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Definition: Cole |
ColeNoun1. A hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head. 2. Coarse curly-leafed cabbage. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Cole" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be black". |
Date "cole" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Etymology: Cole \Cole\, noun. [from Old English expression col, caul, Anglo-Saxon cawl, cawel, from the Latin expression caulis, the stalk or stem of plant, especially cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Greek. Compare to Cauliflower, Kale.]. (references) |
"Cole" is a common misspelling or typo for: came, cape, choke, coal, coil. |
| Domain | Definition |
Biographical Satire | COLE, King, a merry old monarch of the Kingdom of Childhood. Great smoker, and was fond of the bowl. Recreation: Fiddlers. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Food & Agriculture | A plant, Brassica napus, grown as food for livestock and for its seeds, from which oil is made. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Cole = money. (See Coal ) Cole (King ). A legendary British king, described as "a merry old soul" fond of his pipe, fond of his glass, and fond of his "fiddlers three." (Kg. Coïl, i.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | COLE. Money. Post the cole: pay down the money. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Cole, Oklahoma."
Synonyms: ColeSynonyms: borecole (n), colewort (n), kail (n), kale (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cole |
| English words defined with "cole": Cold slaw, Coleseed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cole": Colcannon ♦ Kleene, Stephen Cole ♦ QUEER COLE FENCER, QUEER COLE MAKER ♦ RUM COLE, RUM GHELT ♦ S-ALGOL, Stephen Cole Kleene, Stephen Kleene, Symbol Manipulation Program ♦ Text Reckoning And Compiling. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cole": Kohl-rabi. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cole" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Spanish (school, schoolhouse). |
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Screenplays | Cole, this was a legal courthouse (The Sixth Sense; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) Mrs. Cole, the only problem here is that after you've provided years of faithful service and loving support raising his children - They are his (Liar Liar; writing credit: Paul Guay; Stephen Mazur) Cole, if you don't get me the hell outta here right now- (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) The third is Cole Thornton (El Dorado; writing credit: Felix Adler; Jack Jevne) Name is Cole, sir. He's a paper hanger (Zulu; writing credit: John Prebble;) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Maggie Cole Say Goodbye (1972) Tribute to Cole Porter (1967) Gunfighter Cole Younger (1958) The Nat King Cole Show (1956) | |
Song Titles | Ramblin' Rose (performing artist: Nat King Cole) UNFORGETTABLE (performing artist: NAT KING COLE & NATALIE COLE) I'VE GOT LOVE ON MY MIND (performing artist: NATALIE COLE) Miss You Like Crazy (performing artist: Natalie Cole) OUR LOVE (performing artist: NATALIE COLE) | |
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 | Officers on the MARINDUQUE l to r - E. C. Mumau, Surgeon R. Cole, Engineer W.C. Carroll Captain Paul C. Whitney on right. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Staff Sgt. William W. Cole. |
 | Members of the 86th Airlift Wing Honor Guard carry the remains of fallen sailors from the USS Cole out of a C-17 Globemaster III at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct.13. The Navy destroyer was in the port of Aden, Yemen, when the incident occurred. (Photo b. |  | Cole Road street sign near the Chadwick Hill Marsh. Credit: John Craig. |
 | Cole Creek culvert replacement for fish passage. Credit: J. Brende. |  | Abdiah Cole : Dr. of Physick. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Arth. W. Cole, M.D.] / John T. French del. Lith. of Thomas Sinclair. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, USAAF, (center) with members of his flight crew and Chinese officials in China after the 18 April 1942 attack on Japan. Those present are (from left to right): Staff Sergeant Fred A. Braemer, Bombardier; Staff Sergeant Paul J. Leonard, Flight Engineer/Gunner; General Ho, director of the Branch Government of Western Chekiang Province; Lieutenant Richard E. Cole, Copilot; Lt.Col. Doolittle, Pilot and mission commander; Henry H. Shen, bank manager; Lieutenant Henry A. Potter, Navigator; Chao Foo Ki, secretary of the Western Chekiang Province Branch Government. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Oil on canvas, 30" x 26", by Charles O. Cole (1814-c.1856). Painted circa 1834. See Photo # KN-582 (extended caption) for more information on this painting. Credit: NAVY. |  | Leonard Cole. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Mrs. Cole seemed to be relating something of her that was expected to be very interesting |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | OLD KING COLE takes the same view as HECLA |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Cole M, John-Steiner V, Scribner S, Souberman E, editors and translators. (references) | |
Economic History | Yemen | The bombing of the USS Cole in Aden Harbor in October 2000 in which 17 U.S. servicemen and woman were killed, is considered to be the act of international terrorists. (references) |
Yemen | However, new terrorist incidents in Yemen, including the bombing of the USS Cole in Aden Harbor and the kidnapping of a German student in May 2001, continue to dampen growth in the tourism sector. (references) | |
Mexico | Some of the major brands currently being manufactured in the area include Hush Puppies, Florsheim, Ferragamo, Cole Haan, Ecco, Steve Madden, Rockport, Johnston & Murphy, Red Wing, Justin Boots, Stride Rite, etc. (references) | |
Political Economy | Yemen | The latter came to the fore following the terrorist attack against the USS Cole in Aden Harbor on October 12, 2000. As a result, the two countries have cooperated extensively on the investigation into the attack and the USG has increased anti-terrorism training to the Yemeni government. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cole" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.81% of the time. "Cole" is used about 547 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 97.81% | 535 | 11,490 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.19% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 547 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cole" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cole | First name Male | 10,000 | 682 |
| Cole | Last name | 80,000 | 108 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Cole" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be black". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Cole." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Cole | Male | English | N/A |
| Kole | Male | English | Cole |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Cole National Corp. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Cole, CA 2. Cole, OK (town, FIPS 16200) |
Expressions using "cole": Cole Albert Porter ♦ Cole Camp ♦ Cole County ♦ Cole Porter ♦ cole slaw ♦ King Cole ♦ red cole ♦ sea cole ♦ Stephen Cole Kleene. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cole": Cole-hamilton, Cole-king, Cole-parmer, cole-seed, cole-trained. | |
Ending with "cole": clear-cole. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
kyla cole | 3,329 | cole vision | 162 |
kenneth cole | 2,709 | anne cole swim wear | 145 |
cole haan | 1,034 | jennifer cole | 116 |
cole hauser | 739 | cole managed vision | 114 |
kenneth cole watch | 589 | cole palmer | 111 |
nat king cole | 542 | uss cole | 101 |
kenneth cole shoes | 392 | dorinda clark cole | 99 |
natalie cole | 375 | thomas cole | 95 |
paula cole | 339 | gelles cole | 91 |
cole | 327 | nat king cole lyrics | 89 |
cole haan shoes | 304 | paula cole lyrics | 87 |
cole slaw | 281 | kyla cole pic | 86 |
cole slaw recipe | 265 | lloyd cole | 81 |
cole parmer | 253 | allen cole david | 81 |
cole porter | 222 | kyla cole gallery | 80 |
anne cole | 210 | gary cole | 74 |
kenneth cole reaction | 199 | keneth cole | 73 |
cole hahn | 188 | kenneth cole luggage | 71 |
holly cole | 165 | kenneth cole sun glasses | 69 |
cole hann | 163 | cole hahn shoes | 66 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cole"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | Зеле, апица. (various references) | |
Czech | Uhlí (coal). (various references) | |
Danish | raps (colza, rape, swede rape). (various references) | |
Dutch | koolzaad (turnip). (various references) | |
Finnish | rapsi (rape). (various references) | |
French | colza (colza). (various references) | |
German | Raps (rape, rape-seed). (various references) | |
