OL

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ol"

English

Proper noun

OL

Abbreviation of Olympic Games.

Noun

OL (plural OLs)

Abbreviation of office lady (Japanese wasei eigo)

Initialism

OL

online

Anagrams

'lo, LO, Lo, lo

Chinese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ōu-áilou

(Zhuyin): ㄡㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ou¹ e¹ lou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: OL
  - Zhuyin: ㄡㄞˊ ˙ㄌㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ouair.lhou
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵ ˀaɪ̯³⁵ loʊ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ou¹ e¹ lou⁴
  - Yale: ōu ē lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ou¹ e¹ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ou¹ é¹ lou⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /ou̯⁵⁵ ɛː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

Noun

OL

office lady; pink-collar office worker

French

Proper noun

OL

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

See also

(Olympique Lyonnais): Olympique Lyonnais on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
(Olympique Lyonnais): Olympique lyonnais on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Japanese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

Initialism of English office + lady., a wasei eigo

Noun

OL (katakana オーエル, rōmaji ōeru)

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

See also

キャリアウーマン (kyariaūman)
サラリーマン (sararīman)

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