different between coles vs poles

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k??lz/, /k??lz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko?lz/
• Homophones: coals, kohls
• Rhymes: -??lz

Noun

coles

1. plural of cole

Anagrams

• Close, close, socle

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition con (“with”) + feminine plural article les (“the”).

Contraction

coles f pl (masculine sg col, feminine sg cola, neuter sg colo, masculine plural colos)

1. with the

Catalan

Verb

coles

1. second-person singular present indicative form of colar

Latin

Verb

col?s

1. second-person singular future active indicative of col?

References

• coles in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

coles

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of colar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of colar

Noun

coles m

1. plural of cole

Spanish

Noun

coles m pl

1. plural of col

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??lz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /po?lz/
• Rhymes: -o?lz

Noun

poles

1. plural of pole

   The distance between the poles was three feet.

Verb

poles

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pole

Anagrams

• LEPOs, S-pole, eslop, lopes, olpes, slope, spole

Asturian

Etymology

From a contraction of the preposition por (“for, by”) + feminine plural article les (“the”).

Contraction

poles f pl (masculine sg pol, feminine sg pola, neuter sg polo, masculine plural polos)

1. for the, by the

Galician

Verb

poles

1. second-person singular present indicative of pulir

Spanish

Verb

poles

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of polir.