different between tole vs tule

English

Etymology 1

From French tôle (“sheet iron”), from dialectal French taule (“table”), from Latin tabula. Doublet of table.

Noun

tole (countable and uncountable, plural toles)

1. (uncountable) A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded
2. (uncommon) tola (unit of mass)

Etymology 2

From Old English *tyll, related to betyllan (“to allure”) and fortyllan (“to seduce”).

Verb

tole (third-person singular simple present toles, present participle toling, simple past toled, past participle toled or tollen)

1. (archaic) To entice; to allure or attract.

   It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...

   • 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1797, The works of John Locke Esq, Volume III, page 52,

     And thus the young Soldier is to be train’d on to the Warfare of Life ; wherein Care is to be taken that more things be not repre?ented as dangerous than really are ?o ; and then, that whatever you ob?erve him to be more frighted at than he ?hould, you be ?ure to tole him on to by in?en?ible Degrees, till he at la?t, quitting his Fears, ma?ters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applau?e.

Alternative forms

• toll

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tole (uncountable)

1. (historical) A portion of grain paid to the miller who grinds it.

Etymology 4

Verb

tole

1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular, and some dialects of England) simple past tense and past participle of tell

   I done tole you for the last time.

Anagrams

• ELOT, LOTE, Leto, lote, telo-

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German dol?n (“to endure”), from Proto-Germanic *þul?n? (“to bear, endure”).

Verb

tole (Uri)

1. to tolerate
2. to endure

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 21.

Latvian

Noun

tole f (5th declension)

1. A female cow without horns (see Polled livestock at Wikipedia)
2. (by extension, derogatory) A woman lacking in initiative

Usage notes

• This word is rather old and is not widely used in the modern language.

Lindu

Noun

tole

1. urine

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English t?l.

Noun

tole

1. Alternative form of tool (“tool”)

Etymology 2

From Old English tyllan.

Verb

tole

1. Alternative form of tollen (“to bring”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tola

Etymology

From Old Norse þola

Verb

tole (present tense toler, past tense tolte, past participle tolt, passive infinitive tolast, present participle tolande, imperative tol)

1. to bear, endure, stand, tolerate

   Dei toler ikkje synet av kvarandre. - They can't stand the sight of each other.

See also

• tåle (Bokmål)

References

• “tole” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From Spanish tule, from Classical Nahuatl t?llin (“bulrush, sedge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tu?li/

Noun

tule (plural tules)

1. (US) Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus
2. A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin

Synonyms

• (sedge): common tule, hardstem tule, tule rush, hardstem bulrush, viscid bulrush

Derived terms

• tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes)
• tule fog
• in the tules

Further reading

• tule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Lute, Tuel, lute, tuel

Estonian

Noun

tule

1. genitive singular of tuli

Verb

tule

1. Second-person singular imperative form of tulema.

   Tule!

   Come!

2. Present connegative form of tulema.

   Ma/sa/ta/me/te/nad ei tule.

   I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they don't come.

3. Second-person singular imperative connegative form of tulema.

   Ära tule!

   Don't come!

Finnish

Verb

tule

1. Indicative present connegative form of tulla.

   En/et/ei/emme/ette/eivät tule.

   I/you/he/she/it/we/you/they don't come.

2. Second-person singular imperative present form of tulla.

   Tule!

   Come!

3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of tulla.

   Älä tule!

   Don't come!

Anagrams

• luet

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

tule

1. vocative singular of tul? (“balance”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tu.l?/

Noun

tule m

1. locative/vocative singular of tu?

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl t?llin (“bulrush, sedge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tule/, [?t?u.le]

Noun

tule m (plural tules)

1. tule (freshwater sedge)

Descendants

• English: tule

See also

• espadaña, junco

Further reading

• “tule” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.