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English

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Etymology 1

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Amole (naevus)

FromMiddle Englishmole,mool, fromOld Englishmāl(“a mole, spot, mark, blemish”), fromProto-West Germanic*mail, fromProto-Germanic*mailą(“spot, wrinkle”), fromProto-Indo-European*mel-,*melw-(“dark, dirty”), fromProto-Indo-European*mey-,*my-(“to soil, sully”).

Cognate withScotsmail(“spot, stain”),Saterland FrisianMoal(“scar”),German dialectalMeil(“spot, stain, blemish”),Gothic𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌻(mail,“spot, blemish”).

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mole (pluralmoles)

  1. Anaevus, apigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on theskin.
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dark spot on the skin

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Easternmole (mammal) (Scalopus aquaticus)
Amole (excavator)

FromMiddle Englishmolle,molde,mole(“mole”), ultimately fromProto-West Germanic*mol(h), fromProto-Germanic*mulaz,*mulhaz(“mole, salamander”), fromProto-Indo-European*molg-,*molk-(“slug, salamander”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)melw-(“to grind, crush, beat”).

Cognate withNorth Frisianmull(“mole”),Saterland FrisianMolle(“mole”),Dutchmol(“mole”),German Low GermanMol,Mul,Mull(“mole”),GermanMolch(“salamander, newt”), OldRussianсмолжь(smolžʹ,“snail”),Czechmlž(“clam”).

Derivation as an abbreviation ofMiddle Englishmolewarpe, a variation ofmoldewarpe,moldwerp(“mole”) in Middle English is unexplained and probably unlikely due to the simultaneous occurrence of both words. Seemouldwarp.

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mole (pluralmoles)

  1. Any of several small, burrowing,insectivorousmammals of the familyTalpidae.
  2. Any of the burrowingrodents also calledmole-rats.
  3. (espionage) An internalspy; a person who involves themself with an enemy organisation, especially anintelligence orgovernmental organisation, to determine and betray its secrets from within.
  4. A kind of self-propelledexcavator used to formundergrounddrains, or to clear undergroundpipelines.
  5. A type of undergrounddrain used in farm fields, in which amole plow creates anunlinedchannel through claysubsoil.
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burrowing insectivore
mole-rat—seemole-rat
internal spy

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mole (third-person singular simple presentmoles,present participlemoling,simple past and past participlemoled)

  1. (transitive) To create a network of channels in (waterlogged soil) to improve drainage.

Etymology 3

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Frommoll (fromMoll, an archaic nickname forMary), influenced by the spelling of the wordmole(“an internal spy”), and due to/mɒl/ and/məʊl/ merging as[ˈmɔʊɫ] in the Australian accent.

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mole (pluralmoles)

  1. (slang, derogatory, chiefly Australia and New Zealand) Amoll, abitch, aslut.
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translations to be checked

Etymology 4

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FromFrenchmôle orLatinmōles(“mass, heap, rock”).

The remains of amole at Dunkirk

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mole (pluralmoles)

  1. (nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as apier,breakwater or junction between places separated by water.[1]
    • 1847, George A. Fisk,A pastor's memorial of the holy land:
      [Alexander the Great] then conceived the stupendous idea of constructing amole, which should at once connect [Tyre] with the main land; and this was actually accomplished by driving piles and pouring in incalculable quantities of soil and fragments of rock; and it is generally believed, partly on the authority of ancient authors, that the whole ruins of Old Tyre were absorbed in this vast enterprize, and buried in the depths of the sea [...]
    • 1851,Herman Melville,Moby Dick, Chapter 1:
      Its extreme downtown is the battery, where that noblemole is washed by waves, and cooled by breezes, which a few hours previous were out of sight of land.
    • 1956 September, F. F. Nicholls, “Neyland, A Forgotten Harbour”, inRailway Magazine, page632:
      Using the countless tons of rock from the cliff-face, supplemented by much more from inland, they threw out a huge breakwater, 2,000 ft. long and 80 ft. high, roughly at right angles to the quay, so forming an almost completely sheltered corner. Fifty years later, this massivemole is still standing up to the worst that theIrish Sea can do.
    • 1983, Archibald Lyall, Arthur Norman Brangham,The companion guide to the south of France:
      [about Saint-Tropez] Yachts and fishing boats fill the little square of water, which is surrounded on two sides by quays, on the third by a small ship-repairing yard and on the fourth by themole where the fishing boats moor and the nets are spread out to dry.
  2. (rare) Ahaven orharbour, protected with such a breakwater.
  3. (historical) AnAncient Romanmausoleum.
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massive structure used as a pier or breakwater

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Calqued fromGermanMol; spelled as if it had come directly frommolecule orLatinmoles (the ultimate source ofMol andmolecule in any event).

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mole (pluralmoles)

  2. (chemistry, physics) In theInternational System of Units, thebase unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains exactly 6.02214076×1023 elementary entities (atoms,ions,molecules, etc.). Symbol: mol. The number of atoms is known asAvogadro’s number.[from 1897]
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unit of amount

Etymology 6

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In English since before the 20th century. FromFrenchmôle f, fromLatinmola(“millstone”), because it is a hardened mass.

