cog|nl|paal||pole}}, {{cog|de|Pfahl||pile, stake, post, pole}}, {{cog|da|pæl||pole}}, {{cog|sv|påle||pole}}, {{cog|is|páll||hoe, spade, pale}}, {{cog|ang|fæc||space of time, while, division, interval; lustrum}}.
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====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# Originally, a [[stick]]; now specifically, a [[long]] and [[slender]] [[piece]] of [[metal]] or (especially) [[wood]], used for [[various]] [[construction]] or [[support]] [[purpose]]s.
#* {{RQ:Lincoln Pratt's Patients|chapter=1|passage=For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir '''poles''' out of the sand.}}
# A construction by which an [[animal]] is [[harness]]ed to a [[carriage]].
#: {{syn|en|carriage pole|beam|shaft|drawbar}}
#: {{meronyms|en|pole-guard|pole-hook|pole-hound|pole-pad|pole-pin|pole-pin-strap|pole-plate|pole-ring|pole-screen|pole-socket|pole-stop|pole-strap}}
# {{lb|en|angling}} 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.
# {{lb|en|slang|spotting}} A [[telescope]] used to identify birds, aeroplanes or wildlife.
# {{lb|en|historical}} A unit of length, equal to a [[rod]] ({{frac|4}} [[chain]] or {{frac|5|1|2}} [[yard]]s).
# {{lb|en|motor racing}} A [[pole position]].
# {{lb|en|US|AAVE|slang}} A [[rifle]].
# {{lb|en|vulgar|slang}} A [[penis]].

=====Synonyms=====
* See also [[Thesaurus:stick]]
* {{sense|unit of length}} [[rod]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en|ice pole|lightpole|pole charge|polestar|springpole
|barber pole|J-pole antenna|pole hook
|barge pole,bargepole|pole-chain|pole-crab
|beanpole
|boom pole
|bush pole|carrying pole|clothespole|coupling pole|cross-pole|dance pole|depress the pole|double pole|double-pole technique|family pole|Festivus pole|firepole|foul pole|gee pole|fishing pole|shame pole|shoulder pole|pole hammer
|flagpole
|gin pole|greasy pole|habitat pole|hydro pole|icy pole
|hiking pole
|hop pole|Hop Pole
|lodge pole
|maypole
|memorial pole|monkey pole|mortuary pole|nerd pole|not touch something with a ten-foot pole
|over-the-pole|eighth pole|negative pole|pole barn|pole corn|quarter pole
|perch pole|pole cleaver|pole dancer|pole dancing
|polearm|stripper pole
|poleaxe
|pole building
|pole fitness|polehead|snow pole
|pole jam|pole lathe|pole plate|pike pole|pole up one's ass|pole vaulter|pole-jocking|polesitter|pole-sitter|pole-smoker
|pole position
|polescreen
|polespear
|pole vault|power pole|quant pole
|punting pole
|range pole|ranging pole|rhythm pole|ridgepole|ridicule pole|
|setting pole|ski pole|smoke pole|smoke someone's pole|socket pole|spinnaker pole|Stobie pole|tail-pole|taxi pole|telegraph pole
|telephone pole
|tentpole|the longest pole knocks the persimmon|totem pole
|trekking pole
|walking pole|trolley pole|up the pole|utility pole|welcome pole|whisker pole
|pole dance
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|long and slender object for construction or support}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|shtagë|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|عَمُود|m}}, {{t|ar|قُطْب|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ձող}}
* Assamese: {{t-needed|as}}
* Avar: {{t|av|мокъ}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|haga}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|কুতুব}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|post|m}}, {{t+|br|peul|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|прът|m}}, {{t+|bg|стълб|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|pal}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|usok}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|бӏогӏам}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|杆子|tr=gānzi}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|kůl|m}}, {{t+|cs|tyč|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|pæl|c}}
* Dhivehi: {{t-needed|dv}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|boom}}, {{t+|nl|paal}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|stango}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|paalu}}, {{t+|fi|pylväs}}, {{t+|fi|salko}}, {{t+|fi|tanko}}, {{t+|fi|seiväs}}, {{t+|fi|sauva}}
* French: {{t+|fr|perche|f}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|pâl|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|hasta|f}}, {{t+|gl|vara|f}}, {{t|gl|poste|m}}
* Gallurese: {{t|sdn|stantagliu}}
* Georgian: {{t-needed|ka}}
* German: {{t+|de|Stab|m}}, {{t+|de|Stange|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κοντάρι|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|κοντός|m}}, {{t|grc|κάμαξ|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|מוֹט|m|tr=mot}}, {{t+|he|כְּלוֹנָס|m|tr=klonas}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|rúd}}, {{t+|hu|pózna}}, {{t+|hu|cölöp}}
* Ingush: {{t|inh|бӏоагӏа}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|cuaille|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|palo|m}}, {{t+|it|asta|f}}, {{t+|it|pertica|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|棒|tr=ぼう, bō}}, {{t+|ja|竿|tr=さお, sao}}
* Kazakh: {{t-needed|kk}}
* Latin: {{t|la|asser|m}}, {{t|la|pertica|f}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|galah}}, {{t+|ms|tiang}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|turupou}}, {{t|mi|panoho}} {{qualifier|for propelling a boat}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|багана}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|stav|m}}, {{t+|no|stokk|m}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|stolpe|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nb|stolpe|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|صیریق|tr=sırık}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|تیرک|tr=tirak}}, {{t+|fa|پالار|tr=pâlâr}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Pol|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pręt|m}}, {{t+|pl|drąg|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vara|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|par}}, {{t+|ro|stâlp|m}}, {{t+|ro|drug|m|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|жердь|f}}, {{t+|ru|шест|m}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|palu}}, {{t|sc|pau}}
*: Logudorese: {{t|sc|albaranu}}, {{t|sc|longupànte}}
* Sassarese: {{t|sdc|asta}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|cabar|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|мо̏тка|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|mȍtka|f}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|palu|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|tyč|f}}, {{t+|sk|palica|f}}, {{t|sk|kôl|m}}, {{t+|sk|žrď|f}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|drog|m}}, {{t+|sl|palica|f}}
* Somali: {{t-needed|so}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|palo|m}}, {{t+|es|garrocha|f}}, {{t+|es|vara|f}}, {{t+|es|vírgula|f}} {{qualifier|small}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mlingoti}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|stav}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|usuk}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|గడ కర్ర}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|direk}}, {{t+|tr|sırık}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|стовп|m}}, {{t|uk|жерди́на|f}}
* Umbundu: {{t-needed|umb}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|ustun}}, {{t+|uz|xoda}}
* Venetan: {{t|vec|pało}}, {{t|vec|pal}}
* West Flemish: {{t|vls|poale|f}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|tirag}}, {{t|zza|qutub}}
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{{trans-see|carriage pole|beam}}

{{trans-top|type of fishing rod}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пръчка|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vapa}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|canna}}, {{t|it|canna da pesca}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|trøe|f}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|wędzisko|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|caniço|m}}
* Turkish: {{t-needed|tr}}
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{{trans-top|long and slender object for propelling a boat}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|tukun}}
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{{trans-top|implement for pole-vaulting}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|زَانَة|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|seiväs}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|rúd}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|asta|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|tyczka|f}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|sırık}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|жерди́на|f}}
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{{trans-top|telescope}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|putki}}
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{{trans-top|unit of length}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|prut|m}} {{q|approx. 5m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|perche|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pertica|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pręt|m}}
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{{trans-top-also|motor racing: pole position|pole position}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|paalu}}
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{{trans-top|(vulgar) penis}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|borilo}}, {{t|eo|fikilo}}, {{t+|eo|kaco}}, {{t|eo|kreskant-en-mano}}, {{t|eo|suĉumino}}, {{t|eo|ŝtopilo}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To [[propel]] by pushing with poles, to push with a pole.
#: {{ux|en|Huck Finn '''poled''' that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much work.}}
# To identify something quite precisely using a telescope.
#: {{ux|en|He '''poled''' off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identity.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To furnish with poles for support.
#: {{ux|en|to '''pole''' beans or hops}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[convey]] on poles.
#: {{ux|en|to '''pole''' hay into a barn}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[stir]], as molten glass, with a pole.
# {{lb|en|transitive|baseball}} To strike (the ball) very hard.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2007|author=Tony Silvia|title=Baseball Over the Air|passage=Long had '''poled''' the ball into the lower deck in right center.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|metallurgy}} To treat (copper) by blowing natural gas or other reducing agent through the molten oxide, burning off the oxygen. <!--Experts please check: my best attempt at a definition; see also OVERPOLE-->
#: {{ux|en|to '''pole''' copper}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|propel by pushing with poles}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sauvoa}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|lök}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|toko}}, {{t|mi|tītoko}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|varear}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|staka}}
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===Etymology 2===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*kʷel-}}
From {{der|en|frm|pole}}, {{m|frm|pôle}}, from {{der|en|la|polus}}, from {{der|en|grc|πόλος|t=axis of rotation}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# Either of the two points on the [[earth]]'s surface around which it [[rotate]]s; also, similar points on any other rotating object.
# A point of [[magnetic]] focus, especially each of the two opposing such points of a [[magnet]] (designated north and south).
# {{lb|en|figuratively|by extension}} Any of a small set of [[extreme#Noun|extremes]]; especially, either of two extremes that are possible or available.
#: {{ux|en|In discussing alternatives to the polar extremes, Professor Nguyen mentioned two '''poles''' of a filthy floor versus a sterile surgical site.}}
# {{lb|en|geometry}} A fixed [[point]] relative to other points or lines.
# {{senseid|en|electricity}} {{lb|en|electricity}} A contact on an electrical device (such as a [[battery]]) at which electric current enters or leaves.
# {{lb|en|complex analysis}} For a [[meromorphic]] function <math>f(z)</math>, any point <math>a</math> for which <math>f(z) \rightarrow \infty</math> as <math>z \rightarrow a</math>.
#: {{ux|en|The function <math>f(z) = \frac{1}{z-3}</math> has a single '''pole''' at <math>z = 3</math>.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The firmament; the sky.
#* {{RQ:Milton Comus|footer=[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=UegyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA211&dq=%22shoots+against+the+dusky+pole%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22shoots%20against%20the%20dusky%20pole%22&f=false page 211]|passage=And the slope sun his upward beam / Shoots against the dusky '''pole''',}}
# Either of the states that characterize a [[bipolar disorder]].

