hol

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

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): /ɦɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Hyphenation: hol

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

hol n (plural holen, diminutive holletje n)

1. A hole, hollow, cavity
2. (nautical) A cargo hold
3. (vulgar) An anus, arsehole; both anatomical senses of butt

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

• (hole): gat, opening
• (arse): aars, gat, reet
• (dug-out animal dwelling): leger, burcht, pijp
• (cavity): holte, uitsparing

• holbewoner
• holdrukker
• holebeer, holenbeer
• holebroeder
• holenmens
• holenkunde
• holenkunst
• hoolophouder
• enkelholig
• (dwellings by inhabitant) drakenhol, satyrshol
• (holes by use/situation) berghol, haardhol, kelderhol, kerkerhol, kruiphol, manhol, piratenhol, rookhol, rovershol, scheepshol, speelhol, waterhol
• (bodily cavities by place) ooghol, voorhoofdshol
• donderhol
• vulcanishol

hol (comparative holler, superlative holst)

1. hollow, having an empty space inside

• vol, gevuld
• solide

• holte
• uithollen

hol m (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)

1. A run, the action running

• op hol

hol

1. first-person singular present indicative of hollen
2. imperative of hollen

unknown, perhaps cognate with hill

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)

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

• IPA^(key): /hoːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl

hol n (genitive singular hols, plural hol)

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

From Proto-Uralic *ku.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhol]

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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

1. (interrogative) where?

   Synonym: merre? (see also its Usage notes)

   • 1825, Mihály Vörösmarty, Zalán futása, canto 1, lines 5–6:

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

• hola

From Proto-Germanic *hulą (“hollow space, cavity”) noun derivative of Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”).

• IPA^(key): /hol/

hol n

1. a hole, a hollow
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.

     Mec hæleþ ūt tȳhþ of hole hātne.

• holian

From Proto-Germanic *hōlą (“vain speech, slander, calumny”), from Proto-Indo-European *kēl-, *ḱēl- (“invocation; to beguile, feign, charm, cajole, deceive”).

• IPA^(key): /hoːl/

hōl n

1. Calumny; slander.
   • 1921, Joseph Bosworth & Thomas Northcote Toller, An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, German Lexicon Project.

     Ðæs dēopne āþ Drihten āswōr and ðone mid sōðe swylce gefrymede ðæt hē hine for hōle ǣr ne āswōre gehēt Dauide swā hē him dyde syððan.

• hēlan
• hōlian

• Bosworth-Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
• Old English to Modern English Translator

From Proto-Germanic *hulaz, 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

IPA^(key): /xɔl/

From English hall.

hol m inan (diminutive holik)

1. hall, hallway
2. lobby
3. vestibule, anteroom

(lobby):

• kuluar
• lobby

(vestibule):

• przedsionek
• przysienie
• sień

• hala
• sala

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

hol m inan

1. haul, tow

• holować
• holownik

From Old Frisian hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz. More at hollow.

hol

1. hollow

From English hall.

hol

1. hall

• sofa

hol (plural hollar)

1. (grammar) adverb