FromDutchhol, fromMiddle Dutchhol, fromOld Dutch*hol, fromProto-Germanic*hulą.

• IPA^(key):/ɦɔl/

hol (pluralholle,diminutiveholletjie)

1. Ahole, ahollow, acavity.

hol (attributivehol,comparativeholler,superlativeholste)

1. hollow

FromOld High Germanhol, fromProto-Germanic*hulaz. Cognate withGermanhohl,Dutchhol,Saterland Frisianhol,Englishhollow,Icelandicholur.

hol

1. (Uri)hollow

• Abegg, Emil (1911)Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 35.

• IPA^(key):/xo˨˦/

hol

1. garlic

• IPA^(key):[ˈɦol]

hol

1. second-personsingularimperative ofholit

• IPA^(key):/ɦɔl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:hol
• Rhymes:-ɔl

FromMiddle Dutchhol, fromOld Dutch*hol, fromProto-West Germanic*hol, fromProto-Germanic*hulą.

hol n (pluralholen,diminutiveholletje n)

1. ahole,hollow, cavity

   Synonyms:gat,opening,holte,uitsparing

2. (nautical) acargo hold
3. (vulgar) ananus,arsehole; both anatomical senses ofbutt

   Synonyms:aars,gat,reet

   Jehol zul je zelf moeten schoonmaken.

   You'll have to clean up yourarse yourself.

4. (by extension) any otherbodilycavity that resembles a hole
5. an artificialopening such as aslit
6. burrow (a hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, like a rabbit, used as a dwelling)

   Synonyms:leger,burcht,pijp

7. (figuratively) anunsanitary and/orunpleasant place;shithole

   Synonym:gat

• Afrikaans:hol
• Negerhollands:hol
• → Caribbean Hindustani:hol
• → Lokono:hôle
• → Papiamentu:hòl

hol (comparativeholler,superlativeholst)

1. hollow, having anempty spaceinside

   Antonyms:vol,gevuld,solide

• Afrikaans:hol
• Berbice Creole Dutch:holo
• Negerhollands:hool
• → Papiamentu:hòl,hol

Deverbal fromhollen.

hol m (pluralhollen,diminutiveholletje n)

1. arun, the actionrunning

Unknown, perhaps cognate withEnglishhill.Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

hol f (pluralhollen,diminutiveholletje n)

1. a smallheight in thelandscape, such as
   1. ahill (like the Utrecht city wall ruins)
   2. asloping road (as in Rotterdam)

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

hol

1. inflection ofhollen:
   1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
   3. imperative

FromOld Norsehol, fromProto-Germanic*hulą, noun-derivation from*hulaz(“hollow”), fromProto-Indo-European*kewH-(“hollow”).

• IPA^(key):/hoːl/
• Rhymes:-oːl

hol n (genitive singularhols, pluralhol)

1. hole
2. cave
3. (dentistry)cavity

hol

1. singularimperative ofholen

• hun(dialectal)

From Proto-Uralic*ku.

• IPA^(key):[ˈhol]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:hol
• Rhymes:-ol

hol

1. (interrogative)where?

   Synonym:merre?(see also its Usage notes)

   • 1825,Mihály Vörösmarty,Zalán futása,^[1] canto 1, lines 5–6, translation by Watson Kirkconnell and Adam Makkai:

     Hol vagyon, aki merész ajakát hadi dalnak eresztvén, / A riadó vak mélységet fölverje szavával,[…]

     Where is the one who, with lips all bold, could thunder a war-song / rousing the gloom of the deep and unsighty abysses,[…]

hol

1. now…now,sometimes…sometimes,either…or

   Hol itt,hol ott bukkant ki egy delfin a vízből. ―Sometimes here,sometimes there, a dolphin would pop out of the water.

   Mindig van valami:hol áramszünet,hol csőtörés. ―There’s always something:either it’s a blackoutor a burst pipe.

   Hol volt,hol nem volt, volt egyszer egy király. ―Once upon a time there was a king. (literally, “now there was,now there wasn’t…”)

• hol inGéza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.

FromOld Englishhol, fromProto-West Germanic*hol, fromProto-Germanic*hulaz(“hollow”).

hol

1. hollow,empty
2. concave,sunken
3. holey(full of holes)

• hole,holle,halle

• English:hole
• Scots:holl,how,howe
• Yola:hel

• “hō̆l(e,adj.(1).”, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

hol

1. Alternative form ofhole(“whole”)

hol

1. Alternative form ofhole(“whole”)

hol

1. Alternative form ofhole(“wholly”)

hol (pluralhols)

1. Alternative form ofhole(“hole”)

hol (pluralhols)

1. Alternative form ofhole(“hull”)

FromOld Norsehóll.