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mole (pluralmoles)

  1. Ahemorrhagic mass of tissue in theuterus caused by a deadovum.
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hemorrhagic mass of tissue in the uterus

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A redmole sauce, served on a chicken dish, with rice on the side

FromSpanishmole, fromClassical Nahuatlmōlli(“sauce; stew; something ground”).

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mole (countable anduncountable,pluralmoles)

  1. Any of several spicysauces typical of the cuisine ofMexico and neighboringCentral America countries, especially one that containschocolate and is used in cookingmain dishes, notdesserts.[2]
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sauce

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  1. ^mole (accessed: March 30, 2007)
  2. ^mole (accessed: March 30, 2007)

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Central Franconian

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Etymology

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FromOld High Germanmālōn,mālēn, denominative ofmāl(“spot, stain”), fromProto-West Germanic*mālijan, fromProto-Germanic*mēlijaną, fromProto-Indo-European*melh₂-(“dark color”).

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mole (third-person singular presentmolt,past participlejemolt)

  1. (most dialects) topaint,draw,depict

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Chavacano

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Inherited fromSpanishmoler(“to grind”).

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molé

  1. tomill; togrind

Danish

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Etymology

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FromFrenchmôle.

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  • IPA(key): /moːlə/,[ˈmoːlə]

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mole c (singular definitemolen,plural indefinitemoler)

  1. mole,breakwater
  2. pier,jetty

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Declension ofmole
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativemolemolenmolermolerne
genitivemolesmolensmolersmolernes

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mole

  1. softly

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French

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Borrowed fromGermanMol.

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mole f (pluralmoles)

  1. (chemistry, physics)mole

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Galician

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mole

  1. third-personsingularpresentindicative ofmulir

Italian

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Borrowed fromGermanMol.

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mole f (pluralmoli)

  1. (chemistry, physics)mole
    Synonym:grammo-molecola
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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Noun

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mole

  1. plural ofmola

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Latin

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mole

  1. second-personsingularpresentactiveimperative ofmolō

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mōle f

  1. ablativesingular ofmōlēs

Lower Sorbian

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mole

  1. superseded spelling ofmóle

Middle English

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mole

  1. alternative form ofmolle(“mole”)

Polish

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mole m animal

  1. nominative/accusative/vocativeplural ofmól

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mole m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocativeplural ofmol

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FromOld Galician-Portuguesemole, fromLatinmollis, earlier*molduis, fromProto-Indo-European*ml̥dus(“soft, weak”).

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mole m orf (pluralmoles,comparable,comparativemaismole,superlativeomaismoleormolíssimo,diminutivemolinho,augmentativemolão)

  1. soft
  2. (informal)easy
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing fromLatinmōlēs.Doublet ofmó, an inheritance.

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mole f (pluralmoles)

  1. mass

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mole f (pluralmoles)

  1. European Portuguesestandard form ofmol

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Noun

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mole m (pluralmoles)

  1. alternative form ofmolhe(breakwater)

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mole (Cyrillic spellingмоле)

  1. third-personpluralpresent ofmoliti

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmole/[ˈmo.le]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes:-ole
  • Syllabification:mo‧le

Etymology 1

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Semi-learned borrowing fromLatinmollis.Doublet ofmuelle.

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mole m orf (masculine and feminine pluralmoles)

  1. soft,mild
    Synonym:muelle

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Borrowed fromLatinmōlēs.

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mole f (pluralmoles)

  1. hunk,chunk,slab(thing of large size or quantity)
    • 2021 January 2, Claudi Pérez, “Salvador Illa: el triunfo de la sobriedad”, inEl País‎[1]:
      En la sede del Ministerio de Sanidad, unamole racionalista con forma de cubo, María Luisa Carcedo procede al traspaso de carteras.
      At the headquarters of the Ministry of Health, a rationalist cube-shapedhunk, María Luisa Carcedo proceeds to the transfer of portfolios.
  2. massiveness

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    Borrowed fromClassical Nahuatlmōlli(“sauce, something ground”).

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    mole m (pluralmoles)

    1. (Mexico)mole, a type of stew
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    Verb

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    mole

    1. inflection ofmolar:
      1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
      2. third-personsingularimperative

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    Tagalog

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    Borrowed fromSpanishmoler, fromLatinmolere.

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    molé (Baybayin spellingᜋᜓᜎᜒ)

    1. grindingchocolate with ametate andmano
    2. grinding(in general)
      Synonym:giling
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    molé (Baybayin spellingᜋᜓᜎᜒ)

    1. groundfine(as done tochocolatetablets)

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    Borrowed fromSpanishmole, fromClassical Nahuatlmōlli.

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    mole (Baybayin spellingᜋᜓᜎᜒ)

    1. mole(sauce)

    Further reading

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    • “mole”, inKWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino,Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino,2025
    • “mule”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,2018
    • English, Leo James (1987),Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store,→ISBN,page918
    • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972),Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana,page404

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    mole

    1. fish

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    • Takács, Gábor (2007),Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill,→ISBN, page397,→ISBN: “Zayse mo'le”
    • Linda Jordan,A study of Shara and related Ometo speech varieties (Zergulla mòlɛ́)
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