What does "cole" mean?
Cabbage.
Cole
/kəʊl/ name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Cabbage.
- Grammar: cole is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: borecole, brassica oleracea acephala, cabbage, colewort.
- Useful contrasts: family name, forename, given name.
- Usage evidence: In an oddly brotherly drunken gesture, Cole tried to give his roommate a noogie.
How to use "cole"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Cabbage. uncountable, usually
- 2 A stack or stook of hay. Scotland
"Father saw the happening from high in a park where the hay was cut and they set the swathes in coles, and he swore out Damn't to hell! and started to run […]"
- 3 Obsolete form of coal. alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 4 coarse curly-leafed cabbage wordnet
- 5 Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed). uncountable, usually
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- 6 a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name. countable
"A few years later when Doug and I got married, Cole, Ella, and I agreed that we didn’t like the term “stepmom.” Instead they came up with the name “Momala.”"
- 2 A male given name.; A diminutive of the male given name Nicholas. countable, uncountable
- 3 A male given name.; A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable
- 4 A surname.; A surname, variant of Cowell. from Cowell countable, uncountable
- 5 A surname.; A surname transferred from the given name. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename:; A river in the West Midlands and Warwickshire, England, which joins the Rivers Blythe and Tame north-east of Coleshill (Warwickshire). countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename:; A river forming the border between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, England, which joins the Thames near Lechlade. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename:; A hamlet in Pitcombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST6633). countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename:; A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado, United States. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename:; A township in Benton County, Missouri, United States. countable, uncountable
- 11 A placename:; A town in McClain County, Oklahoma, United States. countable, uncountable
- 12 A placename:; Ellipsis of Cole County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"In an oddly brotherly drunken gesture, Cole tried to give his roommate a noogie."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "cole"?
Common synonyms include: borecole, brassica oleracea acephala, cabbage, colewort, family name, forename.
How do you use "cole" in a sentence?
In an oddly brotherly drunken gesture, Cole tried to give his roommate a noogie.
How do you pronounce "cole"?
Pronounced /kəʊl/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
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.