gol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gol"

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Translingual

Symbol

gol

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gola.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gola terms

English

Noun

gol (plural gols)

1. Alternative form of gul.

See also

• gol-mol

Aromanian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Church Slavonic голъ (golŭ), from Proto-Slavic *golъ (“naked”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”). Compare Romanian and Megleno-Romanian gol, Bulgarian гол (gol), Serbo-Croatian go, gol.

Adjective

gol m (feminine goalã, plural golj, feminine plural goali or goale)

1. empty
2. naked
3. bare

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gol, from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡol/ [ɡol]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ol
• Hyphenation: gol

Noun

gol inan

1. (sports) goal

Declension

Declension of gol (inan C-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	gol	gola	golak	golok
ergative	golek	golak	golek	golok
dative	goli	golari	golei	goloi
genitive	golen	golaren	golen	golon
comitative	golekin	golarekin	golekin	golokin
causative	golengatik	golarengatik	golengatik	golongatik
benefactive	golentzat	golarentzat	golentzat	golontzat
instrumental	golez	golaz	golez	golotaz
inessive	goletan	golean	goletan	golotan
locative	goletako	goleko	goletako	golotako
allative	goletara	golera	goletara	golotara
terminative	goletaraino	goleraino	goletaraino	golotaraino
directive	goletarantz	golerantz	goletarantz	golotarantz
destinative	goletarako	golerako	goletarako	golotarako
ablative	goletatik	goletik	goletatik	golotatik
partitive	golik	—	—	—
prolative	goltzat	—	—	—

Further reading

• “gol”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “gol”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɔl]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

gol m (plural gols)

1. (sports) goal

Derived terms

• golàs
• golejar

Further reading

• “gol”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cornish

Alternative forms

• gool

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡɤl]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡəl]

Noun

gol m (plural golyow)

1. contraction of gool (“feast, fair; vigil, wake, watch”)

Usage notes

• Only used in phrases such as dy'gol.

Derived terms

• goldheys (“harvest home”)
• Golowan (“Midsummer”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡɔːl]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡoːl]

Noun

gol m (plural golyow)

1. (sports) goal

Derived terms

• gol aslam (“drop goal”)
• gwithyas gol (“goalkeeper”)

Mutation

Mutation of gol

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
gol	wol	unchanged	kol	hwol, wol*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ɡɔl]
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): [ħɔl]

Noun

gol m (plural goles)

1. (sports) goal

Indonesian

Etymology

From English goal, from Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɔl]
• Hyphenation: gol

Noun

gol (plural gol-gol)

1. goal:
   1. (sports) in many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object; the act of placing the object into the goal
   2. (sports) a point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.

Verb

gol

1. (colloquial) to goal: to score a goal

Derived terms

• digolkan
• mengegolkan

• gol biasa
• gol bunuh diri
• gol emas

Further reading

• “gol”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gol.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡɔl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡolˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡɞlˠ/

Noun

gol m (genitive singular goil or gola)

1. verbal noun of goil
2. weeping, crying

Declension

As a first-declension noun:

Declension of gol (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative gol vocative a ghoil genitive goil dative gol forms with the definite article singular nominative an gol genitive an ghoil dative leis an ngol don ghol

As a third-declension noun:

Declension of gol (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative gol vocative a ghol genitive gola dative gol forms with the definite article singular nominative an gol genitive an ghola dative leis an ngol don ghol

Mutation

Mutated forms of gol

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gol	ghol	ngol

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “gol”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 561; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “gol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Italian

Alternative forms

• goal

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Hyphenation: gòl

Noun

gol m (invariable)

1. (sports) goal (act of placing the ball into the goal)

   Synonym: rete

Derived terms

• autogol
• gol fantasma

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Church Slavonic голъ (golŭ), from Proto-Slavic *golъ (“naked”). Compare Romanian and Aromanian gol.

Adjective

gol (feminine goală, masculine plural goľ)

1. bare, naked

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse gulr, from Proto-Germanic *gulaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡol/, /ɡɞl/

Adjective

gol

1. yellow

See also

Colors in Norn · lit (layout · text)

hvid	grå, høset	swart
rø	brun	gol
	grøn
	blå	blå

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wṛda-. Cognate to Classical Persian گل (gul), Turkish gül .

