pôle

Inherited from Middle French pole, from Old French pole, from Latin polus, from Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos).

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• Rhymes: -ol
• Homophone: pôles

pôle m (plural pôles)

1. (geography, astronomy, sciences) pole
2. (figuratively) centre, hub

• polaire

• “pôle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from Latin polus.

pôle m (plural pôles)

1. (Jersey, geography, astronomy, sciences) pole