oule

See also: oulé

English

Noun

oule (plural oules)

1. Obsolete spelling of owl.

Anagrams

• loue

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan ola (“marmite”).

Noun

oule f (plural oules)

1. cauldron, handleless earthen pot, marmite
2. (geography) pothole, water cavity
3. (geography, by extension) watercourse that contains such a pothole
4. (by extension) town or village located near such a fluvial feature

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

• ule

Etymology

From French vouloir.

Verb

oule auxiliary

1. To want (to do something)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• owle, ule, howle, owlle, oul

Etymology

Inherited from Old English ūle, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːl(ə)/

Noun

oule (plural oules)

1. owl (the order Strigiformes).
2. (derogatory) An insult, especially applied to the Devil.
3. (heraldry, rare) An owl on a blazon.

Descendants

• English: owl
• Scots: oul, ool

References

• “ǒule, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-4.