mole

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Translations 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 1.5.1.1 Translations 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Noun 1.7 Etymology 6 1.7.1 Noun 1.7.1.1 Translations 1.8 References 2 Danish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 3 French 3.1 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Synonyms 4.1.2 Related terms 5 Portuguese 5.1 Etymology 1 5.1.1 Adjective 5.2 Etymology 2 5.2.1 Noun 6 Spanish 6.1 Etymology 1 6.1.1 Adjective 6.1.1.1 Synonyms 6.2 Etymology 2 6.2.1 Noun 6.3 Etymology 3 6.3.1 Noun

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Wikipedia

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /məʊl/
• (General) IPA: /mɒʊl/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

• Rhymes: -əʊl

• (General American) IPA: /mol/ or /moʊl/

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Old English māl

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mole (plural moles)

1. A pigmented spot on the skin, a naevus, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy.

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• beauty mark
• naevus

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Middle English molle, akin to Middle Low German mol, mul

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mole (plural moles)

1. Any of several small, burrowing insectivores of the family Talpidae.
2. Any of the burrowing rodents also called mole rats.
3. An internal spy, a person who involves himself or herself with an organization to determine its secrets from within.
4. 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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• golden mole
• mole crab
• mole cricket
• mole rat
• mole run

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French môle

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mole (plural moles)

1. (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].

2. (rare) A haven or harbour, protected with a breakwater.

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German Mol

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mole (plural moles)

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. A sauce containing chocolate and used in cooking of Mexico and neighboring Central America^[3].

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• Notes:

1. ^ mole. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mole (accessed: March 30, 2007).
2. ^ US FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886
3. ^ 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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[edit] Danish

Wikipedia ^da

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• IPA: /moːlə/, [ˈmoːlə]

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mole c. (singular definite molen, plural indefinite moler)

1. mole, breakwater
2. pier, jetty

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mole f. (plural moles)

1. (chemistry, physics) Mole.

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mole f. (plural moli)

1. (chemistry, physics) mole

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• grammo-molecola

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• millimole
• molare

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Latin mollis

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mole

1. soft

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Latin moles

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mole

1. mass

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From Latin mollis; cognate with muelle

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mole m. and f. (plural moles)

1. soft, mild

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• muelle

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From Latin moles

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mole f. (plural moles)

1. large size or quantity
2. massiness

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From Nahuatl mulli

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mole m. (plural moles)

1. (Mexico) a type of stew