cole

See also: Cole, colé, and có lẽ

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/
• IPA^(key): /koʊl/
• Homophones: coal, kohl
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Etymology 1

Cole

Wikispecies From Middle English cole, col, from Old English cawel, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] , from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin caulis (“cabbage”). Cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohl.

Noun

cole (usually uncountable, plural coles)

1. Cabbage.
2. Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

Derived terms

• coleseed
• coleslaw

Related terms

• colewort
• cauliflower

Translations

cabbage — see cabbage

brassica

• Ancient Greek: γογγυλίς (gongulís)
• Catalan: col (ca) f
• Finnish: kaali (fi)
• French: choux (fr)
• Greek: κράμβη (el) f (krámvi)
• Hungarian: káposzta (hu)
• Italian: ravizzone (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: ērūca f
• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: brassicácea f, couve (pt) f
• Romanian: varză (ro) f
• Russian: капу́ста (ru) f (kapústa)
• Spanish: col (es) f

Etymology 2

Noun

cole (plural coles)

1. (Scotland) A stack or stook of hay.
   • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), page 39:

     Father saw the happening from high in a park where the hay was cut and they set the swathes in coles, and he swore out Damn't to hell! and started to run […]

Anagrams

• -coel, Cleo, Cloe

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Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) cole

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of colar

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Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from English cold.

Adjective

cole

1. cold

Antonyms

• waum

Noun

cole

1. winter
2. year

Antonyms

• (winter): waum

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Italian

Verb

cole

1. third-person singular present indicative of colere

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) cole

1. second-person singular present active imperative of colō

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔlɛ/, [ˈt͡sɔlə]

Noun

cole

1. inflection of coło:
   1. locative singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

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Portuguese

Verb

cole

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Noun

cole m (plural coles)

1. Alternative form of cúli

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Scots

Alternative forms

• col, coll, coal, coil, kyle, koll, koil, koal, kole, kale, cuile, quile, queyle

Etymology

Origin uncertain; possibly from Old French coillir (Modern French cueillir) or Old Norse kollr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkol/, /ˈkɔl/, /ˈkel/
• • • IPA^(key): /ˈkɔil/
    • IPA^(key): /ˈkwəil/
  • • IPA^(key): /ˈkɔil/
    • IPA^(key): /ˈkwəil/
    • IPA^(key): /ˈkwəil/
  • • IPA^(key): /ˈkwəil/
    • IPA^(key): /ˈkɔil/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkəil/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkuːl/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkɔil/

Noun

cole (plural coles)

1. (archaic, agriculture) A haycock, hayrick, bundle of straw.

Verb

cole (third-person singular simple present coles, present participle colein, simple past colet, past participle colet)

1. (archaic, agriculture) To put hay in a cole.

Derived terms

• coltar

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Spanish

Etymology

From colegio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkole/ [ˈko.le]

Noun

cole m (plural coles)

1. (colloquial) school