# kule
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkulɛ]
* Rhymes: -ulɛ
* Hyphenation: ku‧le

### Noun

kule f
* bullet
    Synonyms: koule, kulka
* (slang, education) the worst grade for a performance at school
    Synonyms: pětka, koule, basa
* (informal) testicle
    Synonyms: koule, varle
* (plural only) suit in German playing cards

#### Derived terms

* kulečník
* kulobrok
* kulovnice

#### See also

German suits in Czech · barvy německých karet (layout · text) :
| srdce, červené | kule | listy, zelené | žaludy |

### Further reading

* “kule”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “kule”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

### Anagrams

* kelu

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse kúla (“swelling”), from Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ, cognate with Swedish kula (“bump”), German Kaule (dated), Kuhle (“hollow”, from Low German), Dutch kuil (“pit”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuːlə/, [ˈkʰuːlə]
* Homophone: kugle

### Noun

kule c (singular definite kulen, plural indefinite kuler)
* pit

#### Declension
### Verb

kule (past tense kulede, past participle kulet)
* to pit

#### Conjugation
### References

* “kule” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From German Kugel.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʉːlə/
* Rhymes: -ʉːlə

#### Noun

kule f or m (definite singular kula or kulen, indefinite plural kuler, definite plural kulene)
* a bullet (projectile)
* a sphere (geometry)
* a ball (see also ball (Bokmål))

##### Derived terms

* halvkule
* kanonkule
* klinkekule
* krystallkule
* kulehull
* kuleramme
* kulestøt

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʉːlə/
* Rhymes: -ʉːlə

#### Adjective

kule
* definite singular of kul
* plural of kul

### References

* “kule” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²kʉːlə/

### Etymology 1

From German Kugel.

#### Noun

kule f (definite singular kula, indefinite plural kuler, definite plural kulene)
* a bullet (projectile)
* a sphere (geometry)
* a ball (see also ball)

##### Derived terms

* halvkule
* kanonkule
* klinkekule
* krystallkule
* kuleramme

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

kule
* definite singular of kul
* plural of kul

### References

* “kule” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀓𑀼𑀮𑁂 (Brahmi script)
* कुले (Devanagari script)
* কুলে (Bengali script)
* කුලෙ (Sinhalese script)
* ကုလေ or ၵုလေ (Burmese script)
* กุเล (Thai script)
* ᨠᩩᩃᩮ (Tai Tham script)
* ກຸເລ (Lao script)
* កុលេ (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄪𑄣𑄬 (Chakma script)

### Noun

kule
* inflection of kula (“clan”):
** locative singular
** accusative plural

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku.lɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ulɛ
* Syllabification: ku‧le
* Homophone: kulę

### Noun

kule f
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of kula

## Siroi
### Noun

kule
* water

### References

* Sjaak van Kleef, Siroi - English dictionary, English - Siroi dictionary (2007), page 10

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkuʎe]

### Noun

kule f
* inflection of kuľa:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## Swahili
### Adjective

kule
* Ku class inflected form of -le.

## Tabaru
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku.le/

### Noun

kule
* an evil spirit
    'ami kule mitabadongosama ― she is continually possessed by an evil spirit

### References

* Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قله (kulle), from Persian قله (qolle), from Arabic قُلَّة (qulla, “pinnacle, zenith”). Alternatively, from Arabic قَلْعَة (qalʕa, “fort, fortress”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kule (definite accusative kuleyi, plural kuleler)
* tower
* turret
* steeple
* fort
* fortress
* citadel

#### Derived terms

* Babil Kulesi (“Tower of Babel”)
* Eyfel Kulesi (“Eiffel Tower”)