name
Meaning 1
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Standard Lemma guide
cole
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊl/
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Received-Pronunciation: [kɒʊl]
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/kɒl/ doll–dole merger
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General-American: /koʊl/
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homophone: coal
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homophone: cole
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homophone: kohl
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homophone: Kohl
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rhymes with -əʊl
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Received-Pronunciation: /kɔʊl/
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US: /koʊl/
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CMU ARPABET: K OW1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name.
A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A male given name.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A surname.
A surname, variant of Cowell. from Cowell
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A surname.
A surname transferred from the given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
A placename:
A river in the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Rivers Blythe and Tame north-east of Coleshill (Warwickshire).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 7
A placename:
A river forming the border between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames near Lechlade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 8
A placename:
A hamlet in Pitcombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6633).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 9
A placename:
A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 10
A placename:
A township in Benton County, Missouri, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 11
A placename:
A town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 12
A placename:
Ellipsis of Cole County.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 13
Cabbage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 14
Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 15
A stack or stook of hay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 16
Obsolete form of coal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 17
coarse curly-leafed cabbage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: kale, kail
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Broader terms: cabbage, chou
Narrower terms: collards, collard greens
noun
Meaning 18
a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: kale, kail, borecole, colewort, Brassica oleracea acephala
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: crucifer, cruciferous plant
Narrower terms: collard
History
Etymology
The surname is variously from: # A nickname from Old English col (“coal, coal-black”), # A patronymic from Nicholas (see also Coles, Colson, Colle). # A variation of Cowell (which itself has several origins). # As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McCool. # As a German surname, Americanized from Kohl. # As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Kool. # As a French surname, Americanized/calqued from Charbonneau, influenced by the first sense.
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.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: col — brassica
- Finnish: kaali — brassica
- French: choux — brassica
- Greek: κράμβη (krámvi) — brassica
- Ancient Greek: γογγυλίς (gongulís) — brassica
- Hungarian: káposzta — brassica
- Italian: ravizzone — brassica
- Latin: ērūca — brassica
- Portuguese: brassicácea — brassica
- Portuguese: couve — brassica
- Romanian: varză — brassica
- Russian: капу́ста (kapústa) — brassica
- Spanish: col — brassica