dole

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dəʊl/, [dɒʊl] (doll–dole merger) IPA(key): /dɒl/ (General American) IPA(key): /doʊl/ Rhymes: -əʊl Homophones: dhole, doll (doll–dole merger) === Etymology 1 === From Middle English dol, from Old English dāl (“portion, share, division, allotment”), from Proto-Germanic *dailą (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Polish dola (“fate, cut”), Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”). More at deal. First attested in the late 12th c. The verb is first attested in the mid-15th c. ==== Noun ==== dole (countable and uncountable, plural doles) (uncountable) Distribution; dealing; apportionment. [late 12th c.] c. 1650s, John Cleveland, Upon Phillis Walking in a Morning before Sun-rising At her general dole, / Each receives his ancient soul. Distribution of alms or gifts. [late 13th c.] (uncountable, by extension) Money or other goods given as charity. [late 15th c.] (uncountable, informal, often with the) Payment by the state to the unemployed; unemployment benefits. [1919] Synonyms: (UK) pancrack, (Canada) pogey (countable) A boundary; a landmark. (countable, UK dialectal) A void space left in tillage. ===== Derived terms ===== (payment to support the unemployed): ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== dole (third-person singular simple present doles, present participle doling, simple past and past participle doled) (intransitive) To distribute alms, etc., in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource. [mid-15th c.] (transitive) To distribute (as, alms) in small amounts; to share out (small portions of a meager resource). [1749] ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English dole (“grief”), from Old French doel (compare French deuil), from Late Latin dolus, from Latin doleo. ==== Noun ==== dole (uncountable) (archaic) A sorrow or grief; dolour. (law, Scotland) Dolus. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== dole (plural doles) Alternative form of dhole (“Asian wild dog”). === Anagrams === Delo, Deol, Doel, Ledo, OLED, leod, lode, olde == Bola == === Noun === dole testicle === References === René van den Berg and Brent Wiebe, Bola Grammar Sketch, p. 59 == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈdolɛ] === Etymology 1 === ==== Adverb ==== dole down (at a lower place or position) Antonym: nahoře ===== Related terms ===== ===== See also ===== vlevo vpravo === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== dole m vocative/locative singular of důl === Further reading === “dole”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “dole”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “dole”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Dutch == === Verb === dole (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of dolen === Anagrams === doel == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: dolent, doles === Verb === dole inflection of doler: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Verb === dolē second-person singular present active imperative of doleō == Lower Sorbian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɔlɛ/, [ˈdɔlə] === Noun === dole locative singular of doł == Middle English == === Alternative forms === dele, doell === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French doel (compare French deuil), from Late Latin dolus, from Latin doleo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɔːl/, /doːl/ === Noun === dole (plural doles) grief, sorrow ==== Descendants ==== English: dole Yola: dole ==== References ==== “dōl, n.(2)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Polish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔlɛ Syllabification: do‧le === Etymology 1 === Clipping of daleko. ==== Adverb ==== dole (Podhale) synonym of daleko === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== dole f nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dola === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== dole m inan locative/vocative singular of dół === Further reading === Jan Karłowicz (1900), “daleko”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 306 == Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === dȍlje (Ijekavian) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dôle/ Hyphenation: do‧le === Adverb === dȍle (Cyrillic spelling до̏ле) (Ekavian) down below === Interjection === dȍle (Cyrillic spelling до̏ле) down == Yola == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English dol, dal, from Old English dāl, from Proto-Germanic *dailą. ==== Alternative forms ==== daal ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /dɔːl/, /daːl/ ==== Noun ==== dole deal 1867, “GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY“, page 36: === Etymology 2 === From Middle English dole (“grief”), from Old French doel (compare French deuil), from Late Latin dolus, from Latin doleo. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /doːl/ ==== Noun ==== dole trouble === References === == Zazaki == === Alternative forms === dol === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [doˈlə] Hyphenation: do‧le === Noun === dole f A lake. === See also === gol