ole

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ole"

English

Etymology 1

Spanish olé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʊˈleɪ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Interjection

ole

1. An interjection used to stir up excitement.
   • 1979, The Boomtown Rats (lyrics and music), “Nothing Happened Today”, in The Fine Art of Surfacing:

     Harry Hooper living in No. 10 / He bought a toupee and glued it to his head / "It looks very natural" everybody said / But then his wife said "Toupee, isn't that a French word?" / And Harry said "Ole!" / She said "That's a Spanish word." / And he said "O.K., can't tell the difference these days."

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /oʊl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ol/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oʊl

Adjective

ole (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of old.

   D'you see the ole guy sitting over there?

Derived terms

Derived terms

• big ole
• good ole
• little ole, li'l' ole, li'l ole, lil ole

See also

• ol'

Anagrams

• EOL, Elo, LEO, Leo, Loe, OEL, elo, leo

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish oler (“to smell”).

Verb

olé

1. to smell

Estonian

Verb

ole

1. present indicative connegative of olema
2. second-person singular imperative of olema

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoleˣ/, [ˈo̞le̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ole
• Syllabification^(key): o‧le

Verb

ole

1. inflection of olla:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

Anagrams

• Elo, Leo, elo

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin ōlla.

Noun

ole f (plural olis)

1. earthen jar
2. cooking pot

Laboya

Noun

ole

1. friend

   Synonym: oda

References

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ole”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 75

Latin

Verb

olē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of oleō

Laz

Noun

ole

1. Latin spelling of ოლე (ole)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

ole (plural oles)

1. Alternative form of hole (“hole”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

ole

1. Alternative form of hole (“healthy, whole”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ole (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of oile (“oil”)

Etymology 4

Adjective

ole

1. Alternative form of olde (“old”)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈole/

Verb

olẹ

1. inflection of ollit:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish oler.

Verb

ole

1. to smell

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish ole.

Interjection

ole

1. ole

Volapük

Pronoun

ole

1. (dative singular of ol) to you (where the "you" is singular)

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Compare with Itsekiri olè, ultimately a Proto-Edekiri innovation, see Proto-Edekiri *o-lè, which likely displaced *ó-jí (“thief”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.lè/

Noun

olè

1. thief

   Synonyms: jàgùdà, ọlọ́sà

Derived terms

• jalè (“to steal”)
• olè-jíjà (“theft”)

Related terms

• ìgárá (“robber”)

Etymology 2

Igi òlé

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.ꜜlé/

Noun

òlé

1. (Ekiti) the tree Canarium schweinfurthii

Usage notes

• Used by speakers of the Àkúrẹ́ subdialect