Greek | κράμβη ελαιώδης (colza, rape), Λάχανο. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szélhámosság (bunco, fake, gouge, humbug, quackery, racket, roguery, scam, smart practice, swindle), Kelkáposzta (kale), karórépa (swede), becsapás (chisel, dupery, eye-wash, fraud, gouge, gyp, hocus pocus, scam, sell, victimization), ölelés (clasp, cuddle, embrace), átkarolás (clinch, embracing, envelopment, hug). (various references) | |
Italian | colza (rape), Ravizzone (brassica, kale). (various references) | |
Manx | caayl [f] (cabbage), caayl (cabbage). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | olecay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | couve (cabbage, kale), colza (rape), nabo (turnip). (various references) | |
Russian | Капуста. (various references) | |
Scottish | coileag (a cockle, a cole of hay). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | kupus (cabbage). (various references) | |
Spanish | colza (colza, rape), Col (cabbage, cauliflower, Col). (various references) | |
Swedish | Kål (cabbage, kail, kale). (various references) | |
Turkish | Lâhana Türü Sebze, Kolza (colza, rape). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Капуста Польова, Свиріпа. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 16, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai autoV fwnhsaV eipen pater abraam elehson me kai pemyon lazaron ina bayh to akron tou daktulou autou udatoV kai katayuxh thn glwssan mou oti odunwmai en th flogi tauth |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ipse clamans dixit pater Abraham miserere mei et mitte Lazarum ut intinguat extremum digiti sui in aqua ut refrigeret linguam meam quia crucior in hac flamma |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa hrymde he and cwæð: eala fæder abraham gemilsa me: and send lazarum þæt he dyppe his fingres lið on wætere. and mine tungan gehæle. forþam þe ic eom on þis lige cwylmed; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he criede, and seide, Fadir Abraham, haue merci on me, and sende Lazarus, that he dippe the ende of his fyngur in watir, to kele my tunge; for Y am turmentid in this flawme. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he cryed and sayd: father Abraham have mercy on me and sende Lazarus that he maye dippe the tippe of his fynger in water and cole my tonge: for I am tourmented in this flame. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 16, Verse 24 |
| Cebuano | Ug siya misinggit nga nag-ingon, `Amahan kong Abraham, kaloy-i intawon ako, ug sugoa si Lazaro sa pagtuslob sa tumoy sa iyang tudlo diha sa tubig aron ipabugnaw sa akong dila; kay ania ako sa kasakit dinhi niining nagadilaab nga kalayo.` |
| Chinese | 就 喊 著 說 、 我 祖 亞 伯 拉 罕 " 、 可 憐 我 罷 、 " 發 拉 '' 路 來 、 " 指 尖 蘸 點 水 、 涼 涼 我 的 舌 ． 為 我 在 這 火 燄 裡 、 極 其 痛 苦 。 |
| Croatian | pa zavapi: 'Oèe Abrahame, smiluj mi se i pošalji Lazara da umoèi vršak svoga prsta u vodu i rashladi mi jezik jer se strašno muèim u ovom plamenu.' |
| Danish | Og han råbte og sagde: Fader Abraham! forbarm dig over mig, og send Lazarus, for at han kan dyppe det yderste af sin Finger i Vand og læske min Tunge; thi jeg pines svarlig i denne Lue. |
| Dutch | En hij riep en zeide: Vader Abraham, ontferm u mijner, en zend Lazarus, dat hij het uiterste zijns vingers in het water dope, en verkoele mijn tong; want ik lijde smarten in deze vlam. |
| Finnish | Ja hän huusi sanoen: `Isä Aabraham, armahda minua ja lähetä Lasarus kastamaan sormensa pää veteen ja jäähdyttämään minun kieltäni, sillä minulla on kova tuska tässä liekissä!` |
| French | Il s`écria: Père Abraham, aie pitié de moi, et envoie Lazare, pour qu`il trempe le bout de son doigt dans l`eau et me rafraîchisse la langue; car je souffre cruellement dans cette flamme. |
| German | Und er rief und sprach: Vater Abraham, erbarme dich mein und sende Lazarus, daß er die Spitze seines Fingers ins Wasser tauche und kühle meine Zunge; denn ich leide Pein in dieser Flamme. |
| Hungarian | És õ kiáltván, monda: Atyám Ábrahám! könyörülj rajtam, és bocsásd el Lázárt, hogy mártsa az õ ujjának hegyét vízbe, és hûsítse meg az én nyelvemet; mert gyötrettetem e lángban. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | 'Bapak Abraham!' seru orang kaya itu. 'Kasihanilah saya. Suruhlah Lazarus mencelupkan jarinya ke dalam air lalu datang membasahi lidah saya. Saya sengsara sekali di dalam api ini!' |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka berserulah ia, katanya: Ya Bapaku Ibrahim, kasihankanlah hamba dan suruhlah kiranya Lazarus datang, supaya dicelupkannya ujung jarinya ke dalam air, dan menyejukkan lidah hamba; karena hamba merasa sengsara di dalam nyala api ini. |
