"Hole" meaning in All languages combined

See Hole on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Holes [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * English topographic surname for someone who lived by a depression, from Old English holh (“hole”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulwī, from Proto-Germanic *hulwiją. * Borrowed from Norwegian Hole, a habitational surname from Old Norse hóll (“round hill, mound”). * Shortened form of Dutch van Hole, a habitational surname from hol (“hole, depression, cavity”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ang|holh||hole}} Old English holh (“hole”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*hulwī}} Proto-West Germanic *hulwī, {{der|en|gem-pro|*hulwiją}} Proto-Germanic *hulwiją, {{bor|en|no|Hole}} Norwegian Hole, {{der|en|non|hóll||round hill, mound}} Old Norse hóll (“round hill, mound”), {{der|en|nl|van Hole}} Dutch van Hole Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Hole (plural Holes)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Hole-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 10 42

Proper name [Norwegian Bokmål]

IPA: /ˈhuː.lə/
Rhymes: -uːlə Etymology: Inherited from Old Norse Hólar, plural of hóll (“round, isolated hill; mound”). Originally the name of the farm where Hole Church was built, the name was subsequently transferred to the parish and municipality. The surname is habitational, transferred from one of several Norwegian farms bearing the name. First attested in 1330 in the form Holom. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|nb|non|Hólar|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Norse Hólar, {{inh+|nb|non|Hólar}} Inherited from Old Norse Hólar, {{etydate|1330}} First attested in 1330 Head templates: {{head|nb|proper noun}} Hole
  1. a municipality of Buskerud, Norway, in the traditional district of Ringerike, with Vik as its administrative centre Categories (place): Municipalities of Norway, Places in Buskerud, Norway, Places in Norway
    Sense id: en-Hole-nb-name-DmW07TBi Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 10 42
  2. a surname transferred from the place name, transferred from one of several Norwegian farms named Hole Derived forms: holeværing [person]
    Sense id: en-Hole-nb-name-ELFiu-0k Categories (other): Norwegian Bokmål surnames, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 10 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 13 53

Inflected forms

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