mole

See also Mole, molë, and môle

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /məʊl/
• (Estuary English) IPA: /mɒʊl/
• (US) IPA: /mol/, /moʊl/

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• Rhymes: -əʊl

Etymology 1

Old English māl

Noun

mole (plural moles)

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

Synonyms

• beauty mark
• naevus

Translations

dark spot on the skin

Albanian: nishan m. Arabic: خال (ar) (khaal) m. Armenian: խալ (hy) (xal) Bosnian: mladež (bs) m. Bulgarian: бенка (benka) f. Campidanese Sardinian: neu m. Catalan: piga f. Chinese: Mandarin: 胎痣 (cmn) (tāizhì), 黑痣 (cmn) (hēizhì) Croatian: madež (hr) m. Czech: mateřské znaménko (cs) n. Danish: modermærke (da) n. Dutch: moedervlek (nl) f. Finnish: luomi (fi), syntymämerkki (fi) French: grain de beauté (fr) m., nævus (fr) m. Georgian: ხალი (ka) (xali) German: Muttermal (de) n., Mal (de) n. Greek: σπίλος (el) (spílos) m., (colloquial) ελιά (el) (eliá) f. Hungarian: anyajegy (hu) Interlingua: nevo Irish: ball dobhráin (ga) m. Isthmus Zapotec: biuyaa

Italian: neo (it) m. Japanese: ほくろ (ja) (hokuro) (黒子 (ja)) Khmer: ប្រជ្រុយ (km) (prɑcruy) Kurdish: Sorani: خاڵ (ku) (xall) Ladino: benk Latin: naevus (la) m. Malay: tahi lalat (ms) Marathi: तीळ (mr) (Teel) m. Norwegian: føflekk (no) m. Polish: znamię n., pieprzyk m. Portuguese: pinta f., sinal m., mancha f., marca de nascença f. Romanian: aluniță (ro) f. Russian: родинка (ru) (ródinka) f., родимое пятно (ru) (rodímoje pjatnó) n. Serbian: Cyrillic: младеж m. Roman: mladež m. Slovak: materske znamienko n. Spanish: marca de nacimiento f., lunar m. Swahili: fuko (sw) Telugu: పుట్టుమచ్చ (te) (puTTumaccha) Turkish: ben (tr)

Etymology 2

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').

Noun

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. (espionage) 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.

Derived terms

• golden mole
• mole crab
• mole cricket
• mole rat
• mole run

Translations

burrowing insectivore

Afrikaans: mol (af) Albanian: urith m. Arabic: خلد (ar) (khuld) m. Armenian: խլուրդ (hy) (xlurd) Basque: sator Belarusian: крот (be) (krot) m. Bosnian: krtica (bs) f. Breton: goz (br) f. Bulgarian: къртица (kǎrtitsa) f. Catalan: talp m. Cherokee: ᏘᏁᏆ (tinekwa) Chinese: Mandarin: 鼴 (cmn), 鼹 (cmn) (yǎn), 鼴鼠 (cmn), 鼹鼠 (cmn) (yǎnshǔ) Croatian: krtica (hr) f. Czech: krt (cs) m.; krtek (cs) m. Danish: muldvarp (da) c. Dutch: mol (nl) m. Esperanto: talpo (eo) Estonian: mutt (et) Faroese: moldvørpa (fo) f. Finnish: kontiainen (fi), maamyyrä (fi) French: taupe (fr) f. Old French: taupe f. Friulian: farc Galician: toupa f., toupeira f. Georgian: თხუნელა (ka) (t‘xunela), მუდო (ka) (mudo) German: Maulwurf (de) m. Greek: τυφλοπόντικας (el) (tyflopóntikas) m., ασπάλακας (el) (aspálakas) m. Hebrew: חפרפרת (he) (khafarperet) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: vakond (hu) Icelandic: moldvarpa (is) f. Indonesian: tikus tanah (id) Interlingua: talpa Irish: caochán (ga) m. Italian: talpa (it) f. Japanese: モグラ (ja) (mogura) (土竜 (ja)) Khmer: សត្វកំពីងដូង (km) (satkɑmpiingdoong) Korean: 두더지 (dudeoji) Kurdish: koremişk (ku) Ladin: talpina Latin: talpa (la) f.

Latvian: kurmis m. Lithuanian: kurmis (lt) Low German: Mullworp (nds) m., Mullwarp (nds) m., Winnworp (nds) m., Winnwarp (nds) m. Lower Sorbian: kšet Luxembourgish: Maulef (lb) m. Macedonian: крт (krt) m. Maltese: talpa (mt) Mingo: tekaˀnyakáíteˀ Mongolian: мэнгэ (menge) Navajo: náʼagéédí Norwegian: moldvarp (no) m. Occitan: talpa (oc) f., taupa (oc) f. Ojibwe: nenaapaajinikesi Persian: کور موش (fa) Polish: kret (pl) m. Portuguese: toupeira (pt) f., topeira (pt) f. Romani: balo-puviako m., bali-puviaki f. Romanian: cârtiță (ro) f., sobol (ro) m. Romansch: talpa Russian: крот (ru) (krot) m. Sami: eanamuolddat Sardinian: talpa (var: topi, tarpa) Scottish Gaelic: dallag f., famh (gd) m. and f. Serbian: Cyrillic: кртица (sr) f. Roman: krtica f. Slovak: vychuchol m. Slovene: krt (sl) m. Sotho: kgwiti (st) Spanish: topo (es) m. Swahili: fuko (sw) Swedish: mullvad (sv) c. Thai: ตุ่น (dtòon) Turkish: köstebek (tr) Ukrainian: кріт (uk) (krit) m. Upper Sorbian: knot m. Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Volapük: (♂♀) talp (vo), (♂) hitalp (vo), (♀) jitalp (vo), (♂♀ offspring, young) talpül (vo), (♂ offspring, young) hitalpül  (vo), (♀ offspring, young) jitalpül (vo) Welsh: gwadd f.; twrch daear m. West Frisian: mol c. Yiddish: קראָט (yi) (krot) m., מולטוואָרעס (yi) (multvores) m.

