polo shirt en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpəʊləʊ ˌʃɜːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpoʊloʊ ˌʃɝt/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From polo + shirt; so called because they were initially modeled on the type of shirt worn from the 1920s by polo players.
Meanings
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A casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar and a small number of buttons extending a short distance below the collar (and not all the way down the front of the shirt).
[…] the necessity for yet another place at which to buy a polo shirt or a pair of flip-flops may not be apparent to the town's residents […]
2004 August 30, The New Yorker, page 38:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| polo shirts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (30)
cs polo tričko (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · es remera (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · da poloskjorte (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · de Poloshirt (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · hu pólóing (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · pl koszulka polo (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · es chomba (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · cs polotriko (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · fr polo (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · de Polohemd (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · cs polokošile (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · es chemise (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · yi פּאָלאָ (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · es niqui (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · fi kauluksellinen t-paita (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · fi pikeepaita (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · pt polo (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · es polo (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · pl polo (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · cmn polo衫 (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · ru по́ло (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · sv pikétröja (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · et polosärk (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · ja ポロシャツ (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · pl polówka (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · hu teniszpóló (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · sk polokošeľa (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · gl polo (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · id kaus polo (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar) · es poloche (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar)