different between stole vs stola

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sto?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

stole

1. simple past tense of steal
2. (now colloquial or archaic) past participle of steal

Etymology 2

From Old English stole, from Latin stola, from Ancient Greek ????? (stol?, “stole, garment, equipment”); akin to stall.

Noun

stole (plural stoles)

1. A garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck with each end hanging over the chest, worn in ecclesiastical settings or sometimes as a part of graduation dress.
   • 1994-1998, Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98, Multimedia Edition

     Certain robes indicate a position in the hierarchy; others correspond to function and may be worn by the same individual at different times. The most important vestment among the insignia [of the clergy] is the stole, the emblem of sacerdotal status, the origin of which is the ancient pallium. The stole originally was a draped garment, then a folded one with the appearance of a scarf, and, finally, in the 4th century, a scarf. As a symbol of jurisdictionin the Roman Empire, the supreme pontiff (the pope, or bishop of Rome) conferred it upon archbishops and, later, upon bishops, as emblematic of their sharing in the papal authority.

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter X, p. 167, [3]

     With sou'-wester under arm, and oilskin open so that God might see the stole and know that there was no deception, he chanted from a prayer-book in a tone exactly like that of a blackfellow devil-dovvening: […]

2. A scarf-like garment, often made of fur.

Translations

Etymology 3

From Latin stol?.

Noun

stole (plural stoles)

1. (botany) A stolon.

References

• stole in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “stole”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• TESOL, lotes, telos, toles

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?stol?/
• Rhymes: -ol?
• Hyphenation: sto?le

Noun

stole

1. vocative singular of st?l
2. locative singular of st?l

Synonyms

• (locative): stolu

Anagrams

• letos
• Stelo
• Teslo

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sto?l?/, [?sd?o?l?]

Noun

stole c

1. indefinite plural of stol

Verb

stole (imperative stol, infinitive at stole, present tense stoler, past tense stolede, perfect tense har stolet)

1. Only used with på: see stole på.

Italian

Noun

stole f

1. plural of stola

Anagrams

• lesto, solte, stelo, tolse

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?l?/, [?st?l?]

Noun

stole

1. locative singular of sto?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun stol

Verb

stole (imperative stol, present tense stoler, passive stoles, simple past stolte, past participle stolt, present participle stolende)

1. to trust (på / in)
2. to rely (på / on, upon)

References

• “stole” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From stol (“chair”).

Alternative forms

• stola (a infinitive)

Verb

stole (present tense stolar/stoler, past tense stola/stolte, past participle stola/stolt, passive infinitive stolast, present participle stolande, imperative stol)

1. to trust (på / in)
2. to rely (på / on, upon)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

stole

1. past participle of stela and stele

References

• “stole” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?.l?/
• Homophone: stol?

Noun

stole m

1. locative/vocative singular of stó?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stola

Noun

stola (plural stolas or stolae)

1. (historical) The traditional garment of women in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the toga worn by men.
2. A chorister's surplice.
3. (heraldry) A bearing showing a fringed scarf.

Translations

Anagrams

• Altos, Sloat, Toals, altos, lotas, lotsa, sloat, tolas

Finnish

Noun

stola

1. stola (garment in Ancient Rome)
2. stole (liturgical garment)

Declension

Related terms

• stoola

Anagrams

• salot, solat, talso

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stola, from Ancient Greek ????? (stol?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?.la/

Noun

stola f (plural stole)

1. stole

Anagrams

• salto, saltò, solta

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (stol?).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sto.la/, [?s?t????ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sto.la/, [?st???l?]

Noun

stola f (genitive stolae); first declension

1. stola, a long gown or dress worn by women as a symbol of status
2. stole, a liturgical garment worn by either gender
3. (by extension) clothing

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: stola, stole
• Italian: stola

References

• stola in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stola in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• stola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• stola in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• stola in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin stola.

Noun

stola m (definite singular stolaen, indefinite plural stolaar or stolaer, definite plural stolaane or stolaene)

1. stole (liturgical garment)
2. stole (scarf-like garment often made of fur)

Etymology 2

From stol (“chair”).

Alternative forms

• stole (e and split infinitives)

Verb

stola (present tense stolar/stoler, past tense stola/stolte, past participle stola/stolt, passive infinitive stolast, present participle stolande, imperative stol)

1. to trust (på / in)
2. to rely (på / on, upon)

References

• “stola” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin stola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?.la/

Noun

stola f

1. stola (traditional garment of women in Ancient Rome)

Declension

Further reading

• stola in Polish dictionaries at PWN