stole

stole

See also: stolę

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈstoʊl/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstəʊl/
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

stole

1. simple past tense of steal

Etymology 2

An alb, stole and maniple.

From Old English stole, from Latin stola, from Ancient Greek στολή (stolḗ, “stole, garment, equipment”); akin to stall.

Noun

stole (plural stoles)

1. An ecclesiastical garment consisting of a decorated band worn on the back of the neck with each end hanging over the chest.
   • Certain robes indicate a position in the hierarchy; others correspond to function and may be worn by the same individual at different times. The most important vestment among the insignia [of the clergy] is the stole, the emblem of sacerdotal status, the origin of which is the ancient pallium. The stole originally was a draped garment, then a folded one with the appearance of a scarf, and, finally, in the 4th century, a scarf. As a symbol of jurisdiction in the Roman Empire, the supreme pontiff (the pope, or bishop of Rome) conferred it upon archbishops and, later, upon bishops, as emblematic of their sharing in the papal authority. Copyright 1994-1998 Encyclopaedia Britannica CD 98 Multimedia Edition
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter X, p. 167,

     With sou'-wester under arm, and oilskin open so that God might see the stole and know that there was no deception, he chanted from a prayer-book in a tone exactly like that of a blackfellow devil-dovvening: […]

2. A scarf-like garment, often made of fur.

Translations

ecclesiastical garment

Catalan: estola (ca) f Czech: štóla (cs) f Finnish: stola (fi) French: étole (fr) Galician: estola (gl) f German: Stola f Hungarian: stóla Icelandic: stóla f

Polish: stuła (pl) f Portuguese: estola (pt) f Russian: сто́ла (ru) f (stóla), паланти́н (ru) m (palantín) Slovak: štóla (sk) f Spanish: estola f Swedish: stola (sv) c Tagalog: estola Ukrainian: сто́ла (stóla)

scarf-like garment

Czech: štóla (cs) f Danish: stola c Finnish: stoola (fi) French: étole (fr) German: Stola f

Hungarian: stóla Maori: hikurere Polish: etola (pl) f Russian: сто́ла (ru) f (stóla), ора́рь (ru) m (orárʹ)

Etymology 3

From Latin stolō.

Noun

stole (plural stoles)

1. (botany) A stolon.

References

• stole in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “stole” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

• TESOL, lotes, telos, toles

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstolɛ/
• Rhymes: -olɛ
• Hyphenation: sto‧le

Noun

stole

1. vocative singular of stůl
2. locative singular of stůl

Synonyms

• (locative): stolu

Anagrams

• letos
• Stelo
• Teslo

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stoːlə/, [ˈsd̥oːlə]

Noun

stole c

1. plural indefinite of stol

Verb

stole (imperative stol, infinitive at stole, present tense stoler, past tense stolede, perfect tense har stolet)

1. Only used with på: see stole på.

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Italian

Noun

stole f

1. plural of stola

Anagrams

• lesto, solte, stelo, tolse

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔlɛ/, [ˈstɔlə]

Noun

stole

1. locative singular of stoł

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun stol

Verb

stole (imperative stol, present tense stoler, passive stoles, simple past stolte, past participle stolt, present participle stolende)

1. to trust (på / in)
2. to rely (på / on, upon)

References

• “stole” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

stole

1. past participle of stela and stele

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔ.lɛ/
• Homophone: stolę

Noun

stole m

1. locative and vocative singular of stół