| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| olé |
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| SYLLABICATION: | o·lé |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -l  |
| INTERJECTION: | Used to express excited approval. | | NOUN: | A cry of “olé.” | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, perhaps from Arabic wa-llh, by God! (used as an expression of admiration) : wa-, and; see w in Appendix II + allh, God; see Allah.
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