pool

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• Received-Pronunciation: /puːl/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /pʉwl/
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• British, Southern, Standard: [pʊwl]
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• /poːl/ fool–fall merger
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• Canada, US: /pul/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /pʉːl/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [puːl]
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /pʉl/
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• rhymes with -uːl
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• homophone: Poole
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• homophone: pull (accents with foot-goose merger or full–fool merger)
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• homophone: pall
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• homophone: Paul (both in accents with fool–fall merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: P UW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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In all likelihood from the noun pool.

From Middle English pool, pole, pol, from Old English pōl (“pool”), from Proto-West Germanic pōl, from Proto-Germanic *pōlaz (“pool, pond”), from Proto-Indo-European *bōlos (“bog, marsh”). Cognate with Scots puil (“pool”), Saterland Frisian Pol (“pool”), West Frisian poel (“pool”), Dutch poel (“pool”), German Low German Pohl, Pool, Pul (“pool”), German Pfuhl (“quagmire, mudhole”), Danish pøl (“puddle”), Swedish pöl (“puddle, pool”), Icelandic pollur (“puddle”), Lithuanian bala (“puddle”), Latvian bala (“a muddly, treeless depression”), Russian боло́то (bolóto, “swamp, bog, marsh”). For the meaning development to a supply of resources compare typologically Russian пруд пруди́ (prud prudí) (< пруд (prud)).

1. From French poule (“collective stakes in a game”). The French word "poule" in this context is an abbreviation of "poulain, pouliche" (foal, filly), and referred to races with female horses under 3 years old. It then became used by punters to designate bets on that race, and started to be used from the racetrack to the stadiums. 2. The OED suggests that this may be a transferred use of poule (“hen”), which has been explained anecdotally as deriving from an old informal betting game in France - 'jeu de poule' - Game of Chicken (or Hen, literally) in which poule became synonymous with the combined money pot claimed by the winner.

