different between pols vs pobs

English

Noun

pols

1. plural of pol

Anagrams

• LPOs, lops, slop, splo

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pols, from Middle Dutch pols, from Latin pulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ls/

Noun

pols (plural polse, diminutive polsie)

1. wrist

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?pols/

Etymology 1

From Latin pulsus.

Noun

pols m (plural polsos)

1. pulse

Related terms

• polsar

Etymology 2

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan pols), from Latin pulvis, pulveris (which in Vulgar Latin switched to a neuter gender, with accusative p?lvis), possibly through a root *pulvus (compare Old French pous; cf. Spanish polvo, Portuguese pó). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“dust; flour”).

Noun

pols f (plural pols)

1. dust

Derived terms

• guardapols

Related terms

• pólvora

Etymology 3

Noun

pols

1. plural of pol

Further reading

• “pols” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pols” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “pols” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pols” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pols, from Latin pulsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?ls/
• Hyphenation: pols
• Rhymes: -?ls

Noun

pols m (plural polsen, diminutive polsje n)

1. A wrist.
2. Short for polsslag: pulse.

Derived terms

• polshorloge
• polsslag
• vinger aan de pols houden

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pols
• ? Papiamentu: pòls

Anagrams

• slop

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pulsus.

Noun

pols m (plural pols)

1. (anatomy) wrist
2. pulse

Latvian

Noun

pols m (1st declension)

1. pole

Declension

Middle English

Noun

pols

1. Alternative form of puls

Swedish

Noun

pols

1. indefinite genitive singular of pol

English

Noun

pobs pl (plural only)

1. (Northern England) Pieces of bread soaked in hot milk used as a comfort food for children during illness

Anagrams

• BOPs, BPOs, PBOs, bops