paul

See also: Paul, paúl, and pa'ul

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɔːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɔl/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /pɑl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Homophones: pall, pawl

Etymology 1

Noun

paul (plural pauls)

1. An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
   • 1836, Mariana Starke, Travels in Europe and in the Island of Sicily, page 569:

     Shoes and boots are, generally speaking, better made at Florence than in any other part of Italy: the usual price charged for the former is eight pauls the pair; and for the latter from thirty to forty pauls.

Etymology 2

Noun

paul (plural pauls)

1. Archaic form of pawl (“mechanical device”).
   • 1850, The Mechanic's Magazine, Register, Journal and Gazette, page 517:

     As soon as the horse again begins to move, the paul will take into the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, and restore to the fly-wheel its original speed.

Etymology 3

From Hindi [Term?].

Noun

paul (plural pauls)

1. (India, historical) A small tent of various kinds.

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “paul”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

• Palu, Pula, ULPA, pula

Malay

Etymology

From Sundanese [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paol]
• Rhymes: -aol, -ol

Adjective

paul (Jawi spelling ڤاءول)

1. blue (blue-colored)

   Synonyms: belau, biru, nila

Noun

paul (Jawi spelling ڤاءول, plural paul-paul, informal 1st possessive paulku, 2nd possessive paulmu, 3rd possessive paulnya)

1. blue (colour)

Further reading

• “paul” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin padūlem, from Latin palūdem via metathesis. Compare Spanish paúl.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈuw/ [paˈuʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈul/ [pɐˈuɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈul/ [pɐˈuɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈu.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ul, (Brazil) -uw
• Hyphenation: pa‧ul

Noun

paul m (plural pauis)

1. (geography) swamp

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pântano

Further reading

• “paul”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Tok Pisin

Etymology 1

Noun

paul

1. fowl
2. chicken

   Synonym: kakaruk

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Possibly from English "foul"”)

Adjective

paul

1. immoral
2. confused, mixed up, tangled