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paul

UK/pɔːl//pɔl/

paul noun: an old Italian silver coin; a paolo. Also the archaic form of pawl.

Noun (1)

paul (plural pauls)

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

Noun (2)

paul (plural pauls)

  1. (India, historical) A small tent of various kinds.

Proper noun capitalized: Paul

Paul

  1. In the New Testament, Saul, the Apostle to the Gentiles and the author of fourteen epistles.
    • Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 13:9
  2. A male given name from Latin of biblical origin.
    • 'He will be christened Paul, my - Mrs Dombey - of course.'
      She feebly echoed, 'Of course,' or rather expressed it by the motion of her lips, and closed her eyes again.
      'His father's name, Mrs Dombey, and his grandfather's! I wish his grandfather were alive this day! There is some inconvenience in...1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Dombey and Son: Chapter 1”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC
    • Primarily seen as a publicity vehicle for late-year releases, the awards show and its promoters have lately made pretensions to Oscar oracling: Jamie Foxx won the “breakthrough actor of the year” prize for “Ray” in 2004, after all, and Paul Haggis and his ensemble cast were honored for “Crash” four...2006 October 18, David M. Halbfinger, “Hollywood Film Chain’s Latest Link”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.
    • In a Fox Business interview on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) alluded to the distinction between private and government responses to offensive speech, but his comments were ambiguous enough that an uncharitable viewer could easily interpret them as approval of the latter.2025 September 16, Jacob Sullum, “Brendan Carr and Ted Cruz Don't Think Charlie Kirk's Murder Justifies Speech Restrictions”, in Reason
  4. An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama, United States, named after Paul the Apostle.
  5. A city in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States.
  6. An unincorporated community in Otoe County, Nebraska, United States.
  7. A village south of Newlyn in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4627). The civil parish of Paul (abolished 2021) did not include the village in latter years, and is now included in St Buryan, Lamorna and Paul.
  8. A municipality on Santo Antão, Cape Verde.

Also used as

paul is also the archaic form of pawl.

paul meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

paul in Hindi

पॉल, पाउल

paul in Tamil

பவுல்

paul in Marathi

पॉल, पौल

paul in Urdu

پال
More languagesFewer languages
paul in Bengali
পল
paul in Telugu
పాల్, పౌల్, పౌలు
paul in Malayalam
പോൾ, പൌലോസ്
paul in Kannada
ಪಾಲ್, ಪೌಲ್
paul in Punjabi
ਪਾਲ, ਪੌਲ
paul in Gujarati
પોલ, પૌલ, પાઉલ
paul in Odia
ପଲ୍, ପଲ, ପାଲ୍
paul in Nepali
पाउल

Examples of paul in a sentence

  • Paul disdained pan and scan DVD releases, always holding out for the widescreen special editions.
  • Paul has drunk a lot of Scotch.
  • Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow labourer.

All 40 example sentences with paul

Forms of paul

pluralpauls
alternative formpal
alternative formpawl

Plural of paul: pauls

Origin of paul

From Hindi [Term?].

From Latin Paulus, from paulus (“small”). Doublet of Pablo and Paolo.

Words formed from paul

Phrases with paul

5 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with paul

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about paul

What does paul mean?
Paul means an old Italian silver coin; a paolo.
What is paul in Hindi?
Paul in Hindi is पॉल, पाउल. See Paul meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is paul?
Paul can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce paul?
Paul is pronounced /pɔːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of paul?
The plural of paul is pauls.

Words near paul in the dictionary

  1. paugies
  2. paugul
  3. pauguls
  4. pauhagen
  5. paukpan
  6. paul
  7. Paul Allen's flower flies
  8. Paul Allen's flower fly
  9. Paul Bert effect
  10. Paul Blart
  11. Paul Bunyan

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Adapted from Wiktionary: paul (page history and authors); Paul (page history and authors); paul (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paul (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paul (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paul (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paul (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paul (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paul (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paul (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paul (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paul (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paul (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); paul (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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