vole
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vole¹
- /vəʊl/ UK
- [vɔʊɫ] UK
- /voʊl/ US
- [voɫ] US
- [voːɫ] Canada
- /vəʉl/ Australia, New Zealand
- /vɐʉl/ Australia, New Zealand
- /vol/ Scotland
- [voɫ] Scotland
Rhymes with -əʊl, -ɒl
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Norn vollj, from Old Norse vǫllr (“field”), from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”). The Orkney dialectal term vole mouse, lit. “field mouse”, was introduced to general English by George Barry in 1805; John Fleming in 1828 was first to refer to the creature by the epithet vole alone. Displaced earlier names for these species which also classified them as mice, e.g. short-tailed field mouse.
noun voles
- Any of a large number of species of small rodents of the tribes Arvicolini, Ellobiusini, Clethrionomyini, Pliomyini, Phenacomyini and Prometheomyini.
vole²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French vole.
noun voles
- A deal in a card game, écarté, that draws all the tricks. Ladies, I'll venture for the vole.
verb voles · voling · voled
- To win all the tricks by a vole. no lad shall chuck, or lady vole, But some excising Courtier will have toll.
Translations
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noun small rodents of the subfamily Arvicolinae
| Español | campañol, topillo, rata de agua |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ハタネズミ hatanezumi, 畑鼠 hatanezumi |
| 中文 | 田鼠 tiánshǔ |
| Português | rato-do-campo |
| Français | campagnol |
| Deutsch | Wühlmaus |
| Italiano | arvicola, campagnolo |
| Română | șoarece-de-câmp |
| Русский | полёвка poljóvka |
| Tiếng Việt | chuột đồng |
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