ogle

See also øgle, öğle, and oglē

English

Alternative forms

• augle (Northern England)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch *ooghelen, oeghelen (“to ogle”), frequentative form of oogen (“to eye”); or from Middle Low German ogelen (“to look at, ogle”), frequentative of ogen, ougen (“to eye, see”), equivalent to og- +‎ -le. Compare German äugeln (“to ogle”). More at eye, -le.

Pronunciation

• (UK): enPR: ōʹgəl, IPA: /ˈəʊɡəl/, X-SAMPA: /"@Ug@l/ or (nonstandard, perhaps by analogy with goggle) enPR: ŏgʹəl, IPA: /ˈɒɡəl/, X-SAMPA: /"Qg@l/
• (US): enPR: ōʹgəl, IPA: /ˈoʊɡəl/, /ˈɑgəl/, X-SAMPA: /"oUg@l/

  Rhymes: -ɒɡəl, -əʊɡəl

Verb

ogle (third-person singular simple present ogles, present participle ogling, simple past and past participle ogled)

1. (transitive), (intransitive) To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.

Translations

To stare flirtatiously

• Dutch: lonken (nl), gluren (nl)
• Finnish: tuijottaa (fi)
• French: reluquer (fr), mater (fr) (familiar)
• Greek: κοζάρω (el) (kozáro)

• Persian: چشم چرانی کردن (fa)
• Romanian: holba (ro)
• Russian: смотреть (ru) (smotretʹ) с (ru) (s) вожделением (ru) n (voždelenijem)
• Scottish Gaelic: caog (gd)

Noun

ogle (plural ogles)

1. An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare.

Translations

An impertinent, flirtatious, amorous or covetous stare

• Finnish: tuijotus (fi)

• Russian: кокетливый взгляд (ru) m (koketlivyj vzgljad)

Anagrams

• LEGO, Lego, lego, loge

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Latvian

Ogle (1)

Akmeņogle (2)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *onʔglis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ongʷl-. Cognates include Lithuanian anglis, Sanskrit अङ्गार (áṅgāra), and Old Church Slavonic ѫгль (ǫglĭ).

Noun

ogle f, 5th declension

1. charcoal (partially burnt organic materials, usually wood)

   aktīvā ogle, aktivētā ogle — activated carbon

   melns kā ogle — black as charcoal

   ogles zīmējumi — charcoal drawings

   kvēlojošas ogles — burning coals

2. (syn. akmeņogle) coal (mineral deposits, used as industrial fuel)

   ogļu atradnes — coal deposits

   ogļu ieguve — coal mining

   ogļu rūpniecība — coal industry

Declension

declension of ogle

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ogle	ogles
accusative (akuzatīvs)	ogli	ogles
genitive (ģenitīvs)	ogles	ogļu
dative (datīvs)	oglei	oglēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	ogli	oglēm
locative (lokatīvs)	oglē	oglēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	ogle	ogles

Derived terms

• akmeņogle
• ogleklis