spole

See also: spöle, spolę, and S-pole

English

Etymology

Variant of spool.

Noun

spole (plural spoles)

1. The small wheel near the distaff of a spinning wheel.

Anagrams

• poles, olpes, lopes, eslop, LEPOs, Lopes, Poles, slope

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish spolæ, from Old Norse spóla, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ. Cognate with Swedish spole, German Spule, Dutch spoel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsboːlə]

Noun

spole c (singular definite spolen, plural indefinite spoler)

1. spool
2. coil, reel
3. (electronics) inductor

Declension

Declension of spole

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spole	spolen	spoler	spolerne
genitive	spoles	spolens	spolers	spolernes

Derived terms

• båndspole
• filmspole
• garnspole
• primærspole
• sekundærspole
• spoleben
• spolebåndoptager
• spoleorm
• svingspole
• tændspole

Etymology 2

From the noun above.

Verb

spole (imperative spol, infinitive at spole, present tense spoler, past tense spolede, perfect tense spolet)

1. (uncommon) to wind (something)

   Coordinate term: vinde

2. to rewind or fast forward a tape etc.
   1. (figurative) to rewind, jump in time (to a time in the past)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spole

active passive present spoler spoles past spolede spoledes infinitive spole spoles imperative spol — participle present spolende past spolet (auxiliary verb have) gerund spolen

Derived terms

• spoling
• tilbagespoling

Further reading

• “spole” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “spole” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Fingallian

Etymology

From Irish spóla (“cut of meat, joint of meat”), from Scots spaul (“limb, shoulder”).

Noun

spole

1. Of pork.
   • 1689 James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras, or, Fingallian prince taken from the sixth book of Virgil's Æneids, and adapted to the present times. (Appendix: "Alphabetical Table" of "Fingallian Words, or Irish Phrases"):

     Spole,

     Of Pork.

Italian

Noun

spole f

1. plural of spola

Anagrams

• spelo, spelò

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

spole (imperative spol, present tense spoler, passive spoles, simple past spolet or spolte, past participle spolet or spolt, present participle spolende)

1. to wind (something)

   spole av ― to unwind (something)

References

• “spole” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

spole (Cyrillic spelling споле)

1. vocative singular of spol

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

spole

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

From Old Norse spóla, from Proto-Germanic *spōlǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspuːlɛ/

Noun

spole c

1. spool
2. coil, reel
3. (electronics) inductor

Declension

Declension of spole

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spole	spoles
	definite	spolen	spolens
plural	indefinite	spolar	spolars
	definite	spolarna	spolarnas

Synonyms

• (coil): rulle, vinda
• (inductor): drossel, induktor, solenoid

References

• spole in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spole in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spole in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)