cole

See also Cole

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kəʊl/
• Homophones: coal, kohl
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Etymology 1

Wikipedia

Wikispecies From Middle English, from Old English cāwel, from Germanic, from Latin caulis (“cabbage”). Cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohl

Noun

cole (usually uncountable; plural coles)

1. Cabbage.
2. Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

Derived terms

• coleseed
• coleslaw

Related terms

• colewort

Translations

cabbage — see cabbage

brassica

• Ancient Greek: γογγυλίς (gongylίs (rape))
• Catalan: col (ca) f
• Finnish: kaali (fi)
• French: choux (fr)
• Greek: κράμβη (el) (krámvi) f
• Hungarian: káposzta (hu)

• Italian: ravizzone (it) m
• Latin: please add this translation if you can
• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: brassicácea (pt) f, couve (pt) f
• Romanian: varză (ro) f
• Spanish: col (es) f

Etymology 2

Noun

cole (plural coles)

1. (Scotland) A stack or stook of hay.
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 39:

     Father saw the happening from high in a park where the hay was cut and they set the swathes in coles, and he swore out Damn't to hell! and started to run [...].

Anagrams

• Cloe

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Chinook Jargon

Etymology

From English cold.

Adjective

cole

1. cold

Antonyms

• waum

Noun

cole

1. winter
2. year

Antonyms

• (winter): waum

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Latin

Verb

cole

1. second-person singular present active imperative of colō

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Portuguese

Verb

cole

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of colar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of colar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of colar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of colar

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Spanish

Etymology

From colegio

Noun

cole m (plural coles)

1. (colloquial) school