cole
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɔ.li/
cole is spelled C-O-L-E (4 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,127th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cole is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of cúli” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of colar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “colono, índio ou chinês, em colónias europeias”.
What does cole mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of cúli
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. colono, índio ou chinês, em colónias europeias
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cole
- coles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cole?
- Brazil /ˈkɔ.li/
- Portugal /ˈkɔ.lɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cole in Portuguese?
cole appears 10 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).