-ola

1. a formative of no precise significance found in a variety of commercial coinages (Crayola; granola; Victrola ) and jocular variations of words (crapola ).

2. a suffix extracted from payola, used in coinages that have the general sense “bribery, especially covert payments to an entertainment figure in return for promoting a product, making an appearance, etc.” (playola; plugola ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of -ola¹

Apparently < Italian or Latin -ola diminutive suffix; -ole ¹, -ule

Example Sentences

Kurtz will not be on the main board but will join the team's strategic steering committee, on which Ola Kallenius, the chairman of the management board of the Mercedes Group, Ineos chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Wolff meet to discuss issues to do with the team.

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“In a modern high-tech car, you have pretty much all five continents inside that modern car,” Mercedes CEO Ola Kallenius said, according to a transcript of an earnings call from FactSet.

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Ola Abu Said sits gently stroking the hair of her son Amar.

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"He needs surgery urgently," Ola says, "but it's complicated. Doctors told us it could cause his death, a stroke or brain hemorrhage. He needs surgery in a well-equipped place."

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Injuries to Murillo and Ola Aina robbed a defence which was so settled last season of some of its key foundations.

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