pool
See also: Pool
pool - English
Alternative forms
- poole (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /puːl/
- (US, Canada) IPA: /pul/, [pʰuɫ], [pʰuəɫ]
- Homophone: Poole
Noun
pool (plural pools)
- A small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.
- the pools of Solomon
- the Pool of London
- Any small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
- Ellipsis of swimming pool.
- A supply of resources.
- There is a limited pool of candidates from which to choose the new manager.
- dating pool
- (by extension, computing) A set of resources that are kept ready to use.
- A small amount of liquid on a surface.
- a pool of blood
- A localized glow of light.
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Descendants
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Verb
pool (third-person singular simple present pools, present participle pooling, simple past and past participle pooled)
- (intransitive, of a liquid) To form a pool.
Noun
pool (plural pools)
- (games, uncountable) A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game.
- (sports) A cue sport played on a pool table. There are 15 balls, 7 of one colour, 7 of another, and the black ball (also called the 8 ball). A player must pocket all their own colour balls and then the black ball in order to win.
- In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners.
- (fencing) A group of fencers taking part in a competition.
- Synonym: poule
- Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
- The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
- A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed.
- The pool took all the wheat offered below the limit.
- He put $10,000 into the pool.
- A set of players in quadrille etc.
- (rail transport) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
- (law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
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Verb
pool (third-person singular simple present pools, present participle pooling, simple past and past participle pooled)
- (transitive) To put together; contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of.
- We must pool our resources.
- (intransitive) To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
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pool - Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pool
Noun
pool c (plural polen, diminutive pooltje n)
- magnetic pole (especially of the Earth and other celestial bodies)
- electrical pole (e.g. of a battery)
- (figuratively) an opposing side of a principle or a doctrine
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pool
Noun
pool m (plural pools, diminutive pooltje n)
- a gambling venture such as a football pool
- the stake involved in such a venture
- an arrangement where people pool in money to share one resource such as a carpool
- (sports) pool
Derived terms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pool
Noun
pool c (plural polen, diminutive pooltje n)
- the pile (upstanding usually fine hair) on certain fabrics, velvet or carpeting
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pool - Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpoːl/, [ˈpoːl]
- Hyphenation: pool
Noun
pool (genitive poole, partitive poolt)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pool | pooled |
accusative | poole | pooled |
genitive | poole | poolte |
partitive | poolt | pooli |
illative | poolde poolesse | pooltesse poolisse |
inessive | pooles | pooltes poolis |
elative | poolest | pooltest poolist |
allative | poolele | pooltele poolile |
adessive | poolel | pooltel poolil |
ablative | poolelt | pooltelt poolilt |
translative | pooleks | poolteks pooliks |
terminative | pooleni | poolteni |
essive | poolena | pooltena |
abessive | pooleta | poolteta |
comitative | poolega | pooltega |
The nonstandard plural partitive poolesid is somewhat common in colloquial use.
Postposition
pool
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpoːlʲ/, [ˈpoːlʲ]
- Hyphenation: pool
Noun
pool (genitive pooli, partitive pooli)
Inflection
singular | plural | |
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nominative | pool | poolid |
genitive | pooli | poolide |
partitive | pooli | poole / poolisid |
illative | pooli / poolisse | poolidesse |
inessive | poolis | poolides |
elative | poolist | poolidest |
allative | poolile | poolidele |
adessive | poolil | poolidel |
ablative | poolilt | poolidelt |
translative | pooliks | poolideks |
terminative | poolini | poolideni |
essive | poolina | poolidena |
abessive | poolita | poolideta |
comitative | pooliga | poolidega |
pool - French
Noun
pool m (plural pools)
- pool (sport)
pool - Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈpoːl/, [ˈpoːlʲ]
- (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈpoːl/, [ˈpo̝ːl]
- Hyphenation: pool
Noun
pool
- Alternative form of pooli
Declension
Declension of pool (type 5/keeli, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | pool | poolet |
genitive | poolen | pooliin, pooliloin |
partitive | poolta, poolt | poolia, pooliloja |
illative | poolee | poolii, pooliloihe |
inessive | poolees | pooliis, poolilois |
elative | poolest | poolist, pooliloist |
allative | poolelle | poolille, pooliloille |
adessive | pooleel | pooliil, pooliloil |
ablative | poolelt | poolilt, pooliloilt |
translative | pooleks | pooliks, pooliloiks |
essive | poolenna, pooleen | poolinna, pooliloinna, pooliin, pooliloin |
exessive1) | poolent | poolint, pooliloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
pool - Karao
Noun
pool
pool - Sambali
Noun
pool
pool - Spanish
Noun
pool m (plural pooles)
- pool (sport)
pool - Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /puːl/
- Homophone: pol
Noun
pool c
Declension
Declension of pool | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | pool | poolen | pooler | poolerna |
Genitive | pools | poolens | poolers | poolernas |
Related terms
- bubbelpool
Anagrams
pool - Votic
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈpoːl/, [ˈpoːɫ]
- Hyphenation: pool
Noun
pool
- Alternative form of pooli
Numeral
pool
Inflection
Declension of pool (type X/tuli, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | pool, pooli | poolõd |
genitive | poolõ | poolije, poolijõ, pooli |
partitive | pooltõ | poolitõ, pooli |
illative | poolõ, poolõsõ | poolije, poolijõ, poolisõ |
inessive | poolõz | pooliz |
elative | poolõssõ | poolissõ |
allative | poolõlõ | poolilõ |
adessive | poolõllõ | poolillõ |
ablative | poolõltõ | pooliltõ |
translative | poolõssi | poolissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |
pool - Yucatec Maya
Noun
pool