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fole

See also: føle and fölé

English

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Noun

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fole (plural foles)

  1. Obsolete spelling of foal.
    • 1858, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Æstivation:
      In candent ire the solar splendor flames;
      The foles, languescent, pend from arid rames;
      His humid front the cive, anheling, wipes,
      And dreams of erring on ventiferous ripes.

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *spālai, from Proto-Indo-European *spel (“to cleave, break”). Related to fyell and fell. Compare Greek φωλιά (foliá, “nest”), from Ancient Greek φωλεά (phōleá).

Noun

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fole f (plural fole, definite foleja, definite plural foletë)

  1. nest (mainly of birds)
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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old French fol, from Latin follis.

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fole (plural foles)

  2. A fool, idiot, or moron; somebody who is stupid or unthinking.
  3. An entertainer or joker; somebody who is employed to provide amusement.
  4. (rare) Someone who is incapacitated or shocked; someone whose idiocy is temporary.
  5. (rare) A victim of a scam or trick; someone who is fooled.
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Descendants
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  • English: fool
  • Geordie English: fuil, feul
  • Scots: fule, fuil
  • → Welsh: ffôl

Adjective

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fole

  2. Foolish, moronic, idiotic, ridiculous.
  3. Evil, iniquitous, malign, devilish.
  4. Sexually deviant, immoral or sinful.
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Etymology 2

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From Old English fola, from Proto-West Germanic *folō, from Proto-Germanic *fulô.

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fole (plural foles)

  2. A foal (a young horse).
  3. A horse regardless of its age.
  4. The young of any other mammal, including the human being.
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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fole

  2. Alternative form of folen (“to foal”)
  3. inflection of folen (“to foal”):
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse foli.

Noun

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fole m (definite singular folen, indefinite plural foler, definite plural folene)

  1. a foal (colt or filly)
    Synonym: føll

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse fola.

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fole

  1. to foal (give birth to a foal)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse foli.

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fole m (definite singular folen, indefinite plural folar, definite plural folane)

  1. a foal (colt or filly)
    Synonym: føl

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse fola.

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fole

  1. to foal (give birth to a foal)

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Portuguese

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  • Hyphenation: fo‧le

Etymology 1

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From Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolǵʰnis, derivative of *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”).

Noun

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fole m (plural foles)

  1. bellows (flexible container used to blow air)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Guinea-Bissau Creole foli, from Mandinka.

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fole m (plural foles)

  1. (dialect, Guinea-Bissau) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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fole m (plural foles)

  1. (Mozambique) tobacco, snuff

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