=====Antonyms=====
* {{antsense|complex analysis}} {{l|en|zero}} <!-- note: this is an antonym not in the logical sense ("not a pole") but in the "diametrically opposite" sense -->

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|en|title=Terms derived from ''pole'' (Etymology 2)|analogous pole|animal pole|celestial pole|cross-pole|magnetic pole|N-pole|north-seeking pole|pole arctic|pole face|pole of cold|S-pole|shaded pole|south-seeking pole|vegetal pole|Voronoi pole
|dipole|Earth's third pole
|polestar,pole star
|hexadecapole
|hexapole
|interpole
|monopole
|multipole
|north pole
|octupole
|polar
|polarity
|poles apart
|quadrupole
|south pole
|tripole
}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|extreme of an axis}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|قُطْب|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|բևեռ}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|по́люс|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|মেরু}}, {{t+|bn|ধ্রুব}}, {{t+|bn|কুতুব}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|по́люс|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|pol|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|極|tr=jí}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pól|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|pol|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|pool|m|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|poluso}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|napa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pôle}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|polo|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|პოლუსი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Pol|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πόλος|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קוטב|m|tr=kótev|alt=קוטב \ קֹטֶב}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|sarkpont}}, {{t+|hu|sark}}, {{t+|hu|pólus}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|póll|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|pol|m}}, {{t|ga|mol|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|polo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|極|tr=きょく, kyoku}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|극(極)}}
* Latin: {{t|la|polus|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пол|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|kutub}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pito}}, {{t|mi|tōpito}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|pol|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|pòl|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|قطب|tr=kutb, kutub}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|قطب|tr=qotb}}, {{t+|fa|نشین|tr=nešin}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|biegun|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|polo|m}}, {{t+|pt|extremidade|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pol|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|по́люс|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|по̑л|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|pȏl|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|pól|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|pol|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|polo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|pol|c}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|қутб}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kutup}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|по́люс|m}}, {{t+|uk|бігу́н|m}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|pegwn|m}}
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{{trans-top|magnetic point}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|pol|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|قُطْب|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|բևեռ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|qütb}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|полюс}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|по́люс|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|মেরু}}, {{t+|bn|কুতুব}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|по́люс|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ပိုစွန်း}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|pol|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|極|tr=jí}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pól|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|pol|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|pool|m|f}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|poolus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|napa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pôle}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|polo|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|პოლუსი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Pol|m}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πόλος|m}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קוטב|m|tr=kótev|alt=קוטב \ קֹטֶב}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|ध्रुव|m}}, {{t|hi|क़ुतुब|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|pólus}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|póll|m}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kutub}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|pol|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|polo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|極|tr=きょく, kyoku}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|полюс}}, {{t+|kk|үйек}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|អក្ខោសាន}}, {{t|km|ប៉ូល}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|극(極)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|cemser}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|полюс}}, {{t+|ky|уюл}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ຂົ້ວ}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|pols|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|ašigalis|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пол|m}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|kutub}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|туйл}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|pol|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|pòl|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|قطب|tr=kutb, kutub}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|قطب|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|قطب|tr=qotb}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|biegun|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|polo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|pol|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|по́люс|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|по̑л|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|pȏl|m}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|pól|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|tečaj|m}}, {{t+|sl|pol|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|polo|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|pol|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|taluktok}}, {{t|tl|polo}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|қутб}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|котып}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ขั้ว}}, {{t+|th|ขั้วโลก}} {{q|pole of the Earth}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|kutup}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|polýus}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|по́люс|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|قطب|m|tr=qutub}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|قۇتۇپ}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|qutb}}, {{t|uz|polyus}}
* Veps: {{t|vep|naba}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cực}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פּאָלוס}}
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{{trans-top|contact on an electrical device}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|قُطْب|m}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|по́люс|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|по́люс|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pól|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|napa}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|polo|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Pol|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|pólus}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|pol|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|polo|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|極|tr=きょく, kyoku}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|극(極)}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|пол|m}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pito}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|biegun|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|polo|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|по́люс}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|pól|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|polo|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|по́люс|m}}
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{{trans-top|isolated point of a meromorphic function (''complex analysis'')}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pól|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|napa}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|polo|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Polstelle|f}}, {{t+|de|Pol|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|極|tr=きょく, kyoku}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|극(極)}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|biegun|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|polo|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|по́люс|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|polo|m}}
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{{checktrans-top}}
* Georgian: {{t-check|ka|პოლუსი}}, {{t-check|ka|ჭოკი}}
* Italian: {{t+check|it|polo|m}}
* Telugu: {{t+check|te|ధృవం}}
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====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[induce]] [[piezoelectricity]] in (a substance) by [[align]]ing the [[dipole]]s.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=elop|LEPO|lope|olpe|pleo-}}

==Äiwoo==

===Verb===
{{head|nfl|verb}}

# to [[work]] (in a garden or field)

===References===
* {{R:ABVD|lang=Äiwoo|id=501|cite={{cite-journal|author=Ross, M. & Næss, Å.|year=2007|title=An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?|work=Oceanic Linguistics|volume=46|issue=2}}.}}

==Alemannic German==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|gsw|gmh|boln}}.

===Verb===
{{head|gsw|verb}}

# {{lb|gsw|Urseren}} to [[make]] [[noise]], [[clatter]], [[rumble]]

===References===
* {{R:Urseren|35}}

{{topics|gsw|Sound}}

==Czech==
{{wp|lang=cs}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|cs|zlw-ocs|pole}}, from {{inh|cs|sla-pro|*poľe}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{cs-IPA}}
* {{audio|cs|Cs-pole.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{cs-noun|n}}

# {{lb|cs|agriculture}} [[field]]
# {{lb|cs|physics}} [[field]]
# {{lb|cs|algebra}} [[field]]
#: {{syn|cs|komutativní těleso}}
# {{lb|cs|computing}} [[field]]
# {{lb|cs|programming}} [[array]]

====Declension====
{{cs-ndecl|n}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|cs|políčko|polní|Polák|Polsko}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cs:PSJC}}
* {{R:cs:SSJC}}
* {{R:cs:IJP}}

==Esperanto==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|eo|LL-Q143 (epo)-Robin van der Vliet-pole.wav}}

===Adverb===
{{eo-head}}

# [[in]] [[Polish]]

==Estonian==

===Etymology===
Contraction of [[ep]] [[ole]] (Modern: [[ei]] [[ole]]). [[ep]] is the old 3rd person singular form of the negative verb.

===Verb===
{{head|et|verb form}}

# {{contraction of |et|[[ei]] [[ole]]}}

==Galician==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|gl|la|pollen}}.