Noun

gol f

1. flower; rose

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

gol

1. past tense of gala

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl

Verb

gōl

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of galan

Old Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gol m

1. weeping, wailing
2. baying (of dogs)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	gol	golL	guilL
vocative	guil	golL	guluH
accusative	golN	golL	guluH
genitive	guilL	gol	golN
dative	gulL	golaib	golaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• golmar
• goltarglés
• goltraige

Descendants

• Irish: gol

Mutation

Mutation of gol

radical	lenition	nasalization
gol	gol pronounced with /ɣ-/	ngol

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Syllabification: gol

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English goalbor.

Polish gol

Borrowed from English goal.

Noun

gol m animal

1. (soccer) goal (point scored)

   Synonym: bramka

Declension

Declension of gol

	singular	plural
nominative	gol	gole
genitive	gola	goli/golów
dative	golowi	golom
accusative	gola	gole
instrumental	golem	golami
locative	golu	golach
vocative	golu	gole

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• gól

Verb

gol

1. second-person singular imperative of golić

Further reading

• “gol”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “gol”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• golo (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡow/ [ˈɡoʊ̯]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ow
• Hyphenation: gol

Noun

gol m (plural gols or (rare) gois or (rare) goles) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (sports) goal (area into which the players attempt to put an object; act of placing the object into the goal)
2. (sports) goal (act of placing the object into the goal)

Usage notes

The plurals gois and goles, despite being listed in dictionaries, are extremely rare and may be perceived as nonstandard.

Derived terms

• gol contra
• goleada
• golear
• goleiro

Further reading

• “gol”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “gol”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “gol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “gol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡol/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ol

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic голъ (golŭ), from Proto-Slavic *golъ (“naked”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”). Compare Bulgarian гол (gol), Serbo-Croatian go, gol, Ukrainian го́лий (hólyj).

Adjective

gol m or n (feminine singular goală, masculine plural goi, feminine/neuter plural goale)

1. empty

   Synonyms: deșert, vid

   Antonym: plin

2. (of a person or body parts) naked

   Synonyms: dezbrăcat, nud

   Antonym: îmbrăcat

3. hollow
4. (of food) by itself, without any modification or garnish

   pâine goală ― plain bread

Declension

Declension of gol

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	gol		goală	goi	goale
	definite	golul		goala	goii	goalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	gol		goale	goi	goale
	definite	golului		goalei	goilor	goalelor

Noun

gol n (plural goluri)

1. cavity

Synonyms

• cavitate
• gaură

See also

• da de gol

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

Alternative forms

• goal — dated

Noun

gol n (plural goluri)

1. (sports) goal

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	gol	golul	goluri	golurile
genitive-dative	gol	golului	goluri	golurilor
vocative	golule		golurilor

Further reading

• “gol”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”).

Alternative forms

• gȏ (Bosnia, Serbia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôːl/

Adjective

gȏl (Cyrillic spelling го̑л, definite gȍlī, comparative gòlijī)

1. (Croatia) naked, nude, bare

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gol	gola	golo
genitive		gola	gole	gola
dative		golu	goloj	golu
accusative	inanimate animate	gol gola	golu	golo
vocative		gol	gola	golo
locative		golu	goloj	golu
instrumental		golim	golom	golim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		goli	gole	gola
genitive		golih	golih	golih
dative		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)
accusative		gole	gole	gola
vocative		goli	gole	gola
locative		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)
instrumental		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		goli	gola	golo
genitive		golog(a)	gole	golog(a)
dative		golom(u/e)	goloj	golom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	goli golog(a)	golu	golo
vocative		goli	gola	golo
locative		golom(e/u)	goloj	golom(e/u)
instrumental		golim	golom	golim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		goli	gole	gola
genitive		golih	golih	golih
dative		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)
accusative		gole	gole	gola
vocative		goli	gole	gola
locative		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)
instrumental		golim(a)	golim(a)	golim(a)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôːl/

Noun

gȏl m inan (Cyrillic spelling го̑л)

1. (sports) goal

Declension

Declension of gol

	singular	plural
nominative	gȏl	gólovi
genitive	gola	golova
dative	golu	golovima
accusative	gol	golove
vocative	gole	golovi
locative	golu	golovima
instrumental	golom	golovima

Derived terms

• gȍlman

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *golъ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ́ʋ/

Adjective

gȍł (not comparable)

