OL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Adjective

OL

  1. Abbreviation of online.

Etymology 2

From Japanese OL (OL) (オフィスレディー), from English office + lady.

Noun

OL (plural OLs)

  1. Abbreviation of office lady (Japanese wasei eigo)
Translations

Anagrams

Chinese

Etymology

From Japanese OL (ōeru), wasei eigo from English office + lady.

Pronunciation


Noun

OL

  1. office lady; pink-collar office worker

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o.ɛl/
  • (file)

Proper noun

OL ?

  1. (soccer) Initialism of Olympique Lyonnais. (a soccer team from the French town of Lyons)

See also

Japanese

Etymology

Initialism of English office lady.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーエル [òóérú] (Heiban – [0])
  • (Tokyo) ーエ [òóéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [o̞ːe̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

OL(オーエル) • (ōeru) 

  1. Initialism of オフィスレディー (ofisu redī, office lady) (female office worker responsible chiefly for menial, non-aspirational tasks)

Descendants

  • English: OL
  • Chinese: OL

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːˌel/, [ˈuːˌɛl], [ˈuːˌɛɽ]

Noun

OL (definite singular OL-et, indefinite plural OL, definite plural OL-a or OL-ene)

  1. Initialism of olympiske leker (Olympic Games).

References

  • “OL” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “OL” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːˌel/, [ˈuːˌɛl], [ˈuːˌɛɽ]

Noun

OL (definite singular OL-et, indefinite plural OL, definite plural OL-a)

  1. Initialism of olympiske leikar (Olympic Games).

References

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