| Italian | Allora gridando disse: Padre Abramo, abbi piet di me e manda Lazzaro a intingere nell'acqua la punta del dito e bagnarmi la lingua, perché questa fiamma mi tortura. |
| Maori | Na ka karanga ia, ka mea, E pa, e Aperahama, kia aroha ki ahau, tonoa mai hoki a Raharuhi ki te tou i te pito o tona matihao ki te wai, hei whakamatao i toku arero; e mamae ana hoki ahau i tenei mura. |
| Norwegian | Da ropte han: Fader Abraham! forbarm dig over mig og send Lasarus, forat han kan dyppe det ytterste av sin finger i vann og svale min tunge! for jeg pines storlig i denne lue. |
| Rumanian | wi a strigat: ,Pqrinte Avraame, fie-yi milq de mine, wi trimete pe Lazqr sq-wi moaie vkrful degetului kn apq, wi sq-mi rqcoreascq limba; cqci grozav sknt chinuit kn vqpaia aceasta.` |
| Russian | Й, ЧПЪП ЙЧ, УЛБЪБМ: ПФЮЕ бЧТББНЕ! ХНЙМПУЕТ"ЙУШ ОБ"П НОПА Й ПЫМЙ мБЪБТС, ЮФП'Щ ПНПЮЙМ ЛПОЕ" ЕТУФБ УЧПЕЗП Ч ЧП"Е Й ТПИМБ"ЙМ СЪЩЛ НПК, Й'П С НХЮБАУШ Ч МБНЕОЙ УЕН. |
| Shuar | Wáiniak untsumuk "Apawá Apraamá Wáitnentrurta, timiai. Rásaruka tsara uwejejai entsan uchupir winia iniairun imichturat akupturkata. Wisha jui jinium pujusan ti waitiajai" timiai.' |
| Spanish | Entonces él, dando voces, dijo: 'Padre Abraham, ten misericordia de mí y envía a Lázaro para que moje la punta de su dedo en agua y refresque mi lengua; porque estoy atormentado en esta llama.' |
| Swahili | Basi, akaita kwa sauti: `Baba Abrahamu, nionee huruma; umtume Lazaro angalau achovye ncha ya kidole chake katika maji, auburudishe ulimi wangu, maana ninateseka mno katika moto huu.` |
| Swedish | Då ropade han och sade: 'Fader Abraham, förbarma dig över mig, och sänd Lasarus att doppa det yttersta av sitt finger i vatten och svalka min tunga, ty jag pinas svårt i dessa lågor.' |
| Uma | Pekio' -nami topo'ua' toei, na'uli': `Mama Abraham! Poka'ahi' -a-kuwo! Hubui-i Lazarus mpotubu' karawe-na hi rala ue pai' tumai natudohi-ka-kuwo jila' -ku. Pepa rahi-mi ku'epe rala apu tohe'i!' |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cole": colead, coleader, coleaders, coleading, coleads, coled, colemanite, colemanites, coleoptera, coleopteran, coleopterans, coleopterist, coleopterists, coleopterous, coleoptile, coleoptiles, coleorhiza, coleorhizae, coles, coleseed, coleseeds, coleslaw, coleslaws, colessee, colessees, colessor, colessors, coleus, coleuses, colewort, coleworts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cole": borecole, bricole, calcicole, caracole, pratincole. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cole": borecoles, bricoles, calcicoles, caracoled, caracoles, medicolegal, narcolepsies, narcolepsy, narcoleptic, narcoleptics, pratincoles, protocoled, sarcolemma, sarcolemmal, sarcolemmas, scoleces, scolecite, scolecites, scolex, tricolette, tricolettes. (additional references) | |
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"Cole" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Celep, Celex, Ceolbeg, Codlea, Cogley, Cohla, Coille, Colbea, coloe, Colte, Coole, Corle, cowle, Coxley, Crole, Ecolo, Gcol, ocle, Ocli, Oclo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cole" (pronounced kō"l) |
| 3 | k ō" l | coal, Kohl, skoal. |
| 2 | -ō" l | bole, Boll, bowl, cajole, control, decontrol, dhole, dole, droll, enroll, espanol, extol, foal, goal, hole, sole, soul, stole, stroll, knoll, mole, ole, parole, patrol, pistole, pole, poll, role, roll, scroll, thole, tole, toll, troll, whole. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-l-o" | |
-1 letter: cel, col, ole. | |
-2 letters: el, lo, oe. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-l-o" | |
+1 letter: cello, celom, ceorl, clone, close, clove, cloze, coble, coled, coles, dolce, oleic, socle. | |
+2 letters: alcove, beclog, boucle, cajole, cellos, celoms, ceorls, choler, cineol, citole, cleome, cloche, cloned, cloner, clones, cloque, closed, closer, closes, closet, clothe, cloven, clover, cloves, cloyed, clozes, coaled, coaler, cobble, cobles, cockle, coddle, coelom, coeval, coffle, coiled, coiler, colder, colead, coleus, colies, collet, collie, colone, colter, colure, comely, compel, cooled, cooler, coolie, corbel, cormel, cornel, coulee, couple, cowled, creole, cresol, docile, enolic, lector, locale, locate, locked, locker, locket, locoed, locoes, locule, louche, ocelli, ocelot, oracle, oscule, police, recoal, recoil, relock, scolex, socles, solace, veloce. | |
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