"polo shirt" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpəʊləʊ ˌʃɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpoʊloʊ ˌʃɝt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-polo shirt.wav [US] Forms: polo shirts [plural]
Etymology: From polo + shirt; so called because they were initially modeled on the type of shirt worn from the 1920s by polo players. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|polo|shirt}} polo + shirt Head templates: {{en-noun}} polo shirt (plural polo shirts)
  1. 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). Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms: golf shirt, tennis shirt Related terms: rugby shirt Translations (casual, usually short-sleeved, shirt with a protruding collar): polo衫 (pōulōushān) (Chinese Mandarin), polokošile [feminine] (Czech), polotriko [neuter] (Czech), polo tričko [neuter] (Czech), poloskjorte [common-gender] (Danish), polosärk (Estonian), kauluksellinen t-paita (Finnish), pikeepaita (english: such shirt made of piquet) (Finnish), polo [masculine] (French), polo [masculine] (Galician), Poloshirt [neuter] (German), Polohemd [neuter] (German), pólóing (Hungarian), teniszpóló (Hungarian), kaus polo (Indonesia), ポロシャツ (poroshatsu) (Japanese), koszulka polo [feminine] (Polish), polo [neuter] (Polish), polówka [feminine] (Polish), polo [masculine] (Portuguese), по́ло (pólo) [neuter] (Russian), polokošeľa [feminine] (Slovak), polo [masculine] (Spanish), chemise [Venezuela, feminine] (Spanish), chomba [Argentina, feminine] (Spanish), poloché [Dominican-Republic, feminine] (Spanish), pikétröja [common-gender] (Swedish), פּאָלאָ (polo) [masculine] (Yiddish)

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  "word": "polo shirt"
}

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