coles
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊlz/, /kɔʊlz/
- (US) IPA(key): /koʊlz/
- Homophones: coals, kohls
- Rhymes: -əʊlz
Noun
coles
- plural of cole
Anagrams
Asturian
Etymology
From a contraction of the preposition con (“with”) + feminine plural article les (“the”).
Contraction
coles f pl (masculine sg col, feminine sg cola, neuter sg colo, masculine plural colos)
Catalan
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
coles
- plural of cola (“glue”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
coles
- plural of cola (“cola”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
coles
- second-person singular present indicative of colar
Latin
Verb
colēs
- second-person singular future active indicative of colō
References
- “coles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- coles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Verb
coles
- second-person singular present subjunctive of colar
Noun
coles m
- plural of cole
Spanish
Noun
coles f pl
Verb
coles
- second-person singular present subjunctive of colar (“to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit)”)