Dole

• As an English surname, from the archaic noun dole (“portion, share”).
• As a French surname, from Old French dolé, past participle of doler (“to regret”), from Latin doleo (“to hurt”).
• Also as a French surname, Americanized from Daul.

• (US) enPR: dōl, IPA^(key): [doʊ̯ɫ]
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Dole (countable and uncountable, plural Doles)

1. A surname.
2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (trademark) Dole Food Company, a U.S. agricultural multinational corporation.
3. Dole Constituency, a parliamentary constituency in Zanzibar.
4. A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.

• Delo, Deol, Doel, Ledo, OLED, leod, lode, olde

Late Middle High German dol (“mine”), from Old High German dola (“pipe”), ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *dalą ~ *dalaz n or m (“valley”).^[1]

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Dole f (genitive Dole, plural Dolen)

1. covered ditch
2. (Switzerland) gully; drain

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːlə/
• Hyphenation: Do‧le
• Rhymes: -oːlə

Borrowed from German Dohle (“jackdaw”), whence also Alpendohle (“alpine chough”).

Dole f (plural Dolen)

1. alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)

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Dole m or f (plural Dolen)

1. bowler hat

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Dole”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN