Dole

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dole"

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: dōl, IPA^(key): [doʊ̯ɫ]
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Proper noun

Dole (countable and uncountable, plural Doles)

1. A surname.
2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (trademark) Dole Food Company, a U.S. agricultural multinational corporation.
3. Dole Constituency, a parliamentary constituency in Zanzibar.
4. A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

Derived terms

• Dole effect

 

Anagrams

• Delo, Deol, Doel, Ledo, OLED, leod, lode, olde

German

Etymology

Late Middle High German dol (“mine”), from Old High German dola (“pipe”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Dole f (genitive Dole, plural Dolen)

1. covered ditch
2. (Switzerland) gully; drain

Declension

Declension of Dole [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Dole	die	Dolen
genitive	einer	der	Dole	der	Dolen
dative	einer	der	Dole	den	Dolen
accusative	eine	die	Dole	die	Dolen

Saterland Frisian

n Dole (1).

n Dole (2).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːlə/
• Hyphenation: Do‧le
• Rhymes: -oːlə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Dohle (“jackdaw”), whence also Alpendohle (“alpine chough”).

Noun

Dole f (plural Dolen)

1. alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

Dole m or f (plural Dolen)

1. bowler hat

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Dole”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN