fole
Portuguese, noun/ˈfɔ.li/
fole is spelled F-O-L-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 50,963rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fole is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bellows (flexible container used to blow air)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparelho que serve para assoprar, impulsionando o ar por um orifício ao ser apertada a sua estrutura flexível…”.
What does fole mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebellows (flexible container used to blow air)
noun
- 1
masculinetobacco, snuff
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aparelho que serve para assoprar, impulsionando o ar por um orifício ao ser apertada a sua estrutura flexível de couro ou outro material 2. parte de um instrumento musical onde o ar que produz o som é comprimido 3. saco para transportar ao ombro 4. parte de um tecido ou roupa que sai fazendo uma forma redonda
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 fole
- foles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fole?
- Brazil /ˈfɔ.li/
- Portugal /ˈfɔ.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 fole
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fole in Portuguese?
fole appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).