different between polder vs poler

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??ld?/, /?p?ld?/
• Hyphenation: pol?der
• Rhymes: -??ld?(r)

Noun

polder (plural polders)

1. (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes. [from 17th c.]
   • 1999, Philipp Blom, translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage 2001, p. 43:

     The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.

Translations

Verb

polder (third-person singular simple present polders, present participle poldering, simple past and past participle poldered)

1. To reclaim an area of ground from a sea or lake by means of dikes.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch polder, from Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?l.d?r/

Noun

polder (plural polders)

1. polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch polre, from Old Dutch polra, perhaps from polla (“A low ground elevation”), possibly ultimately from an imitative Germanic base related to Old Norse purla (“to babble”) (modern Swedish pollra (“to purl”), Norwegian puldra (“to gush”) and pulla (“to bubble”)), Old English polr (“marsh”), and modern English purl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?l.d?r/
• Hyphenation: pol?der
• Rhymes: -?ld?r

Noun

polder m (plural polders, diminutive poldertje n)

1. (geography) polder (land reclaimed from a body of water by means of dykes)

Derived terms

• inpolderen
• kleipolder
• polderen
• poldergemaal
• poldermodel
• poldermolen
• rietpolder
• veenpolder
• zeepolder

Descendants

• Afrikaans: polder
• ? English: polder

References

Further reading

• polder on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

French

Etymology

From Dutch polder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?l.d??/

Noun

polder m (plural polders)

1. (geography) polder

Further reading

• “polder” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch polder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?l.d?r]
• Hyphenation: pol?dêr

Noun

poldêr (first-person possessive polderku, second-person possessive poldermu, third-person possessive poldernya)

1. polder.

Further reading

• “polder” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

From Dutch polder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?l.d?r/

Noun

polder m inan

1. (geography) polder

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) polderowy

Further reading

• polder in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From German Polder

Noun

polder n (plural poldere)

1. polder

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??l?(?)/
• Homophone: polar
• Rhymes: -??l?(?)

Etymology 1

pole +? -er

Noun

poler (plural polers)

1. One who propels a boat using a pole.
2. A horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle.

Translations

Etymology 2

See poller.

Noun

poler (plural polers)

1. (obsolete) An extortioner.
   • 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature

     the Poler and Exacter of Fees

Anagrams

• Loper, lepro-, loper, prole

Danish

Noun

poler c

1. indefinite plural of pol

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

poler m

1. indefinite plural of pol

Verb

poler

1. imperative of polere

Swedish

Noun

poler

1. indefinite plural of pol