"OL" meaning in English

See OL in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: By abbreviation. Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} OL
  1. (Internet) Abbreviation of online. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: online
    Sense id: en-OL-en-adj-p5navswF Categories (other): Internet
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Female Disambiguation of Female: 0 0 0 0

Proper name

Etymology: By abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} OL
  1. (soccer) Initialism of Olympique Lyonnais. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Olympique Lyonnais
    Sense id: en-OL-en-name-PM1S65sv Categories (other): Football (soccer), English entries with incorrect language header, English terms borrowed back into English, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Russian translations, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 29 33 32 Disambiguation of English terms borrowed back into English: 8 45 23 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 6 25 36 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 23 37 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 33 37 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 37 36 23 Disambiguation of Occupations: 1 42 26 31 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Female Disambiguation of Female: 0 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: OLs [plural]
Etymology: By abbreviation. Head templates: {{en-noun}} OL (plural OLs)
  1. (electricity, mechanical) open line (open circuit, no continuity). Wikidata QID: Q120450734
    Sense id: en-OL-en-noun-en:Q120450734 Categories (other): Electricity, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 29 33 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 17 58 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 6 25 36 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 23 37 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 33 37 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 37 36 23 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Female Disambiguation of Female: 0 0 0 0

Noun

Forms: OLs [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese OL (OL) (オフィスレディー), from English office + lady. Etymology templates: {{wp|office lady}}, {{bor|en|ja|OL}} Japanese OL (OL), {{der|en|en|office + lady}} English office + lady Head templates: {{en-noun}} OL (plural OLs)
  1. Abbreviation of office lady (Japanese wasei eigo). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: office lady (extra: Japanese wasei eigo) Translations (office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)): オフィスレディー (ofisu redī) (Japanese), OL (ōeru) (Japanese), オーエル (ōeru) (Japanese), 오피스 레이디 (opiseu reidi) (Korean), 오에루 (o'eru) (Korean), OL (english: OL) (Korean), о́фис-ле́ди (ófis-lédi) [feminine] (Russian), ОЛ (english: OL) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-OL-en-noun-fOTprbJo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 29 33 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 6 25 36 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 23 37 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 24 24 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 33 37 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 37 36 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Female Disambiguation of Female: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ofisu redī",
      "sense": "office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)",
      "word": "オフィスレディー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "sense": "office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)",
      "word": "OL (ōeru)"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "ōeru",
      "sense": "office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)",
      "word": "オーエル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "opiseu reidi",
      "sense": "office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)",
      "word": "오피스 레이디"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "o'eru",
      "sense": "office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)",
      "word": "오에루"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "OL",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "sense": "office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)",
      "translation": "OL",
      "word": "OL"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "ófis-lédi",
      "sense": "office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́фис-ле́ди"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "OL",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "sense": "office lady (e.g. in Japan or South Korea)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "OL",
      "word": "ОЛ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "OL"
}

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