spole

See also: spöle, spolę, and S-pole

English

Etymology

Variant of spool.

Noun

spole (plural spoles)

1. The small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel.
   • 1789, [Erasmus Darwin], “Canto II”, in The Botanic Garden; a Poem, in Two Parts. […], London: J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1791, →OCLC, part II (The Loves of the Plants; 3rd edition), pages 61–62, lines 283–288:

     Firſt vvith nice eye emerging Naiads cull / From leathery pods the vegetable vvool [cotton]; / VVith vviry teeth revolving cards releaſe / The tangled knots, and ſmooth the ravell'd fleece; / […] / Then fly the ſpoles, the rapid axles glovv, / And ſlovvly circumvolves the labouring vvheel belovv.

Anagrams

• poles, olpes, lopes, eslop, LEPOs, Lopes, Poles, slope

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish spolæ, from Old Norse spóla, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ. Cognate with Swedish spole, German Spule, Dutch spoel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsboːlə]

Noun

spole c (singular definite spolen, plural indefinite spoler)

1. spool
2. coil, reel
3. (electronics) inductor

Declension

Declension of spole

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spole	spolen	spoler	spolerne
genitive	spoles	spolens	spolers	spolernes

Derived terms

• båndspole
• filmspole
• garnspole
• primærspole
• sekundærspole
• spoleben
• spolebåndoptager
• spoleorm
• svingspole
• tændspole

Etymology 2

From the noun above.

Verb

spole (imperative spol, infinitive at spole, present tense spoler, past tense spolede, perfect tense spolet)

1. (uncommon) to wind (something)

   Coordinate term: vinde

2. to rewind or fast forward a tape etc.
   1. (figurative) to rewind, jump in time (to a time in the past)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spole

active passive present spoler spoles past spolede spoledes infinitive spole spoles imperative spol — participle present spolende past spolet (auxiliary verb have) gerund spolen

Derived terms

• spoling
• tilbagespoling

Further reading

• “spole” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “spole” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Fingallian

Etymology

From Irish spóla (“cut of meat, joint of meat”), from Scots spaul (“limb, shoulder”).

Noun

spole

1. Of pork.
   • 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):

     Spole,

     Of Pork.

Italian

Noun

spole f

1. plural of spola

Anagrams

• spelo, spelò

Middle English

Alternative forms

• spule (Catholicon Anglicum)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Northern French spole, its etymon Middle Dutch spoele, or (less likely) Middle Low German spôle, from Proto-West Germanic *spōlā, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspoːl(ə)/

Noun

spole (plural spoles)

1. A bobbin or spool (for weaving).

Descendants

• English: spool
• Middle Scots: spule
  • Scots: spule, spuil
• → Irish: spól

References

• “spọ̄le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “spool, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

spole (imperative spol, present tense spoler, passive spoles, simple past spolet or spolte, past participle spolet or spolt, present participle spolende)

1. to wind (something)

   spole av ― to unwind (something)

References

• “spole” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

spole (Cyrillic spelling споле)

1. vocative singular of spol

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse spóla, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspuːlɛ/

Noun

spole c

1. spool
2. coil, reel
3. (electronics) inductor

Declension

Declension of spole

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spole	spoles
	definite	spolen	spolens
plural	indefinite	spolar	spolars
	definite	spolarna	spolarnas

Synonyms

• (coil): rulle, vinda
• (inductor): drossel, induktor, solenoid

References

• “spole”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “spole”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “spole”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)