moles

See also: molés and môles

English

Noun

moles

1. plural of mole

Anagrams

• Melos, Solem, melos, moels

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Catalan

Noun

moles

1. plural of mola

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Danish

Noun

moles c

1. indefinite genitive singular of mole

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French

Noun

moles f

1. plural of mole

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“to exert”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos) and German Mühen. See also Latin mōs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.leːs/, [ˈmoːɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.les/, [ˈmɔːles]

Noun

mōlēs f (genitive mōlis); third declension

1. mass (of material)
2. rock, boulder
3. heap, pile
4. mole, pier, jetty

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mōlēs	mōlēs
Genitive	mōlis	mōlium
Dative	mōlī	mōlibus
Accusative	mōlem	mōlēs mōlīs
Ablative	mōle	mōlibus
Vocative	mōlēs	mōlēs

Derived terms

• mōlecula (New Latin)
• mōlestus
• mōlior

Descendants

• Catalan: moll, mola
  • Portuguese: molhe
  • Spanish: muelle
• English: mole, molecule
• French: môle
• Italian: molo
• Portuguese: mole, mó

References

• “moles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “moles”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• moles in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• moles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• moles in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

Adjective

moles

1. (deprecated template usage) Masculine and feminine plural of adjective mole.

Noun

moles m

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural of noun mol.

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Spanish

Verb

moles

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of molar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of molar.