jol

See also: jól and jöl

English

Etymology

Shortened from jolly?

Noun

jol (plural jols)

  1. (South Africa, slang) A party.
    • 2012, Nadine Gordimer, No Time Like the Present, Bloomsbury 2013, p. 249:
      —Oh sure, high spirits, a jol that went a bit over the top.

Verb

jol (third-person singular simple present jols, present participle jolling or joling, simple past and past participle jolled or joled)

  1. (South Africa, slang) to party

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Noun

jol f (plural jollen, diminutive jolletje n)

  1. yawl

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse jól. Akin to English Yule.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /juːl/

Noun

jol f (definite singular jola, indefinite plural joler, definite plural jolene)

  1. Alternative form of jul

Derived terms
  • god jol

References

Volapük

Noun

jol (plural jols)

  1. waterside, beach, bank

Declension
declension of jol
singular plural
nominative jol jols
genitive jola jolas
dative jole joles
accusative joli jolis
vocative 1 o jol! o jols!
predicative 2 jolu jolus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only

Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse jǫrð, from Proto-Germanic *erþō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-. Akin to English earth.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /juːɽ/, /jouːɽ/
    Rhymes: -úːɽ

Noun

jol f (definite singular jola, dative joln)

  1. earth, soil, ground
  2. grave
    Far’n skal dill joln åt helgän
    The father will be buried next Sunday.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse jarða and the above noun.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²juːɽ/, /²jouːɽ/
    Rhymes: -ùːɽ

Verb

jol

  1. to bury
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