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o⋅lé

  [oh-ley]
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–interjection
1. (used as a shout of approval, triumph, or encouragement).
–noun
2. a cry of “olé.”
Origin:
< Sp (h)ole, prob. of expressive orig.
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ole-

 
var. of oleo- before a vowel: oleiferous.

-ole

1 
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:
< F < L -olus, -ola, -olum, var. of -ulus -ule with stems ending in a vowel

-ole

2 
a suffix used in names of chemical compounds, esp. five-membered, unsaturated rings (carbazole; indole; thiazole) and, less systematically, aromatic ethers (anisole; safrole).
Also, -ol 2 .

Origin:
< F < L oleum oil

oleo-

 
a combining form meaning “oil,” used in the formation of compound words: oleograph.
Also, especially before a vowel, ole-.

Origin:
< L, comb. form repr. oleum oil
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o·lé   (ō-lā')   
interj.  Used to express excited approval.
n.  A cry of "olé."

[Spanish, perhaps from Arabic wa-llāh, by God! (used as an expression of admiration) : wa-, and; see w in Semitic roots + allāh, God; see Allah.]
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Word Origin & History

ole 
1922, from Sp. olé "bravo!"
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Medical Dictionary

-ole or -ol
suff.

  1. A usually heterocyclic chemical compound containing a five-membered ring: pyrrole.

  2. A chemical compound, especially an ether, that does not contain hydroxyl: indole.

oleo- or ole-
pref.
Oil: oleic acid.

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Computing Dictionary

OLE
Object Linking and Embedding

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
OLE
object linking and embedding
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