# gol
## English
### Noun

gol (plural gols)
* 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)
* empty
* naked
* bare

## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gol, from English goal.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ɡol/, [ɡo̞l]

### Noun

gol inan
* (sports) goal

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “gol”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “gol”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡɔl]
* Rhymes: -ɔl

### Noun

gol m (plural gols)
* (sports) goal

#### Derived terms

* golàs
* golejar

### Further reading

* “gol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cornish
### Alternative forms

* gool

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡɤl]
* (Revived Late Cornish) IPA: [ɡəl]

#### Noun

gòl m (plural gòlyow)
* Contraction of gool (“feast, fair; vigil, wake, watch”).

##### Usage notes

* Only used in phrases such as dy'gòl.

##### Derived terms

* gòldheys
* Gòlowan

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

#### Pronunciation

* (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: [ɡɔːl]
* (Revived Late Cornish) IPA: [ɡoːl]

#### Noun

gol
* goal

### Mutation
## Galician
### Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: [ɡɔl]
* (dialectal) IPA: [ħɔl]

### Noun

gol m (plural goles)
* (sports) goal

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡɔl]
* Hyphenation: gol

### Noun

gol (plural gol-gol)
* goal:
** (sports) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object; The act of placing the object into the goal.

### Verb

gol
* (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, 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: /ɡɔl̪ˠ/
* (Connacht) IPA: /ɡɔlˠ/, /ɡɔl̪ˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ɡʌlˠ/, /ɡʌl̪ˠ/

### Noun

gol m (genitive singular goil or gola)
* verbal noun of goil
* weeping, crying

#### Declension

As a first-declension noun:
bare forms
case
singular
nominative
gol
vocative
a ghoil
genitive
goil
dative
gol
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an gol
genitive
an ghoil
dative
leis an ngol don ghol :
As a third-declension noun:
bare forms
case
singular
nominative
gol
vocative
a ghol
genitive
gola
dative
gol
forms with the definite article
case
singular
nominative
an gol
genitive
an ghola
dative
leis an ngol don ghol :

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 65

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gol”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “gol”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* goal

### Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɔl/
* Rhymes: -ɔl
* Hyphenation: gòl

### Noun

gol m (invariable)
* (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)
* bare, naked

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

gol f
* flower; rose

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Verb

gol
* past tense of gala

## Old English
### Verb

gōl
* 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
* weeping, wailing
* baying (of dogs)

#### Inflection

Masculine o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | gol | gol$^L$ | guil$^L$ |
| Vocative | guil | gol$^L$ | gulu$^H$ |
| Accusative | gol$^N$ | gol$^L$ | gulu$^H$ |
| Genitive | guil$^L$ | gol | gol$^N$ |
| Dative | gul$^L$ | 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

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: /ˈɡɔl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔl
* Syllabification: gol

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English goal.

#### Noun

gol m animal
* (soccer) goal (point scored)
    Synonym: bramka

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* gól

#### Verb

gol
* second-person singular imperative of golić

### Further reading

* gol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* gol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* golo (Portugal)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡow/ [ˈɡoʊ̯]
* Hyphenation: gol

### Noun

gol m (plural gols or (very rare) gois) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)
* (sports) goal (area into which the players attempt to put an object; act of placing the object into the goal)

#### Derived terms

* goleada
* golear
* goleiro

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 and neuter plural goale)
* empty
    Synonyms: deșert, vid
    Antonym: plin
* (of a person or body parts) naked
    Synonyms: dezbrăcat, nud
    Antonym: îmbrăcat
* hollow
* (of food) by itself, without any modification or garnish
    pâine goală ― plain bread

##### Declension
#### Noun

gol n (plural goluri)
* cavity

#### Synonyms

* cavitate
* gaură

#### See also

* da de gol

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

#### Alternative forms

* goal — dated

#### Noun

gol n (plural goluri)
* (sports) goal

##### Declension
### Further reading

* gol in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Salar
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kol.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [qol]

### Noun

gol
* (anatomy) arm
* hand
    Synonym: el

#### Derived terms

* (Ili Salar) golqap (“gloves”)

### References

* Potanin, G.N. (1893) “голь”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 430
* 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “gol”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 42
* Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “gol”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 231
* 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014) “gol”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎, 1st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 16
* Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “gol”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 464
* Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “gol”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 108

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* gȏ (Bosnia, Serbia)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡôːl/

#### Adjective

gȏl (Cyrillic spelling го̑л, definite gȍlī, comparative gòlijī)
* (Croatia) naked, nude, bare

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡôːl/

#### Noun

gȏl m (Cyrillic spelling го̑л)
* (sports) goal

##### Derived terms

* gȍlman

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔ́ʋ/

#### Adjective

gȍł (not comparable)
* nude
    Synonym: nȃg
* bald (of an animal, not covered by fur or feathers)

##### Inflection

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: /ɡɔ́ːʋ/

#### Noun

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

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English goal.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡóːl/

#### Noun

gọ̑l m inan
* (sports) goal

##### Inflection
### Further reading

* “gol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Southern Kam
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ko⁵⁵/

### Noun

gol
* to laugh

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡol/ [ˈɡol]
* Rhymes: -ol
* Syllabification: gol

### Noun

gol m (plural goles)
* (soccer) goal
    marcar un gol ― score a 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Verb

gol
* past indicative of gala

### Anagrams

* -log, glo, log, log.

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English gold.

### Noun

gol
* 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

## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡol]

### Noun

gol (definite accusative golü, plural goller)
* goal (act of placing the object into the goal)
* goal (point(s) scored)

#### See also

* kale

## Turkmen
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɢol]

### Noun

gol (definite accusative goly, plural gollar)
* hand
* arm

### Further reading

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

## Zazaki
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡoɫ]
* Hyphenation: gol

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

gol
* (geography) lake

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English goal.

#### Noun

gol
* (sports) goal