====Noun====
{{gl-noun|m}}

# [[pollen]]
# {{lb|gl|motor racing}} [[pole position]]

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|gl|primeira posición}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-verb form of|pulir<u-o>}}

==Latin==

===Noun===
{{head|la|noun form}}

# {{inflection of|la|polus||voc|s}}

===References===
* {{R:du Cange}}
* {{R:Peck}}

==Middle English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|enm|pol|poll|pall|paal}} 

===Etymology===
From {{inh|enm|ang|pāl}}, from {{der|enm|la|pālus}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/pɔːl/|/pɔl/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun}}

# [[pole]], [[stake]], [[staff]]

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|pole}}
* {{desc|sco|pale|pall}}
* {{desc|yol|[[pulmere|'''pul'''mere]]}}

====References====
* {{R:MED Online|entry=pōl(e|pos=n.{{sup|2}}|noformat=1|id=MED33906}}

==Nubi==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|kcn|sw|pole}}.

===Interjection===
{{head|kcn|interjection|head=póle}}

# [[sorry]]
#: {{ux|kcn|'''pole''' ma kasul!|t='''sorry''' for washing (the clothes)!}}

===References===
* {{R:kcn:Wellens|page=193}}

==Old Czech==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|zlw-ocs|poľe||alternative writing}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|zlw-ocs|sla-pro|*pȍľe}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{zlw-ocs-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{zlw-ocs-noun|g=n}}

# [[field]] {{gl|land area; wide open space}}
#: {{coi|zlw-ocs|'''polem''' / na '''poli'''|outside}}
#: {{coi|zlw-ocs|přěs '''pole''' přějěti/jězditi|to have sex}}
# [[plain]]
# [[battlefield]], [[battleground]]
#: {{coi|zlw-ocs|'''polem''' / v '''poli''' ležěti|}}

====Declension====
{{zlw-ocs-ndecl|n}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|zlw-ocs|poléčko|polní|Polenín|Polska|Polák|polák}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|cs|pole}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:zlw-ocs:Gebauer}}

==Old Polish==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|zlw-opl|ine-pro}}
{{inh+|zlw-opl|sla-pro|*pȍľe}}. {{etydate|1250}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{zlw-opl-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{zlw-opl-noun|n|adj=polny}}

# [[field]] {{gl|arable land}}
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:BZ|Ex|9, 25|Zbyl gest grad we wszey szemy egipskyey wszitko, czsosz bilo na '''polyech''' (in agris)|Zbił jest grad we wszej ziemi ejipskiej wszytko, csoż było na '''polech''' (in agris)|-}}
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:WokTryd|7|c. 1420|Rus '''pole''', inde rusticus|Rus '''pole''', inde rusticus|-}}
# {{lb|zlw-opl|metaphorically|attested in|Łęczyca|Greater Poland}} [[crop]]s from a [[field]]
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:Słota|4|Sgarne na szø wszytko '''pole''', ... czszole szø na niwe swøze, tho wszytko na stole løsze|Zgarnie na się wszytko '''pole''', ... csole się na niwie swięże, to wszytko na stole lęże|-}}
# {{lb|zlw-opl|attested in|Lesser Poland}} [[field]] {{gl|open land}}
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:BZ|Gen|4, 8|A gdisz na '''polu''' (in agro) bilasta, podnosl szø Kayn ku Ablowy|A gdyż na '''polu''' (in agro) byłasta, podniosł się Kain ku Ablowi|-}}
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:DokMp|II|311|1439|Quia ex recognicione fratrum predictorum... cessit castrum Bankowecz cum villis..., item in campo al. w '''polyu''' ville Gebolthow, et utraque Cowalicow, Maloschow... de his fratri predicto iuniori cesserunt|Quia ex recognicione fratrum predictorum... cessit castrum Bąkowiec cum villis..., item in campo al. w '''polu''' ville Giebołtow, et utraque Kowalikow, Małoszow... de his fratri predicto iuniori cesserunt|-}}
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:Fl|131, 6|Naleszly gesmy gy w '''polech''' (in campis) lassa|Naleźli jeśmy ji w '''polech''' (in campis) lasa|-}}
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:Fl|103, 12|Pycz bødzye wszytek zwyerz '''pola''' (agri)|Pić będzie wszytek źwierz '''pola''' (agri)|-}}
# {{lb|zlw-opl|attested in|Masovia}} [[campsite]]; [[battlefield]]
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:Sul|15|Gydączy na woyną na ląnkach any we wszi staacz mayą, yano na '''polyv''' (nisi in campo)|Jidący na wojnę na łąkach ani we wsi stać mają, jano na '''polu''' (nisi in campo)|-}}
# [[outside]] {{gl|area not in a building}}
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:Rozm|132|Vyschly na '''polye''' (ad campum), nalyezly Yesvsa chodzącz y tam, y szam|Wyszli na '''pole''' i naleźli Jesusa chodząc i tam i sam|-}}
# {{lb|zlw-opl|heraldry}} [[background]]
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:StPPP|VII|610|1455|Niccolaus post awam suam est de sangwine et armis ipsorum dictis Stanczowye, proclamacio autem ipsorum Nabra, deferentes in clipeo tres lineas vlg. trzy *'''polye''' in longitudine clipei|Niccolaus post awam suam est de sangwine et armis ipsorum dictis Stańcowie, proclamacio autem ipsorum Nabra, deferentes in clipeo tres lineas vlg. trzy '''pola''' in longitudine clipei5|-}}
# {{lb|zlw-opl|attested in|Greater Poland}} {{ng|corruption of {{m|zlw-opl|opole}}}}
#* {{RQ:zlw-opl:KodWPRacz|257|1252|Dedimus omnimodam libertatem... a podworowe, ab '''pole''', a bove et vacca annuali|Dedimus omnimodam libertatem... a podworowe, ab '''pole''', a bove et vacca annuali|-}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|zlw-opl|title=nouns|czyste pole|płone pola|przasne pole}}
{{zlw-opl-derived verbs|-/pole gonić}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|pl|pole|id=noun}}
* {{desc|szl|pole}}

