hule

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish hulæ, from Old Norse hola (“cave”), from holr (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːlə/, [ˈhuːlə]

Noun

hule c (singular definite hulen, plural indefinite huler)

1. cave, cavern, grotto
2. den, lair

Inflection

Declension of hule

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hule	hulen	huler	hulerne
genitive	hules	hulens	hulers	hulernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hola (“to hollow”), from holr (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːlə/, [ˈhuːlə]

Verb

hule (imperative hul, infinitive at hule, present tense huler, past tense hulede, perfect tense har hulet)

1. hollow

Etymology 3

See hul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːlə/, [ˈhuːlə]

Adjective

hule

1. definite of hul
2. plural of hul

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

hule

1. Superseded spelling of wule.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Entrance of Fingalshula

Etymology 1

Adjective

1. inflection of hul:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hola

Alternative forms

• hole (Nynorsk also)

Noun

hule f or m (definite singular hula or hulen, indefinite plural huler, definite plural hulene)

1. a cave
2. a cavity (anatomy)
3. a den

Synonyms

• (sense 1) grotte
• (sense 2) hulrom

Derived terms

• armhule
• hulemaleri
• munnhule

References

• “hule” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Old Irish

Determiner

hule

1. Alternative spelling of uile

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Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl ōlli (“latex”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈule/ [ˈu.le]

Noun

hule m (plural hules)

1. natural rubber
2. (Mexico) rubber tree

Synonyms

• (natural rubber): caucho
• (rubber tree): árbol del caucho, hevea, sinringa (Argentina, Bolivia, Peru)

Descendants

• → English: ule
• → Zoogocho Zapotec: hul

Further reading

• “hule”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014