ole

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ole"

Languages (20)

Translingual • English

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Aimele • Chavacano • Estonian • Finnish • Franco-Provençal • Friulian • Isoko • Laboya • Latin • Laz • Middle English • Northern Sami • Old English • Papiamentu • Romanian • Spanish • Volapük • Yoruba

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Olekha.

Symbol

ole

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Olekha.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Olekha terms

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish olé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʊˈleɪ/, /ɒˈleɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Interjection

ole

1. An interjection used to stir up excitement.
   • 1979, The Boomtown Rats, “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): /əʊl/, [oʊl]

  • Audio (Southern England); [oʊl]:

    (file)

  • (doll–dole merger) IPA^(key): /ɒl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ol/
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Adjective

ole (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of old.

   D'you see the ole guy sitting over there?

Derived terms

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

See also

• ol'

Anagrams

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

Aimele

Noun

ole

1. moon

Further reading

• R. D. Shaw, 1986, The Bosavi language family, In Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 24, 45-76. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. (Papers in New Guinea linguistics No. 24, 45-76), page 67

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish oler (“to smell”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oˈle/ [o.ˈle]

• Hyphenation: o‧le

Verb

olé

1. to smell

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for ole

	Zamboanga City	Cavite
tense	ole
past	ya ole
present	ta ole
future	ay ole; ole; el ole; (rural/archaic) ey ole	di ole
gerund	oliendo	?
past participle	olido
infinitive	ole
manner	olida
reciprocal	olihan
reciprocal past	ya man olihan; ya'n olihan
reciprocal present	ta man olihan; ta'n olihan
reciprocal future	ay man olihan; man olihan; el man olihan; (rural/archaic) ey man olihan
reciprocal infinitive	man olihan

Estonian

Verb

ole

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoleˣ/, [ˈo̞le̞(ʔ)]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ole
• Syllabification^(key): o‧le
• Hyphenation^(key): ole

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

Franco-Provençal

Noun

ole (plural ole) (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)

1. Alternative form of âla (“wing”) documented in the following location(s): Belleroche

Friulian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ōlla.

Noun

ole f (plural olis)

1. earthen jar
2. cooking pot

Isoko

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ole (plural ile)

1. song

References

• E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrẹ Ụmụ́bọrá Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, page 97, 103

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

Adjective

ole

1. alternative form of hol (“healthy, whole”)

Etymology 2

Noun

ole

1. alternative form of hole (“hole”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ole

1. (Catholicon Anglicum) alternative form of olie (“oil”)

Etymology 4

Adjective

ole

1. alternative form of old (“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

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.le/

Noun

ole m

1. alternative form of ele

Papiamentu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₃édeti

Proto-Italic *odō

Latin olō

Latin oleō

Old Spanish oler

Spanish olerder.

Papiamentu ole

Derived from Spanish oler.

Verb

ole

1. to smell

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish ole.

Interjection

ole

1. ole

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈole/ [ˈo.le]
• Rhymes: -ole
• Syllabification: o‧le

Interjection

ole

1. alternative form of olé

Further reading

• “ole”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Volapük

Pronoun

ole

1. (dative singular of ol) to you (where the "you" is singular)
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 19:

     If laboböv moni, remoböv ole buki at.

     If I had money, I would buy this book for you.

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