poles

See also: Poles and pôles

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəʊlz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /poʊlz/

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• Rhymes: -əʊlz

Noun

poles

1. plural of pole

   The distance between the poles was three feet.

Verb

poles

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of pole

Anagrams

• LEPOs, S-pole, eslop, lopes, olpes, slope, spole

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + feminine plural article les (“the”).

Contraction

poles f pl (masculine sg pol, feminine sg pola, neuter sg polo, masculine plural polos)

1. for the, by the

Galician

Verb

poles

1. second-person singular present indicative of pulir

Spanish

Noun

poles m pl

1. plural of pole

Verb

poles

1. second-person singular present indicative of polir