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• Australian: /pɔl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəʊl/ without the doll–dole merger
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• Received-Pronunciation: [pɒʊl] without the doll–dole merger
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɒl/ without the doll–dole merger
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• /pɒl/ Received Pronunciation, doll–dole merger
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• US: /poʊl/
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• Scotland: /pol/
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• Wales: /poul/ without the toe–tow merger
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• rhymes with -əʊl
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• homophone: pole
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• homophone: Pole (both toe–tow merger, excluding /pɒl/ pronunciation)
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• General-American: /pɑl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɒl/
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• rhymes with -ɒl
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• UK: /pɒl/
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• /pɒl/
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• CMU ARPABET: P OW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English pol, polle ("scalp, pate"), from or cognate with Middle Dutch pol, pōle, polle (“top, summit; head”), from Proto-West Germanic *poll, from Proto-Germanic *pullaz (“round object, head, top”), from Proto-Indo-European *bolno-, *bōwl- (“orb, round object, bubble”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Akin to Scots pow (“head, crown, scalp, skull”), Saterland Frisian pol (“round, full, brimming”, adjective), German Low German Polle, Poll (“round object, ball”), German Low German Poller (“head, tree-top, bulb”), Danish puld (“crown of a hat”), Swedish dialectal pull (“head”). Meaning "collection of votes" is first recorded 1625, from the notion of "counting heads".

From Polly, by rhyming with Molly, from Mary.

From Paul.

Perhaps a shortening of Polly, a common name for pet parrots.

From Ancient Greek πολλοί (polloí, “the many, the masses”), as in hoi polloi.

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: апыта́нне (apytánnje) — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Bulgarian: анкета (anketa) — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Catalan: enquesta — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Catalan: sondatge — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Catalan: sondeig — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Chinese Mandarin: 投票 (tóupiào) — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Chinese Mandarin: 選舉 /选举 (xuǎnjǔ) — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Czech: anketa — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Esperanto: enketo — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Faroese: spurnakanning — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Finnish: äänestys — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Finnish: mielipidemittaus — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• French: sondage — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Galician: enquisa — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Georgian: გამოკითხვა (gamoḳitxva) — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• German: Umfrage — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Greek: ψηφοφορία (psifoforía) — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Greek: δημοσκόπηση (dimoskópisi) — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Hungarian: közvélemény-kutatás — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Interlingua: inquesta — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Irish: vótaíocht — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Italian: sondaggio — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Korean: 투표 (tupyo) — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Korean: 여론조사 (yeoronjosa) — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Ladino: anketa — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Occitan: sondatge — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Polish: ankieta — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Portuguese: enquete — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Portuguese: sondagem — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Portuguese: sugestões — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Portuguese: inquérito — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Portuguese: avaliação — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Portuguese: pesquisa — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Russian: опро́с (oprós) — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Serbo-Croatian: anketa — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Spanish: encuesta — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Spanish: sondeo — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Swedish: opinionsundersökning — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Ukrainian: опи́тування (opýtuvannja) — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Vietnamese: cuộc thăm dò ý kiến — a survey of a particular group — see also survey
• Belarusian: галасава́нне (halasavánnje) — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Bulgarian: гласуване (glasuvane) — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Finnish: äänestys — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Galician: votación — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Georgian: ხმის მიცემა (xmis micema) — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Georgian: კენჭისყრა (ḳenč̣isq̇ra) — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• German: Urne — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Hindi: मतदान (matdān) — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Hungarian: szavazás — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Hungarian: voksolás — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Italian: votazione — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Italian: scrutinio — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Portuguese: votação — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Russian: голосова́ние (golosovánije) — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Ukrainian: голосува́ння (holosuvánnja) — a formal vote — see also vote, election
• Bulgarian: помещение за гласуване (pomeštenie za glasuvane) — polling place, a place to vote
• Faroese: valstað — polling place, a place to vote
• Finnish: äänestyspaikka — polling place, a place to vote
• Galician: colexio electoral — polling place, a place to vote
• Georgian: საარჩევნო უბანი (saarčevno ubani) — polling place, a place to vote
• German: Wahllokal — polling place, a place to vote
• Greek: εκλογικό κέντρο (eklogikó kéntro) — polling place, a place to vote
• Hungarian: szavazóhelyiség — polling place, a place to vote
• Hungarian: szavazókör — polling place, a place to vote
• Portuguese: urna — polling place, a place to vote
• Russian: избира́тельный уча́сток (izbirátelʹnyj učástok) — polling place, a place to vote
• Russian: избира́тельный пункт (izbirátelʹnyj punkt) — polling place, a place to vote
• Ukrainian: ви́борча дільни́ця (výborča dilʹnýcja) — polling place, a place to vote
• Bulgarian: изборен резултат (izboren rezultat) — the result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded
• Hungarian: szavazatszám — the result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded
• Hungarian: szavazatok száma — the result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded
• Polish: ankieta — the result of the voting, the total number of votes recorded
• Ingrian: kanta — broad or butt end of an axe, adze, or similar tool
• Māori: āmai — broad or butt end of an axe, adze, or similar tool
• Māori: reke — broad or butt end of an axe, adze, or similar tool
• Dutch: peilen — to solicit mock votes from (a person or group)
• Finnish: suorittaa mielipidetutkimus — to solicit mock votes from (a person or group)
• Italian: raccogliere voti — to solicit mock votes from (a person or group)
• Spanish: encuesta — to solicit mock votes from (a person or group)
• Spanish: encuestas — to solicit mock votes from (a person or group)
• Finnish: leikata sarvet — to remove the horns of (an animal)
• Irish: dí-adharc — to remove the horns of (an animal)
• Italian: tagliare le corna — to remove the horns of (an animal)
• Khiamniungan Naga: thīu-îe — to vote