different between oule vs ould
oule
English
Noun
oule (plural oules)
- Obsolete spelling of owl
Anagrams
- loue
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Occitan ola (“marmite”).
Noun
oule f (plural oules)
- cauldron, handleless earthen pot, marmite
- (geography) pothole, water cavity
- (geography, by extension) watercourse that contains such a pothole
- (by extension) town or village located near such a fluvial feature
Mauritian Creole
Alternative forms
- ule
Etymology
From French vouloir.
Verb
oule auxiliary
- To want (to do something)
Middle English
Alternative forms
- owle, ule, howle, owlle, oul
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ?le, from Proto-Germanic *uwwal?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u?l(?)/
Noun
oule (plural oules)
- owl (the order Strigiformes).
- (derogatory) An insult, especially applied to the Devil.
- (heraldry, rare) An owl on a blazon.
Descendants
- English: owl
- Scots: oul, ool
References
- “?ule, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-4.
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ould
English
Alternative forms
- auld, oul', oul
Etymology
From old.
Pronunciation
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /a?ld/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /a?l/
Adjective
ould (comparative oulder, superlative ouldest)
- (slang, Ireland) old, aged, long-established
- "The Ould Lammas Fair takes place in Ballycastle, Co. Antrim on the last Monday and Tuesday in August. It's one of the oldest fairs in Ireland"
- "But, begonnies, in three months I was able to send home for the ouldest little girl--she was only nine years of age."
- "maybe they'd come round you to play wid you, an' then what's the harum, barrin' they're not any o' the grown brats, as ould or oulder than yourself, that you're behoulden to keep at a distance"
ould (not comparable)
- (slang, Ireland) term of denigration
- "Sonny'll tell you all about it, but pay no heed to him. He's only an ould goat anyway."
- (slang, Ireland) term of diminution (often affectionate)
- for home entertainment they then have to endure the bloody Afternoon Show on RTE, all that bullshit about cookery and clothes and celebrity gossip, when all they want is an ould song from Johnny McEvoy.
Usage notes
Used in spelling pronunciations of popular speech.
Synonyms
- old: See also Thesaurus:old
- term of denigration: old, stupid, piffling, bloody
- term of diminution: old, wee
Derived terms
- ould fella
- ould one
- Ould Sod
References
Anagrams
- Loud, Ludo, loud, ludo, ludo-
ould From the web:
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- what would i look like bald
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