1. nude

   Synonym: nȃg

2. bald (of an animal, not covered by fur or feathers)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Hard
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nom. sing.	gòl	gôla	gôlo
singular
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gòl ind gôli def	gôla	gôlo
genitive	gôlega	gôle	gôlega
dative	gôlemu	gôli	gôlemu
accusative	nominativeinan or genitiveanim	gôlo	gôlo
locative	gôlem	gôli	gôlem
instrumental	gôlim	gôlo	gôlim
dual
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gôla	gôli	gôli
genitive	gôlih	gôlih	gôlih
dative	gôlima	gôlima	gôlima
accusative	gôla	gôli	gôli
locative	gôlih	gôlih	gôlih
instrumental	gôlima	gôlima	gôlima
plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	gôli	gôle	gôla
genitive	gôlih	gôlih	gôlih
dative	gôlim	gôlim	gôlim
accusative	gôle	gôle	gôla
locative	gôlih	gôlih	gôlih
instrumental	gôlimi	gôlimi	gôlimi

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• gólost
• golóta
• golȃzen

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ́ːʋ/

Noun

gȏł f

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	gôl
gen. sing.	golí
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gôl	golí	golí
genitive (rodȋlnik)	golí	golí	golí
dative (dajȃlnik)	gôli	goléma	golém
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gôl	golí	golí
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gôli	goléh	goléh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	goljó	goléma	golmí

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡóːl/

Noun

gọ̑l m inan

1. (sports) goal

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	gól
gen. sing.	góla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	gól	góla	góli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	góla	gólov	gólov
dative (dajȃlnik)	gólu	góloma	gólom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	gól	góla	góle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	gólu	gólih	gólih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	gólom	góloma	góli

Further reading

• “gol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Southern Kam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko⁵⁵/

Noun

gol

1. to laugh

Spanish

Alternative forms

• goul

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡol/ [ˈɡol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: gol

Noun

gol m (plural goles or gols)

1. (soccer) goal

   marcar un gol ― score a goal

Interjection

gol

1. (soccer) goal!

Derived terms

• autogol
• cazagoles
• gol de oro
• gol de plata
• gol en contra
• gol fantasma
• gol olímpico
• golazo
• goleada
• golear
• golero
• por goleada, de goleada
• saque de gol

Further reading

• “gol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Verb

gol

1. past indicative of gala

Anagrams

• -log, glo, log, log.

Tok Pisin

Chemical element (edit)
Au Atomic number 79 gol
Classification data Period 6 Group 11 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← silva (Ag)
Next: —

Etymology

From English gold.

Noun

gol

1. gold
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:12:

     Long kantri Havila i gat gutpela gol, na i gat wanpela kain diwai, blut bilong en i gat gutpela smel. Na i gat wanpela kain ston i dai tumas, em ol i save kolim kanilian.

     →New International Version translation

References

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 21

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish غول (gol), from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoɫ/, [ˈɡo̞ɫ]

Noun

gol (definite accusative golü, plural goller)

1. goal (act of placing the object into the goal)
2. goal (point(s) scored)

Declension

Declension of gol

singular plural nominative gol goller definite accusative golü golleri dative gole gollere locative golde gollerde ablative golden gollerden genitive golün gollerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular golüm gollerim 2nd singular golün gollerin 3rd singular golü golleri 1st plural golümüz gollerimiz 2nd plural golünüz golleriniz 3rd plural golleri golleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular golümü gollerimi 2nd singular golünü gollerini 3rd singular golünü gollerini 1st plural golümüzü gollerimizi 2nd plural golünüzü gollerinizi 3rd plural gollerini gollerini dative singular plural 1st singular golüme gollerime 2nd singular golüne gollerine 3rd singular golüne gollerine 1st plural golümüze gollerimize 2nd plural golünüze gollerinize 3rd plural gollerine gollerine locative singular plural 1st singular golümde gollerimde 2nd singular golünde gollerinde 3rd singular golünde gollerinde 1st plural golümüzde gollerimizde 2nd plural golünüzde gollerinizde 3rd plural gollerinde gollerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular golümden gollerimden 2nd singular golünden gollerinden 3rd singular golünden gollerinden 1st plural golümüzden gollerimizden 2nd plural golünüzden gollerinizden 3rd plural gollerinden gollerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular golümün gollerimin 2nd singular golünün gollerinin 3rd singular golünün gollerinin 1st plural golümüzün gollerimizin 2nd plural golünüzün gollerinizin 3rd plural gollerinin gollerinin

See also

• kale

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	gol‍
Cyrillic	гол‍
Arabic	قول

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣol/, [ˈɢo̞ɫ]

Noun

gol (definite accusative goly, plural gollar)

1. hand
2. arm

Further reading

• “gol” in Enedilim.com
• “gol” in Webonary.org

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡoɫ]
• Hyphenation: gol

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Turkish göl, from Ottoman Turkish كول (göl, “lake”), from Proto-Turkic *kȫl (“lake”).

Noun

gol m

1. (geography) lake

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

Noun

gol m

1. (sports) goal