OL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

English

Etymology 1

By abbreviation.

Adjective

OL

1. (Internet) Abbreviation of online.

Noun

OL (plural OLs)

2. (electricity, mechanical) Open line (open circuit, no continuity).
4. (American football, Canadian football) Offensive line.

Proper noun

OL

1. (soccer) Initialism of Olympique Lyonnais.

Etymology 2

From Japanese OL (ōeru), from オフィスレディー (ofisu redī), from wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from office +‎ lady, from English office + lady.

Noun

OL (plural OLs)

1. (Japan) Abbreviation of office lady.

Translations

office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: OL (ou¹ e¹ lou⁴)

  Mandarin: OL (ōu-áilou)

• Japanese: オフィスレディー (ofisu redī), OL (ja) (ōeru), オーエル (ōeru)
• Korean: 오피스 레이디 (opiseu reidi), 오에루 (o'eru), OL (OL)
• Russian: о́фис-ле́ди f (ófis-lédi), ОЛ f (OL)

Anagrams

• 'lo, LO, Lo, lo

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese OL (ōeru), wasei eigo from English office + lady.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ōu-áilou

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ ㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹ e¹ lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: OL
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ ㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ou-áilo̊u
    • Wade–Giles: ou¹-ai²-lou⁵
    • Yale: ōu-ái-lou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ouair.lou
    • Palladius: оу’айлоу (ou’ajlou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀaɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ou¹ e¹ lou⁴
    • Yale: ōu ē lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹ e¹ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ou¹ é¹ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵ ɛː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

Noun

OL

1. office lady; pink-collar office worker

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.ɛl/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Proper noun

OL ?

1. (soccer) initialism of Olympique Lyonnais (a soccer team from the French town of Lyons)

See also

• (Olympique Lyonnais): Olympique Lyonnais on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (Olympique Lyonnais): Olympique lyonnais on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Japanese

Typical attire of an OL

Etymology

Initialism of English office lady.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [o̞ːe̞ɾɯ̟]
• (Tokyo) オーエル [òóérú] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) オーエル [òóéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])

Noun

OL(オーエル) • (ōeru) 

1. initialism of オフィスレディー (ofisu redī, “office lady”) (female office worker responsible chiefly for menial, non-aspirational tasks)

Descendants

• → English: OL
• → Chinese: OL

See also

• キャリアウーマン (kyariaūman)
• サラリーマン (sararīman)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːˌel/, [ˈuːˌɛl], [ˈuːˌɛɽ]

Noun

OL (definite singular OL-et, indefinite plural OL, definite plural OL-a or OL-ene)

1. initialism of olympiske leker (“Olympic Games”)

References

• “OL” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “OL” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːˌel/, [ˈuːˌɛl], [ˈuːˌɛɽ]

Noun

OL (definite singular OL-et, indefinite plural OL, definite plural OL-a)

1. initialism of olympiske leikar (“Olympic Games”)

References

• “OL” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.