OLE

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OLE abbreviation

1. object linking and embedding: a system for linking and embedding data, images, and programs from different sources

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o•lé /oʊˈleɪ/   interj., n., pl. o•lés. 
interj. 

1. Foreign Terms (a Spanish cheer used to express approval, triumph, or encouragement).

n. [countable]
2. Foreign Terms a cry of "olé.''

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o•lé  (ō lā′), interj. 

1. Foreign Terms (used as a shout of approval, triumph, or encouragement).

n. 

2. Foreign Terms a cry of "olé.''

• Spanish (h)ole, probably of expressive origin, originally

-ole¹ :

1. a suffix found in French loanwords of Latin origin, usually diminutives, and later in adaptations of words borrowed directly from Latin or in Neo-Latin coinages:
   areole;
   centriole;
   vacuole.

• Latin -olus, -ola, -olum, variant of -ulus -ule with stems ending in a vowel
• French

-ole² :

1. Chemistry a suffix used in names of chemical compounds, esp. five-membered, unsaturated rings (carbazole;
   indole;
   thiazole) and, less systematically, aromatic ethers (anisole;
   safrole). Also, -ol ².

• Latin oleum oil
• French

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-ole, -ol combining_form:in_noun:countable

1. denoting an organic unsaturated compound containing a 5-membered ring: thiazole
2. denoting an aromatic organic ether: anisole

Etymology: from Latin oleum oil, from Greek elaion, from elaia olive

-ole suffix

1. indicating something small: arteriole

Etymology: from Latin -olus, diminutive suffix