Dictionary

cole en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /koʊl/ (US)
• /kɔʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kɒl/ doll–dole merger
• /kəʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Cabbage.
2. (uncountable, usually) Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

Forms

Deriveds

sea cole · coleslaw · coleseed · pig's cole

Relateds

colewort · borecole · cauliflower

Translations (13)

hu káposzta (brassica) · ro varză (brassica) · es col (brassica) · ca col (brassica) · it ravizzone (brassica) · grc γογγυλίς (brassica) · pt couve (brassica) · fr choux (brassica) · ru капу́ста (brassica) · la ērūca (brassica) · pt brassicácea (brassica) · el κράμβη (brassica) · fi kaali (brassica)

cole en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /koʊl/ (US)
• /kɔʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kɒl/ doll–dole merger
• /kəʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Meanings

1. (Scotland) A stack or stook of hay.
   • Father saw the happening from high in a park where the hay was cut and they set the swathes in coles, and he swore out Damn't to hell! and started to run […] 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 39:

Forms

cole en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• /koʊl/ (US)
• /kɔʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kɒl/ doll–dole merger
• /kəʊl/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Meanings

1. (alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable) Obsolete form of coal.
   alt of coal

Forms

Relateds

cole-prophet