mole rat — see mole rat

internal spy

Chinese: Mandarin: 內奸 (zh), 内奸 (zh) (nèijiān) Dutch: mol (nl) m. Finnish: myyrä (fi) French: taupe (fr) f. German: Maulwurf (de) m.; Spion (de) m. Greek: μυστικός πληροφοριοδότης (el) (mystikós pliroforiodótis) m., χαφιές (el) (chafiés) m. Interlingua: spia; spion

Japanese: 二重スパイ (ja) (にじゅうスパイ, nijū supai) Polish: wtyczka (pl) f., kret (pl) m. Portuguese: espião (pt) m.; espiã (pt) f. Romanian: cârtiță (ro) f. Spanish: topo (es) m. Swahili: fuko (sw) Swedish: mullvad (sv) c. Telugu: గూఢచారి (te) (gUDhachaari) Turkish: köstebek (tr)

bitch, spiteful female

German: Braut (de) f., Gangsterbraut (de) f., Puppe (de) f.

Greek: σκύλα (el) (skýla) f.

Etymology 3

French môle

Noun

mole (plural moles)

1. (nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.

   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.

Translations

massive structure used as a pier or breakwater

Finnish: möljä (fi), aallonmurtaja (fi) German: Mole (de) f. Hungarian: móló (hu) Interlingua: mole; jectata Irish: muirmhúr (ga) m. Italian: molo (it) m.

Japanese: 防波堤 Polish: falochron (pl) m. Portuguese: molhe m., quebra-mar m. Russian: мол (ru) (mol) m. Swahili: fuko (sw)

Etymology 4

German Mol

Noun

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

Synonyms

• gram molecule

Translations

unit of amount

Czech: mol (cs) m. Dutch: mol (nl) m. Esperanto: molo (eo) Finnish: mooli (fi) French: mole (fr) f. German: Mol (de) n. Greek: γραμμομόριο (el) (grammomório) n. Hindi: मोल (hi) (mōl) Irish: mól (ga) m.

Italian: mole (it) f., grammo-molecola (it) f. Japanese: モル Polish: mol (pl) m. Portuguese: mol (pt) m. Russian: моль (ru) (mol') m. Spanish: mol (es) m. Swahili: mfuko (sw) Turkish: mol (tr)

Etymology 5

Latin mola

Noun

mole (plural moles)

1. A hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus caused by a dead ovum.

Translations

hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus

German: Mole (de) f. Serbo-Croatian: mola (sh)

Spanish: mola (es) f.

Etymology 6

Spanish, From Nahuatl molli

Noun

mole (plural moles)

1. A sauce containing chocolate and used in cooking of Mexico and neighboring Central America.

Translations

sauce

Isthmus Zapotec: guiñadó

Swahili: mfuko (sw)

Anagrams

• Elmo
• Lomé

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Danish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /moːlə/, [ˈmoːlə]

Noun

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

1. mole, breakwater
2. pier, jetty

Inflection

    Inflection of mole

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	mole	molen	moler	molerne
genitive	moles	molens	molers	molernes

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Noun

mole f. (plural moles)

1. (chemistry, physics) Mole.

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Italian

Noun

mole f. (plural moli)

1. (chemistry, physics) mole

Synonyms

• grammo-molecola

Related terms

• millimole
• molare

Anagrams

• elmo
• melo

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Latin

Etymology 1

Verb

mole

1. second-person singular present active imperative of molō

Etymology 2

Noun

mōle f.

1. ablative singular of mōles

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin mollis.

Adjective

mole m. and f. (plural moles; comparable)

1. Not hard; smooth and flexible; soft.
2. (informal) Not difficult; easy.

Inflection

  Inflection of the Portuguese adjective mole

• Adjectives with this inflection include: doente, elegante, prudente.

	singular		plural
	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

Etymology 2

Latin moles

Noun

mole

1. mass

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin mollis; cognate with muelle

Adjective

mole m. and f. (plural moles)

1. soft, mild

Synonyms

• muelle

Etymology 2

From Latin moles

Noun

mole f. (plural moles)

1. large size or quantity
2. massiness

Etymology 3

From Classical Nahuatl mōlli "sauce, something ground".

Noun

mole m. (plural moles)

1. (Mexico) mole, a type of stew.

Etymology 4

Verb

mole (infinitive molar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of molar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of molar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of molar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of molar.