different between haole vs hable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian haole.

Noun

haole (plural haole or haoles)

1. (Hawaii) A non-Hawaiian, usually specifically a Caucasian.
   • 1946, Armine Von Tempski, Bright Spurs (page 122)

     I had never known any haoles except Elmer and Marks and they were ice cold affairs. Everyone was always glad when their twice-a-month visit was pau. The very island seemed to sigh with relief […]

   • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, p. 27:

     Commerce was flourishing in the kingdom and the rising merchant class was made up largely of haole rather than Hawaiians.

Derived terms

• Kill Haole Day

Anagrams

• a**hole, a-hole, ahole

Hawaiian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hao?.le/, [?h?o?le]

Noun

haole

1. foreigner
2. Caucasian
3. Englishman, Englishwoman, American

Verb

haole

1. (stative) foreign
2. (stative) Caucasian, white
3. (stative) English, American

   ??lelo haole — English language

English

Adjective

hable (comparative more hable, superlative most hable)

1. Obsolete form of able.
2. Obsolete form of habile.

Anagrams

• Belah, Haleb, belah, bleah

Spanish

Verb

hable

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of hablar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of hablar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of hablar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of hablar.