obole
See also: Obole
English edit
Etymology edit
French; doublet of obolus and pul.
Noun edit
obole (plural oboles)
- (historical) An obsolete French coin.
- 2003, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Coins and Currency: An Historical Encyclopedia, →ISBN:
- If a small ship arrives at Billingsgate it will give one obole as thelony [custom]
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin obolus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
obole f (plural oboles)
- a small amount of money
- a small, inconsequential gift
- obole (obsolete French money)
- obol (obsolete Greek money)
Further reading edit
- “obole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
obolē
Serbo-Croatian edit
Participle edit
obole (Cyrillic spelling оболе)