dole

See also dolé

English

Etymology

From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailan (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhAil- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic  (dola),  (dilu, “part”). More at deal.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊl

Verb

dole (third-person singular simple present doles, present participle doling, simple past and past participle doled) dole

1. To distribute in small amounts; to share out, small portions of a meagre resource.

Noun

dole (uncountable)

1. money or other goods given as charity
2. (UK, Ireland, Canada, Australian, New Zealand, slang) payment by the state to the unemployed

   I get my dole paid twice a week.

   I’ve been on the dole for two years now.

3. (archaic) sorrow or grief; dolour

Translations

money or goods given as charity

Bulgarian: милостиня (bg) f., подаяние (bg) n. Finnish: avustus (fi)

Serbo-Croatian: milostinja (sh)

unemployment benefit

Bulgarian: помощ при безработица Czech: podpora (cs) f., podpora v nezaměstnanosti (cs) f. Dutch: steun (nl) m. Finnish: työttömyyspäiväraha, työttömyysavustus French: assedics

Icelandic: atvinnuleysisbætur (is) f. pl. Russian: пособие (ru) (posóbije) n., пособие по безработице (ru) (posóbije po bezrabótice) Serbo-Croatian: naknada za nezaposlenost (sh)

Anagrams

• leod, lode, olde, OLED

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Adverb

dole

1. down (at a lower place or position)

Antonyms

• nahoře

Related terms

• dolů

See also

• vlevo
• vpravo

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Dutch

Verb

dole

1. singular present subjunctive of dolen.

Anagrams

• doel

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French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: dolent, doles

Verb

dole

1. first-person singular present indicative of doler
2. third-person singular present indicative of doler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of doler
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of doler
5. second-person singular imperative of doler

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Latin

Verb

dolē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of doleō

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): dȍlje

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dôle/
• Hyphenation: do‧le

Adverb

dȍle (Cyrillic spelling до̏ле)

1. down
2. below

Interjection

dȍle (Cyrillic spelling до̏ле)

1. down

   dol(j)e s vladom! — down with the government!