# 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] (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: (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
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:
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

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

* $^H$ = 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)

#### Declension

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
### 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