moles

See also: molés and môles

English

Noun

moles

  1. plural of mole

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

moles

  1. plural of mola

Danish

Noun

moles c

  1. genitive singular indefinite of mole

French

Noun

moles f

  1. plural of mole

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₃- (“to exert”). Cognate with Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos) and German Mühen. See also Latin mōs.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.leːs/, [ˈmoː.ɫeːs]

Noun

mōlēs f (genitive mōlis); third declension

  1. mass (of material)
  2. rock, boulder
  3. heap, pile
  4. mole, jetty

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mōlēs mōlēs
Genitive mōlis mōlium
Dative mōlī mōlibus
Accusative mōlem mōlēs
Ablative mōle mōlibus
Vocative mōlēs mōlēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • moles in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • moles in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • moles in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • moles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • moles in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Adjective

moles

  1. Masculine and feminine plural of adjective mole.

Noun

moles m

  1. Plural of noun mol.

Spanish

Verb

moles

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of molar.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of molar.
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