193 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: swembad — body of water
• Arabic: بِرْكَة (birka) — body of water
• Assamese: ডোঙা (düṅa) — body of water
• Avar: хӏавуз (ḥrawuz) — body of water
• Azerbaijani: hovuz — body of water
• Bangi: eliba — body of water
• Bulgarian: вир (vir) — body of water
• Catalan: gorg — body of water
• Catalan: toll — body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 水池 (shuǐchí) — body of water
• Chinese Mandarin: 池子 (Chízi) — body of water
• Czech: tůň — body of water
• Danish: pool — body of water
• Dutch: bekken — body of water
• Dutch: poel — body of water
• Dutch: plas — body of water
• Finnish: lampi — body of water
• Finnish: suvanto — body of water
• Finnish: lammikko — body of water
• Finnish: allas — body of water
• French: étang — body of water
• French: mare — body of water
• Galician: poza — body of water
• Georgian: გუბე (gube) — body of water
• German: Becken — body of water
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌿𐌼𐍃𐌻 (swumsl) — body of water
• Greek: πισίνα (pisína) — body of water
• Hebrew: בְּרֵכָה (brechá) — body of water
• Hungarian: tó — body of water
• Hungarian: tavacska — body of water
• Indonesian: kolam — body of water
• Irish: linn — body of water
• Irish: dabhach — body of water
• Italian: bacino — body of water
• Italian: invaso — body of water
• S'gaw Karen: ကွံ (kwee) — body of water
• Latin: stāgnum — body of water
• Lingala: eliba — body of water
• Malay: kolam — body of water
• Manchu: ᠣᠮᠣ (omo) — body of water
• Māori: hangere — body of water
• Māori: kōpua — body of water
• Māori: pūroto — body of water
• Māori: āria — body of water
• Marshallese: ae — body of water
• Old English: mere — body of water
• Old English: pōl — body of water
• Persian: برکه (berke) — body of water
• Polish: basen — body of water
• Portuguese: piscina — body of water
• Russian: бассе́йн (basséjn) — body of water
• Russian: пруд (prud) — body of water
• Sanskrit: सरस् (saras) — body of water
• Scottish Gaelic: glumag — body of water
• Scottish Gaelic: linne — body of water
• Scottish Gaelic: amar — body of water
• Southern Altai: бассейин (basseyin) — body of water
• Spanish: poza — body of water
• Spanish: pileta — body of water
• Spanish: balsa — body of water
• Swedish: pool — body of water
• Swedish: bassäng — body of water
• Swedish: damm — body of water
• Tagalog: dagat-dagatan — body of water
• Tamil: குளம் (kuḷam) — body of water
• Thai: สระน้ํา (sà-náam) — body of water
• Tocharian B: kaumiye — body of water
• Tocharian B: yolme — body of water
• Turkish: birikinti — body of water
• Turkish: gölet — body of water
• Turkish: havuz — body of water
• Ottoman Turkish: حوض (havz, havuz) — body of water
• Ottoman Turkish: بركه (birke) — body of water
• Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎗𐎋𐎚 (brkt) — body of water
• Ukrainian: басе́йн (baséjn) — body of water
• Ukrainian: ставо́к (stavók) — body of water
• Vietnamese: bể — body of water
• Welsh: pwll — body of water
• Zulu: isiziba — body of water
• Zulu: ichibi — body of water
• Armenian: ջրափոս (ǰrapʻos) — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Bulgarian: локва (lokva) — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Catalan: toll — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Catalan: bassal — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Czech: kaluž — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Czech: louže — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Danish: pøl — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Dutch: plas — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Dutch: poel — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Finnish: lammikko — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Finnish: lätäkkö — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• French: flaque — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Galician: poza — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Georgian: გუბე (gube) — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• German: Lache — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• German: Pfütze — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Hungarian: tócsa — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Icelandic: pollur — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Indonesian: genangan — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Irish: poll — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Italian: pozza — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Italian: pozzanghera — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Low German: Pool — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Māori: hōpua — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Polish: kałuża — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Portuguese: poça — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Russian: лу́жа (lúža) — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Scottish Gaelic: glumag — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Scottish Gaelic: amar — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Southern Altai: тӱӱнти (tüünti) — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Spanish: charco — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Swedish: vattenpöl — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Swedish: pöl — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Swedish: göl — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Tamil: குட்டை (kuṭṭai) — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Turkish: birikinti — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Turkish: gölet — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Ukrainian: калю́жа (kaljúža) — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Vietnamese: vũng — small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle
• Bulgarian: общ запас (obšt zapas) — supply of resources
• Catalan: reserva — supply of resources
• Finnish: varanto — supply of resources
• Finnish: piiri — supply of resources
• French: réserve — supply of resources
• French: pool — supply of resources
• French: groupe — supply of resources
• German: Fundus — supply of resources
• Hebrew: מאגר — supply of resources
• Indonesian: kumpulan — supply of resources
• Indonesian: pangkalan — supply of resources
• Italian: insieme — supply of resources
• Italian: riserva — supply of resources
• Italian: paniere — supply of resources
• Malay: perkhidmatan — supply of resources
• Malay: tabung — supply of resources
• Persian: مخزن — supply of resources
• Polish: pula — supply of resources
• Portuguese: fundo — supply of resources
• Russian: фонд (fond) — supply of resources
• Russian: пул (pul) — supply of resources
• Swedish: pool — supply of resources
• Ukrainian: фонд (fond) — supply of resources
• Ukrainian: пул (pul) — supply of resources
• Finnish: varanto — computing: set of resources kept ready to use
• French: pool — computing: set of resources kept ready to use
• Italian: risorse — computing: set of resources kept ready to use
• Italian: pool — computing: set of resources kept ready to use
• Polish: pula — computing: set of resources kept ready to use
• Russian: пул (pul) — computing: set of resources kept ready to use
• Catalan: bassal — small amount of liquid on a surface
• Finnish: lammikko — small amount of liquid on a surface
• French: flaque — small amount of liquid on a surface
• Russian: лужа (luža) — small amount of liquid on a surface
• Finnish: keila — localized glow of light
• French: flaque — localized glow of light
• Russian: столб (stolb) — localized glow of light
• Polish: bilard — type of game at billiards
• Portuguese: bilhar — type of game at billiards
• Chinese Mandarin: 花式撞球 (huāshì zhuàngqiú) — cue sport played on a pool table
• Finnish: biljardi — cue sport played on a pool table
• French: billard — cue sport played on a pool table
• Japanese: ポケットビリヤード (poketto biriyādo) — cue sport played on a pool table
• Japanese: プール (pūru) — cue sport played on a pool table
• Korean: 포켓볼 (poketbol) — cue sport played on a pool table
• Polish: bilard — cue sport played on a pool table
• Portuguese: bilhar — cue sport played on a pool table
• Samoan: piliati — cue sport played on a pool table
• Spanish: billar — cue sport played on a pool table
• Tetum: billar — cue sport played on a pool table
• Tongan: hoka — cue sport played on a pool table
• Tongan: piliate — cue sport played on a pool table
• Vietnamese: bi-a — cue sport played on a pool table
• Welsh: pŵl — cue sport played on a pool table
• Finnish: kimppa — any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join
• Welsh: pŵl — any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join
• Finnish: panos — stake played for in certain games; aggregated stake
• Finnish: potti — stake played for in certain games; aggregated stake
• Catalan: plantilla — set of players in quadrille
• Finnish: yhtymä — legal: aggregation of properties or rights
• Finnish: yhdistää — to put together
• French: réunir — to put together
• Māori: whakamoana — to put together
• Polish: zsumować — to put together
• Portuguese: reunir — to put together
• Russian: объединять (obʺjedinjatʹ) — to put together
• Russian: складывать (skladyvatʹ) — to put together
• Spanish: reunir — to put together
• Spanish: compartir — to put together
• Finnish: yhdistyä — to combine or contribute with others
• French: mettre en commun — to combine or contribute with others
• Māori: whakamoana — to combine or contribute with others
• Portuguese: unir esforços — to combine or contribute with others
• Spanish: participar — to combine or contribute with others