Mole

Mole

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mole"

English

Etymology

From Latin mola (“mill”), or otherwise a back-formation from Molesey (“Mul's Island”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /məʊl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊl
  • Homophone: mole

Proper noun

Mole

  1. A river in Surrey, England, tributary to the Thames.
  2. A river in Devon, England, tributary to the Taw.
  3. A surname.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ AD Mills (1998) Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names (2nd ed.)

Anagrams

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian molo.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Mole f (genitive Mole, plural Molen)

    1. jetty, mole

    Declension

    Declension of Mole [feminine]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative eine die Mole die Molen
    genitive einer der Mole der Molen
    dative einer der Mole den Molen
    accusative eine die Mole die Molen

    Further reading

    • “Mole”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Mole” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “Mole” in Duden online
    • Mole on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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