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cole

noun
/kəʊl/UK/kɒl//koʊl/US

Etymology

The surname is variously from: # A nickname from Old English col (“coal, coal-black”), # A patronymic from Nicholas (see also Coles, Colson, Colle). # A variation of Cowell (which itself has several origins). # As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McCool. # As a German surname, Americanized from Kohl. # As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Kool. # As a French surname, Americanized/calqued from Charbonneau, influenced by the first sense.

  1. derived from col

Definitions

  1. Cabbage.

  2. Brassica

    Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

  3. A stack or stook of hay.

    • Father saw the happening from high in a park where the hay was cut and they set the swathes in coles, and he swore out Damn't to hell! and started to run […]
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Obsolete form of coal.

    2. A male given name.

      • A few years later when Doug and I got married, Cole, Ella, and I agreed that we didn’t like the term “stepmom.” Instead they came up with the name “Momala.”

    3. A surname.

    4. A placename

      A placename:

The neighborhood

Derived

coleseed, coleslaw, pig's cole, sea cole

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cole. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA