Phrase guide

water polo

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ˈpəʊləʊ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A water sport consisting of two teams of swimmers who have to throw the ball into the opponent's goal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: athletic game

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كُرَة اَلْمَاء (kurat al-māʔ) — a water sport
  • Armenian: ջրագնդակ (ǰragndak) — a water sport
  • Bulgarian: водна топка (vodna topka) — a water sport
  • Carpathian Rusyn: во́дноє по́ло (vódnoje pólo) — a water sport
  • Catalan: waterpolo — a water sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水球 (shuǐqiú) — a water sport
  • Czech: vodní pólo — a water sport
  • Danish: vandpolo — a water sport
  • Dutch: waterpolo — a water sport
  • Esperanto: akvopilko — a water sport
  • Finnish: vesipoolo — a water sport
  • Finnish: vesipallo — a water sport
  • French: waterpolo — a water sport
  • Galician: wáter-polo — a water sport
  • Georgian: წყალბურთი (c̣q̇alburti) — a water sport
  • Georgian: ვატერპოლო (vaṭerṗolo) — a water sport
  • German: Wasserball — a water sport
  • Greek: υδατοσφαίριση (ydatosfaírisi) — a water sport
  • Hungarian: vízilabda — a water sport
  • Irish: póló uisce — a water sport
  • Italian: pallanuoto — a water sport
  • Japanese: 水球 (suikyū) — a water sport
  • Japanese: ウォーターポロ (wōtāporo) — a water sport
  • Kazakh: су добы (su doby) — a water sport
  • Korean: 수구 (sugu) — a water sport
  • Korean: 워터 폴로 (woteo pollo) — a water sport
  • Macedonian: ватерполо (vaterpolo) — a water sport
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannpolo — a water sport
  • Polish: piłka wodna — a water sport
  • Polish: waterpolo — a water sport
  • Portuguese: polo aquático — a water sport
  • Romanian: polo pe apă — a water sport
  • Russian: ватерпо́ло (vatɛrpólo) — a water sport
  • Russian: во́дное по́ло (vódnoje pólo) — a water sport
  • Serbo-Croatian: ватерполо — a water sport
  • Serbo-Croatian: vaterpolo — a water sport
  • Slovene: vaterpolo — a water sport
  • Spanish: polo acuático — a water sport
  • Spanish: waterpolo — a water sport
  • Swedish: vattenpolo — a water sport
  • Turkish: su topu — a water sport
  • Ukrainian: водне поло — a water sport
  • Yiddish: וואַסער־פּאָלאָ (vaser-polo) — a water sport