mole
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- (UK) IPA: /məʊl/
- (Estuary English) IPA: /mɒʊl/
- (US) IPA: /mol/, /moʊl/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊl
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Old English māl
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mole (plural moles)
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c. 1400, Middle English molle, mulle, from Proto-Germanic *mula- (cf. East Frisian molle, Dutch mol, Low German Mol, Mul), from Proto-Indo-European *mel(h₂)- 'dark, dirty' (cf. German malen 'to paint', Molch 'salamander', Lithuanian mélas 'blue', Sanskrit málam 'dirt, filth').
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mole (plural moles)
- Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.
- Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.
- (espionage) An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an organization to determine its secrets from within.
- Bitch, spiteful female.
— Australian variant of the word "moll", altered in spelling due to contamination with the above meaning ("spy", "sneaky person"), and due to /mɒl/ and /məʊl/ merging as [moʊl] in the Australian accent. The original spelling ("moll") can also be used in this sense.
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French môle
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mole (plural moles)
- (nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water[1].
- A structure with a breakwater on one side, and a cargo handling facility on the other[2].
- (rare) A haven or harbour, protected with a breakwater.
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German Mol
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mole (plural moles)
- (chemistry, physics) In the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12. Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known as Avogadro’s number
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Latin mola
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mole (plural moles)
- A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.
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Spanish, From Nahuatl molli
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mole (plural moles)
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- ^ mole. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mole (accessed: March 30, 2007).
- ^ US FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886
- ^ mole. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mole (accessed: March 30, 2007).
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- IPA: /moːlə/, [ˈmoːlə]
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mole c. (singular definite molen, plural indefinite moler)
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mole f. (plural moles)
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mole f. (plural moli)
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mole
- second-person singular present active imperative of molō
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mōle f.
- ablative singular of mōles
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From Latin mollis.
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mole m. and f. (plural moles; comparable)
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| singular | plural | |||
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| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
| positive | mole | moles | ||
| comparative | mais mole | mais moles | ||
| superlative | o mais mole molíssimo |
a mais mole molíssima |
os mais moles molíssimos |
as mais moles molíssimas |
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Latin moles
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mole
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From Latin mollis; cognate with muelle
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mole m. and f. (plural moles)
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From Latin moles
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mole f. (plural moles)
- large size or quantity
- massiness
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From Classical Nahuatl mōlli "sauce, something ground".
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mole m. (plural moles)
- (Mexico) mole, a type of stew.
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mole (infinitive molar)
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