hol

From Dutch hol, from Middle Dutch hol, from Old Dutch *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą.

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔl/

hol (plural holle, diminutive holletjie)

1. A hole, a hollow, a cavity.

hol (attributive hol, comparative holler, superlative holste)

1. hollow

From Old High German hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz. Cognate with German hohl, Dutch hol, Saterland Frisian hol, English hollow, Icelandic holur.

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-person singular imperative of holit

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔl/

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• Hyphenation: hol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

From Middle Dutch hol, from Old Dutch *hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą.

hol n (plural holen, diminutive holletje n)

1. a hole, hollow, cavity

   Synonyms: gat, opening, holte, uitsparing

2. (nautical) a cargo hold
3. (vulgar) an anus, arsehole; both anatomical senses of butt

   Synonyms: aars, gat, reet

   Je hol zul je zelf moeten schoonmaken.

   You'll have to clean up your arse yourself.

4. (by extension) any other bodily cavity that resembles a hole
5. an artificial opening such as a slit
6. burrow (a hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, like a rabbit, used as a dwelling)

   Synonyms: leger, burcht, pijp

7. (figuratively) an unsanitary and/or unpleasant place; shithole

   Synonym: gat

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

hol (comparative holler, superlative holst)

1. hollow, having an empty space inside

   Antonyms: vol, gevuld, solide

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

Deverbal from hollen.

hol m (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)

1. a run, the action running

Unknown, perhaps cognate with English hill. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

hol f (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)

1. a small height in the landscape, such as
   1. a hill (like the Utrecht city wall ruins)
   2. a sloping road (as in Rotterdam)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hol

1. inflection of hollen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą, noun-derivation from *hulaz (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewH- (“hollow”).

• IPA^(key): /hoːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl

hol n (genitive singular hols, plural hol)

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

hol

1. singular imperative of holen

• hun (dialectal)

From Proto-Uralic *ku.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhol]

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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 blackout or 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 in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Old English hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-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).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

hol

1. Alternative form of hole (“whole”)

hol

1. Alternative form of hole (“whole”)

hol

1. Alternative form of hole (“wholly”)

hol (plural hols)

1. Alternative form of hole (“hole”)

hol (plural hols)

1. Alternative form of hole (“hull”)

From Old Norse hóll.

• IPA^(key): /huːl/

hol m (definite singular holen, indefinite plural holer, definite plural holene)

1. a low hillock, a mound in a bog or on a flat

From Old Norse holr.

hol (masculine and feminine hol, neuter holt, definite singular and plural hole, comparative holere, indefinite superlative holest, definite superlative holeste)

1. alternative form of hul

From Old Norse hol.

• hull

• IPA^(key): /hoːl/

hol n (definite singular holet, indefinite plural hol, definite plural hola or holene)

1. form removed by a 2021 spelling decision; superseded by høl

From Old Norse holr, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz.

• IPA^(key): [hɞ̞ːl], [hɞ̞ːɽ]

hol (neuter holt, definite singular and plural hole, comparative holare, indefinite superlative holast, definite superlative holaste)

1. hollow

From Old Norse hol. Akin to English hole and German Höhle.

• (Widespread forms) IPA^(key): [ho̞ːl], [ho̞ːɽ], [hɞ̞ːl], [hɞ̞ːɽ], [hɔlˑ], [hɶːl], [hɶːɽ], [høːl], [høːɽ] The latter ones often spelled as høl 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 singular holet, indefinite plural hol, definite plural hola)

1. alternative spelling of hòl

From Old Norse hóll.

• IPA^(key): /huːl/

hol m (definite singular holen, indefinite plural holar, definite plural holane)

1. alternative spelling of hól

• “hol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-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 habbaþ holu and fugelas habbaþ nest, and iċ næbbe wununge hwider iċ mīn heafod ahyldan mæġe.

     Foxes have holes 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.

• holian

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

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

• IPA^(key): /xoːl/, [hoːl]

hōl n

1. calumny; slander

• hēlan
• hōlian

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

From Proto-West Germanic *hol, whence also Old English hol, Old Norse holr.

hol

1. hollow

hol n

1. hollow

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

From Proto-Germanic *hulą.

hol n

1. a hole

• holr (“hollow”)

hol

1. strong feminine nominative singular of holr
2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of holr

• “hol”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Syllabification: hol

Borrowed from English hall, from Proto-Germanic *hallō. Doublet of hala (“concourse, hall”).

hol m inan (diminutive holik)

1. hall, hallway
2. lobby

   Synonyms: kuluar, lobby

3. vestibule, anteroom

   Synonyms: przedsionek, przysienie, sień

Back-formation from holować,^[1] from German holen.^[2]

hol m inan

1. haul, tow

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

Borrowed from French hall.

hol n (plural holuri)

1. hall
2. lobby

From Old Frisian hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol. Cognates include German hohl and West Frisian hol.

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

hol (masculine hollen, feminine, plural or definite holle, comparative holler, superlative holst)

1. hollow

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

From English hall.

• IPA^(key): [hol]

hol (definite accusative holü, plural holler)

1. hall

• sofa

Borrowed from Arabic حَال (ḥāl).

hol (plural hollar)

1. (grammar) adverb

From Middle English howlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn.

• IPA^(key): /hɔɫ/

hol

1. to bawl

• 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, published 1867, page 46