ole

Spanish olé

• IPA^(key): /oʊˈleɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

ole

1. An interjection used to stir up excitement.
   • 1979, The Boomtown Rats (lyrics and music), “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): /oʊl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ol/

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• Rhymes: -oʊl

ole (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of old.

   D'you see the ole guy sitting over there?

• ol'

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

Inherited from Spanish oler (“to smell”).

olé

1. to smell

ole

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈoleˣ/, [ˈo̞le̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ole
• Syllabification^(key): o‧le

ole

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

• Elo, Leo, elo

From Latin ōlla.

ole f (plural olis)

1. earthen jar
2. cooking pot

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 (plural oles)

1. Alternative form of hole (“hole”)

ole

1. Alternative form of hole (“healthy, whole”)

ole (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of oile (“oil”)

ole

1. Alternative form of olde (“old”)

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈole/

olẹ

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

From Spanish oler.

ole

1. to smell

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish ole.

ole

1. ole

ole

1. (dative singular of ol) to you (where the "you" is singular)

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