"cole" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəʊl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kɔʊl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /koʊl/ [US] Forms: coles [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊl Etymology: Wikispecies From Middle English cole, col, from Old English cawel, from Germanic, from Latin caulis (“cabbage”). Cognate with Dutch kool, German Kohl. Doublet of caulis, gobi, and kale. Etymology templates: {{wikispecies|Brassica}} Wikispecies, {{inh|en|enm|cole}} Middle English cole, {{m|enm|col}} col, {{inh|en|ang|cawel}} Old English cawel, {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|en|la|caulis||cabbage}} Latin caulis (“cabbage”), {{cog|nl|kool}} Dutch kool, {{cog|de|Kohl}} German Kohl, {{doublet|en|caulis|gobi|kale}} Doublet of caulis, gobi, and kale Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} cole (usually uncountable, plural coles)
  1. Cabbage. Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-cole-en-noun-SxmaTF1m
  2. Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed). Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (lifeform): Brassicas Translations (brassica): γογγυλίς (gongulís) (Ancient Greek), col [feminine] (Catalan), kaali (Finnish), choux (French), κράμβη (krámvi) [feminine] (Greek), káposzta (Hungarian), ravizzone [masculine] (Italian), ērūca [feminine] (Latin), brassicácea [feminine] (Portuguese), couve [feminine] (Portuguese), varză [feminine] (Romanian), капу́ста (kapústa) [feminine] (Russian), col [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cole-en-noun-17bdk59Q Disambiguation of Brassicas: 26 65 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 61 31 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 67 27 Disambiguation of 'brassica': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coleseed, coleslaw, sea cole Related terms: colewort, cauliflower
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kəʊl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kɔʊl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /koʊl/ [US] Forms: coles [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊl Head templates: {{en-noun}} cole (plural coles)
  1. (Scotland) A stack or stook of hay. Tags: Scotland Related terms: cole-prophet (english: etymologically unrelated)
    Sense id: en-cole-en-noun-en:hay Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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}

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  "word": "cole"
}

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