===References===
* {{R:pl:Boryś}}
* {{R:pl:Mańczak}}
* {{R:pl:Bańkowski}}
* {{R:zlw-opl:SPJSP}}

==Polish==
{{wp|lang=pl}}
[[File:Tractors in Potato Field.jpg|thumb|pole]]

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr|a=Pl-pole.ogg;Pl-pole-2.ogg|hh=Pole,Polę|mp=#|kuj=#|MB=#|CGP=#|zyw=#}}

===Etymology 1===
{{etymid|pl|noun}}{{dercat|pl|sla-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}
{{inh+|pl|zlw-opl|pole}}. {{dbt|pl|polje}}.

====Noun====
{{pl-noun|n|dim=pólko|dim2=poletko|adj=polny}}

# {{lb|pl|countable|agriculture}} [[field]] {{gl|land for cultivation}}
#: {{syn|pl|łan|niwa}}
# {{lb|pl|countable}} [[field]] {{gl|land designated for some activity}}
# [[field]] {{gl|area characterized by some activity, i.e. battle}}
#: {{syn|pl|teren}}
# {{lb|pl|uncountable|Kraków|Żywiec}} [[outside]] {{gl|area not inside a building}}
#: {{syn|pl|dwór}}
# {{lb|pl|countable|sports}} [[field]]. [[ground]], [[pitch]]
# {{lb|pl|countable}} [[field]] {{gl|part of some surface}}
# {{lb|pl|countable}} [[field]] {{gl|extent of someone's interest or activities}}
#: {{syn|pl|dziedzina}}
# {{lb|pl|uncountable}} [[field]] {{gl|freedom of action or choice}} {{+obj|pl|:do(gen)<for what>}}
#: {{syn|pl|możliwość}}
# {{lb|pl|countable|physics}} [[field]] {{gl|physical phenomenon (such as force, potential or fluid velocity) that pervades a region}}
# {{lb|pl|uncountable|mathematics}} [[field]] {{gl|number that expresses the area of a given geometric figure in square units}}
#: {{syn|pl|powierzchnia}}
# {{lb|pl|computing}} [[field]] {{gl|area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls}}
# {{lb|pl|obsolete}} [[background]] {{gl|part of an image that is not the main part}}
# {{lb|pl|obsolete|anatomy}} {{ng|group of nerve cells located close to each other in the central nervous system and performing the same function}}
# {{lb|pl|obsolete|hunting}} [[hunting ground]]
#: {{syn|pl|łowisko}}
# {{lb|pl|obsolete}} {{ng|measure of land}}
# {{lb|pl|Middle Polish|chess}} [[field]] {{gl|area on a chessboard}}
# {{lb|pl|Middle Polish}} {{def-uncertain|pl|nohypothesis=1}}
#* {{RQ:pl:Mącz|9a|Fortuna anatina et anataria, Szcżeśćie ná kácze '''pole'''.|Fortuna anatina et anataria, Szczęście na kacze '''pole'''.|-}}
# {{lb|pl|Near Masovian}} [[strip]] of [[clothing]]
#: {{syn|pl|bryt}}

=====Declension=====
{{pl-decl-noun-n|genp=pól}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|pl|title=nouns|pole namiotowe|pole naftowe|zapole|biopole|pole biologiczne|martwe pole|pole biologiczne|pole chwały|pole do popisu|pole karne|pole semantyczne|pole siłowe|pole widzenia|pole przemiany}}
{{pl-derived verbs|dotrzymać pola/dotrzymywać pola|ustąpić pola/ustępować pola|wyprowadzić w pole/wyprowadzać w pole|-/szukać wiatru w polu}}
{{pl-derived verbs|-/polować}}

====Trivia====
{{pl-freq 1990|40|6|17|28|17|108|581|395|1}}

===Etymology 2===
{{etymid|pl|preposition}}
See {{m|pl|podle|id=preposition}}.

====Preposition====
{{h|pl|prep}}

# {{lb|pl|Kujawy|Central Greater Poland}} {{alt form|pl|podle|id=preposition|t=[[next to]], [[near]]}}

===Etymology 3===
{{nonlemma}}

====Noun====
{{head|pl|noun form|g=f}}

# {{inflection of|pl|poła||dat//loc|s}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pl:WSJP}}
* {{R:pl:PWN}}
* {{R:pl:SXVI|+|87336}}
* {{R:pl:SXVII|POLE|7790|DA|25.03.2019}}
* {{R:pl:SJP1807}}
* {{R:pl:SJP1861}}
* {{R:pl:SJP1900||525|4}}
* {{R:pl:Kolberg:1867||275}}
* {{R:pl:Wasilewski:1889||245}}
* {{R:pl:Kolberg:1877||22}}
* {{R:pl:Ciszewski:1916||97}}
* {{R:pl:Kopernicki:1875||374}}

{{C|pl|Places|Units of measure}}

==Serbo-Croatian==

===Noun===
{{sh-noun-form}}

# {{inflection of|sh|pol||voc|s}}

==Silesian==

===Etymology===
{{dercat|szl|sla-pro|inh=1|ine-pro}}
{{inh+|szl|zlw-opl|pole}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{szl-pr|a=LL-Q30319 (szl)-Vxern-#.wav}}

===Noun===
{{szl-noun|n|adj=polny}}

# [[field]] {{gl|open earth, especially for cultivation}}
# {{lb|szl|computing}} [[field]] {{gl|area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value, subject to virtual access controls}}
# {{lb|szl|Cieszyn Silesia}} {{lb|szl|singular only}} [[outside]]
#: {{syn|szl|dwōr|plac}}
#: {{uxi|szl|Idym na '''pole'''.|I'm going outside.}}

====Declension====
{{szl-decl-noun|pole|pola|polu|pole|polym|polu|pole|pola|polōw|polōm|pola|[[polami]]/[[polōma]]|polach|pola}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:szl:dykcjonorz}}
* {{R:szl:silling}}

==Slovak==
{{wp|lang=sk}}

===Etymology===
{{inh+|sk|sla-pro|*poľe}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{sk-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{sk-noun|n}}

# [[field]]

====Declension====
{{sk-decl-noun|pole|poľa|poľu|pole|poli|poľom|polia|polí|poliam|polia|poliach|[[poľami]]/[[poliami]]}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|sk|poľný}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:sk:SSJ}}
* {{R:sk:SDK}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology 1===
{{bor+|es|en|pole position}}.

====Noun====
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{lb|es|motor racing}} [[pole position]]
#: {{syn|es|primera posición}}

===Etymology 2===

====Verb====
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|polir}}

==Swahili==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|sw|Sw-ke-pole.flac|a=Kenya}}

===Interjection===
{{head|sw|interjection|plural|poleni}}

# [[sorry]]

====See also====
* {{l|sw|samahani}}

===Adjective===
{{sw-adj}}

# [[calm]], [[gentle]]

====Declension====
{{sw-decl}}

====Derived terms====
{{sw-der|nom=upole|nom-g=gentleness}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|kcn|pole|bor=1}}