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ole

[oh-ley]

Origin

interjection

(used as a shout of approval, triumph, or encouragement).

noun

a cry of “olé.”

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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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Origin:
< Spanish (h)ole, probably of expressive orig.

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variant of oleo- before a vowel: oleiferous.

a suffix found in French loanwords of Latin origin, usually diminutives, and later in adaptations of words borrowed directly from Latin or in Neo-Latin coinages: areole; centriole; vacuole.

Origin:
< French < Latin -olus, -ola, -olum, variant of -ulus -ule with stems ending in a vowel

a suffix used in names of chemical compounds, especially five-membered, unsaturated rings (carbazole; indole; thiazole) and, less systematically, aromatic ethers (anisole; safrole).

Also, -ol².

Origin:
< French < Latin oleum oil

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OLE

—*abbreviation for*
	object linking and embedding: a system for linking and embedding data, images, and programs from different sources

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Word Origin & History

ole

1922, from Sp. olé "bravo!"

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-ole or -ol
suff.

A usually heterocyclic chemical compound containing a five-membered ring: pyrrole.
A chemical compound, especially an ether, that does not contain hydroxyl: indole.

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