coles

See also: Coles and colés

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊlz/, /kɔʊlz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /koʊlz/
• Homophones: coals, kohls
• Rhymes: -əʊlz

Noun

coles

1. plural of cole

Anagrams

• Close, close, socle

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)

1. with the

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈko.les]

Noun

coles

1. plural of cola (“glue”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈko.les]

Noun

coles

1. plural of cola (“cola”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkɔ.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈkɔ.les]

Verb

coles

1. second-person singular present indicative of colar

Latin

Verb

colēs

1. 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

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of colar

Noun

coles m

1. plural of cole

Spanish

Noun

coles f pl

1. plural of col
2. plural of cole

Verb

coles

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of colar (“to canonically confer (an ecclesiastical benefit)”)