ole

Clipping of English Olekha.

ole

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Olekha.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Olekha terms

Borrowed from Spanish olé.

• IPA^(key): /oʊˈleɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

ole

1. An interjection used to stir up excitement.
   • 1979, The Boomtown Rats, “Nothing Happened Today”, in The Fine Art of Surfacing:

     Harry Hooper living in No. 10 / He bought a toupee and glued it to his head / "It looks very natural" everybody said / But then his wife said "Toupee, isn't that a French word?" / And Harry said "Ole!" / She said "That's a Spanish word." / And he said "O.K., can't tell the difference these days."

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əʊl/, [oʊl]

  • Audio (Southern England); [oʊl]:

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  • (doll–dole merger) IPA^(key): /ɒl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ol/
• Rhymes: -əʊl

ole (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of old.

   D'you see the ole guy sitting over there?

• ol'

• Leo, Loe, leo, loe, OEL, EOL, LEO, LoE, elo, Elo

ole

1. moon

• R. D. Shaw, 1986, The Bosavi language family, In Papers in New Guinea Linguistics 24, 45-76. Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. (Papers in New Guinea linguistics No. 24, 45-76), page 67

Inherited from Spanish oler (“to smell”).

• IPA^(key): /oˈle/, [oˈle]
• Hyphenation: o‧le

olé

1. to smell

ole

1. present indicative connegative of olema
2. second-person singular imperative of olema

• IPA^(key): /ˈoleˣ/, [ˈo̞le̞(ʔ)]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ole
• Syllabification^(key): o‧le
• Hyphenation^(key): ole

ole

1. inflection of olla:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular imperative connegative

• Elo, Leo, elo

ole (plural ole) (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)

1. Alternative form of âla (“wing”) documented in the following location(s): Belleroche

Inherited from Latin ōlla.

ole f (plural olis)

1. earthen jar
2. cooking pot

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ole (plural ile)

1. song

• E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrẹ Ụmụ́bọrá Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, page 97, 103

ole

1. friend

   Synonym: oda

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011), “ole”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 75

olē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of oleō

ole

1. Latin spelling of ოლე (ole)

ole

1. alternative form of hol (“healthy, whole”)

ole

1. alternative form of hole (“hole”)

ole

1. alternative form of oile (“oil”)

ole

1. alternative form of old (“old”)

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈole/

olẹ

1. inflection of ollit:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.le/

ole m

1. alternative form of ele

From Spanish oler.

ole

1. to smell

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish ole.

ole

1. ole

• IPA^(key): /ˈole/ [ˈo.le]
• Rhymes: -ole
• Syllabification: o‧le

ole

1. alternative form of olé

• “ole”, 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

ole

1. (dative singular of ol) to you (where the "you" is singular)
   • 1932, Arie de Jong, Leerboek der Wereldtaal, page 19:

     If laboböv moni, remoböv ole buki at.

     If I had money, I would buy this book for you.

Compare with Itsekiri olè, ultimately a Proto-Edekiri innovation, see Proto-Edekiri *o-lè, which likely displaced *ó-jí (“thief”)

• IPA^(key): /ō.lè/

olè

1. thief

   Synonyms: jàgùdà, ọlọ́sà

• jalè (“to steal”)
• olè-jíjà (“theft”)

• ìgárá (“robber”)

• IPA^(key): /ò.ꜜlé/

òlé

1. (Ekiti) the tree Canarium schweinfurthii

• Used by speakers of the Àkúrẹ́ subdialect