paul

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɔːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɔl/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /pɑl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːl
• Homophones: pall, pawl

paul (plural pauls)

1. An old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
   • 1836, Mariana Starke, Travels in Europe and in the Island of Sicily (page 569)

     Shoes and boots are, generally speaking, better made at Florence than in any other part of Italy: the usual price charged for the former is eight pauls the pair; and for the latter from thirty to forty pauls.

paul (plural pauls)

1. Archaic form of pawl.
   • 1850, The Mechanic's Magazine, Register, Journal and Gazette (page 517)

     As soon as the horse again begins to move, the paul will take into the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, and restore to the fly-wheel its original speed.

• Pula, ULPA, pula

• ڤاءول‎

From Sundanese.

• IPA^(key): [paol]
• Rhymes: -aol, -ol

paul (Jawi spelling ڤاءول)

1. blue (blue-colored)

• belau / بلاو‎
• biru / بيرو‎
• nila / نيلا‎

paul (Jawi spelling ڤاءول)

1. blue (colour)

From Latin palūs (“swamp”). Compare Italian padule, Romanian pădure.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ˈuɫ/
• Hyphenation: pa‧ul

paul m (plural pauis)

1. (geography) swamp

   Synonyms: pântano, breja

Probably from English Paul.

paul

1. confused