Pool

See also: pool

English

Etymology

In all likelihood from the noun pool.

Proper noun

Pool

1. A village in Carn Brea parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6641).
2. Ellipsis of Pool-in-Wharfedale.
3. A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, also known as Pool in Wharfedale.
4. An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.
5. A department of the Republic of the Congo.

Derived terms

• Welshpool

Anagrams

• Loop, OOPL, Polo, loop, polo

Afrikaans

Noun

Pool (plural Pole, diminutive Pooltjie)

1. Pole (person from Poland or of Polish descent)

Related terms

• Pole
• Pools

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poːl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

Pool m (plural Polen, diminutive Pooltje n, female equivalent Poolse)

1. a Pole

Anagrams

• loop

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English pool.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːl/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːl

Noun

Pool m (strong, genitive Pools or Pool, plural Pools)

1. ellipsis of Swimmingpool
2. pool

Declension

Declension of Pool [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pool	die	Pools
genitive	eines	des	Pools, Pool	der	Pools
dative	einem	dem	Pool	den	Pools
accusative	einen	den	Pool	die	Pools

Noun

Pool n (strong, genitive Pools, no plural)

1. (snooker) ellipsis of Poolbillard

Further reading

• “Pool (Kontingent)” in Duden online
• “Pool (Poolbillard, Spiel)” in Duden online
• “Pool (Schwimmbecken)” in Duden online
• “Pool”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)