cole

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊl/, /kɔʊl/ (doll–dole merger) IPA(key): /kɒl/ (US) IPA(key): /koʊl/ Homophones: coal, kohl Rhymes: -əʊl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English cole, col, from Old English cawel, an early Germanic borrowing from Latin caulis (“cabbage”). Cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohl, Danish kål, Norwegian Bokmål kål, Norwegian Nynorsk kål, Swedish kål. Doublet of caulis, gobi, and kale. ==== Noun ==== cole (usually uncountable, plural coles) Cabbage. Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== cole (plural coles) (Scotland) A stack or stook of hay. === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== cole (countable and uncountable, plural coles) Obsolete form of coal. === See also === cole-prophet (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === LCOE, -coel, ecol., coel-, Cloe, Coel, Cleo == Asturian == === Verb === cole first/third-person singular present subjunctive of colar == Chinook Jargon == === Etymology === Borrowed from English cold. === Adjective === cole cold ==== Antonyms ==== waum ==== Derived terms ==== cōle sick === Noun === cole winter year ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “winter”): waum == Italian == === Verb === cole third-person singular present indicative of colere === Anagrams === celo, celò == Latin == === Verb === cole second-person singular present active imperative of colō == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɔlɛ/, [ˈt͡sɔlə] === Noun === cole inflection of coło: locative singular nominative/accusative dual == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From cole (“cold”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /koːl/ ==== Noun ==== cole (uncountable) coldness, coolness ===== Descendants ===== English: cool Yola: cool ===== References ===== “cọ̄l, n.(3)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== cole alternative form of coule == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== cole m (plural coles) alternative form of cúli === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Verb ==== cole inflection of colar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “cole”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cole”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Scots == === Alternative forms === col, coll, coal, coil, kyle, koll, koil, koal, kole, kale, cuile, quile, queyle === Etymology === Uncertain; possibly from Old French coillir (Modern French cueillir) or Old Norse kollr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkol/, /ˈkɔl/, /ˈkel/ (Central Scots) (North East Central Scots) (Perth) IPA(key): /ˈkɔil/ (Stirling) IPA(key): /ˈkwəil/ (West Central Scots) (Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈkɔil/ (North Ayrshire) IPA(key): /ˈkwəil/ (Renfrewshire) IPA(key): /ˈkwəil/ (South West Central Scots) (South Ayrshire) IPA(key): /ˈkwəil/ (Kirkcudbright) IPA(key): /ˈkɔil/ (Southern Scots) IPA(key): /ˈkəil/ (Hawick) IPA(key): /ˈkuːl/ (Selkirk) IPA(key): /ˈkɔil/ === Noun === cole (plural coles) (archaic, agriculture) A haycock, hayrick, bundle of straw. === Verb === cole (third-person singular simple present coles, present participle colein, simple past and past participle colet) (archaic, agriculture) To put hay in a cole. === Derived terms === coltar == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkole/ [ˈko.le] Rhymes: -ole Syllabification: co‧le === Etymology 1 === Clipping of colegio. ==== Noun ==== cole m (plural coles) (colloquial) school === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cole inflection of colar (“to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit)”): first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “cole”, 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 == Yola == === Adjective === cole alternative form of coale === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 31