noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈpəʊləʊ ˌʃɜːt/
General-American:/ˈpoʊloʊ ˌʃɝt/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the way down the front of the shirt).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: golf shirt, tennis shirt
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a shirt with short sleeves designed for comfort and casual wear
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sport shirt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shirt
History
Etymology
From polo + shirt; so called because they were initially modeled on the type of shirt worn from the 1920s by polo players.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
polo衫
(pōulōushān)
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Czech:
polokošile
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Czech:
polotriko
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Czech:
polo tričko
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Danish:
poloskjorte
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Estonian:
polosärk
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Finnish:
kauluksellinen t-paita
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Finnish:
pikeepaita
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
French:
polo
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Galician:
polo
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
German:
Poloshirt
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
German:
Polohemd
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Hungarian:
pólóing
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Hungarian:
teniszpóló
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Indonesian:
kaus polo
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Japanese:
ポロシャツ
(poroshatsu)
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Polish:
koszulka polo
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Polish:
polo
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Polish:
polówka
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Portuguese:
polo
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Russian:
по́ло
(pólo)
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Slovak:
polokošeľa
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Spanish:
polo
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Spanish:
chemise
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Spanish:
chomba
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Spanish:
poloche
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Spanish:
remera
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Spanish:
niqui
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Swedish:
pikétröja
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
Yiddish:
פּאָלאָ
(polo)
— casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar
