obole

See also: Obole

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French obole. Doublet of obolus, obol, and pul.

Noun

obole (plural oboles)

1. (historical) An obsolete French coin.
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     If a small ship arrives at Billingsgate it will give one obole as thelony [custom]

Anagrams

• Boole

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.bɔl/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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Noun

obole f (plural oboles)

1. a small amount of money
2. a small, inconsequential gift
3. obole (obsolete French money)
4. obol (obsolete Greek money)

Descendants

• → English: obole
• → Romanian: obol

Further reading

• “obole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

obolē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of oboleō

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

obole (Cyrillic spelling оболе)

1. feminine plural active past participle of obosti