• IPA^(key):/huːl/

hol m (definite singularholen,indefinite pluralholer,definite pluralholene)

1. alowhillock, amound in abog or on aflat

FromOld Norseholr.

hol (masculine and femininehol,neuterholt,definite singular and pluralhole,comparativeholere,indefinite superlativeholest,definite superlativeholeste)

1. alternative form ofhul

FromOld Norsehol.

• hull

• IPA^(key):/hoːl/

hol n (definite singularholet,indefinite pluralhol,definite pluralholaorholene)

1. form removed by a2021 spelling decision;superseded byhøl

FromOld Norseholr, fromProto-Germanic*hulaz.

• IPA^(key):[hɞ̞ːl],[hɞ̞ːɽ]

hol (neuterholt,definite singular and pluralhole,comparativeholare,indefinite superlativeholast,definite superlativeholaste)

1. hollow

FromOld Norsehol. Akin toEnglishhole andGermanHöhle.

• (Widespread forms)IPA^(key):[ho̞ːl],[ho̞ːɽ],[hɞ̞ːl],[hɞ̞ːɽ],[hɔlˑ],[hɶːl],[hɶːɽ],[høːl],[høːɽ] The latter ones often spelled ashøl in dialectal or humorous settings.
  • (Gudbrandsdalen)IPA^(key):[hu̞ɽ]
  • (Setesdalen)IPA^(key):[hʊɔl]
  • (Trøndelag and Solør)IPA^(key):[hɐːɽ],[hæːɽ]
  • (Idd)IPA^(key):[hɵːɽ]

hol n (definite singularholet,indefinite pluralhol,definite pluralhola)

1. alternative spelling ofhòl(“hole”)

FromOld Norsehóll.

• IPA^(key):/huːl/

hol m (definite singularholen,indefinite pluralholar,definite pluralholane)

1. alternative spelling ofhól

• “hol” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

FromProto-West Germanic*hol(“hollow space, cavity”).

• hola

• IPA^(key):/xol/,[hol]

hol n

1. hole
   • late 10th century,Ælfric,Lives of Saints, quoting Matthew 8:20

     Foxas habbaþholu and fugelas habbaþ nest, and iċ næbbe wununge hwider iċ mīn heafod ahyldan mæġe.

     Foxes haveholes and birds have nests, but I have no dwelling where I can rest my head.

Hol refers only to a hole in the ground. For any other kind of hole,þȳrel is used.

Stronga-stem:

• holian

• Middle English:hole,hol,ol,ole,holle,hoil,houl,hul
  • English:hole (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots:hole
  • Yola:hullès(plural)

FromProto-Germanic*hōlą(“vain speech, slander, calumny”), fromProto-Indo-European*ḱeh₁l-,*keh₁l-(“to beguile, deceive”).

• IPA^(key):/xoːl/,[hoːl]

hōl n

1. calumny;slander

Stronga-stem:

• hēlan
• hōlian

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hol”, inAn Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford:Oxford University Press.
• Old English to Modern English Translator

FromProto-West Germanic*hol, whence alsoOld Englishhol,Old Norseholr.

hol

1. hollow

hol n

1. hollow

• Middle High German:hol
  • Alemannic German:hol
  • German:hohl
  • Luxembourgish:huel

FromProto-Germanic*hulą.

hol n

1. ahole

• holr(“hollow”)

hol

1. strongfemininenominativesingular ofholr
2. strongneuternominative/accusativeplural ofholr

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hol”, inA Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at theInternet Archive

• IPA^(key):/ˈxɔl/

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• Rhymes:-ɔl
• Syllabification:hol

Borrowed fromEnglishhall, fromProto-Germanic*hallō.Doublet ofhala(“concourse, hall”).

hol m inan (diminutiveholik)

1. hall,hallway
2. lobby

   Synonyms:kuluar,lobby

3. vestibule,anteroom

   Synonyms:przedsionek,przysienie,sień

Back-formation fromholować,^[1] fromGermanholen.^[2]

hol m inan

1. haul,tow

• hol inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed fromFrenchhall.

hol n (pluralholuri)

1. hall
2. lobby

FromOld Frisianhol, fromProto-West Germanic*hol. Cognates includeGermanhohl andWest Frisianhol.

• IPA^(key):/hɔl/
• Hyphenation:hol
• Rhymes:-ɔl

hol (masculinehollen,feminine, plural or definiteholle,comparativeholler,superlativeholst)

1. hollow

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “hol”, inSaterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske,→ISBN

FromEnglishhall.

• IPA^(key):[hol]

hol (definite accusativeholü,pluralholler)

1. hall

• sofa

Borrowed fromArabicحَال(ḥāl).

hol (pluralhollar)

1. (grammar)adverb

FromMiddle Englishhowlen, fromOld English*hūlian, fromProto-West Germanic*hūilōn.

• IPA^(key):/hɔl/

hol

1. tobawl

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published1867,page46