obole
See also: Obole
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French obole. Doublet of obolus, obol, and pul.
Noun
editobole (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
editFrench
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editobole f (plural oboles)
- a small amount of money
- a small, inconsequential gift
- obole (obsolete French money)
- obol (obsolete Greek money)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “obole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editVerb
editobolē
Serbo-Croatian
editParticiple
editobole (Cyrillic spelling оболе)
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