bol

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bol (uncountable)

1. (informal) bolognese

• spag bol

• LBO, Lob, LOB, OBL, lob

From Dutch bol, from Middle Dutch bol, bolle, from Old Dutch *bolla, from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“round object or vessel, ball, bowl”).

• IPA^(key): /bɔl/

bol (plural bolle, diminutive bolletjie)

1. A sphere; a ball.

From Proto-Turkic *bol (“abundant, full”).

• IPA^(key): /boɫ/

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bol (comparative daha bol, superlative ən bol)

1. abundant

   Antonym: qıt

• bolluq (“abundance”)

From English ball.

bol

1. ball
2. testicle

From English bolt.

bol

1. bolt

From English bowl.

bol

1. bowl

Borrowed from English ball. Compare with Iban bol.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbol/

bol

1. ball

• Adul, M. Asfandi (1985) “bol”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎^[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Borrowed from French bol, from English bowl.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɔl]

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• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Homophones: vol, volt

bol m (plural bols)

1. bowl

• “bol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “bol”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “bol”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): [ˈbol]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolь.

bol m inan

1. (literary) grief, emotional pain

• “bol”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bol”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bol”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bol

1. second-person singular imperative of bolet

• lob

From Middle Dutch bol, bolle, from Old Dutch *bolla, from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“round object or vessel, ball, bowl”).

• IPA^(key): /bɔl/

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• Hyphenation: bol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

bol m (plural bollen, diminutive bolletje n or bolleke n)

1. a sphere; a ball, globe or bulb
2. (figurative) a head; one's brains
3. a scoop (of ice etc.)
4. (mainly the diminutive) a large, round spot, a dot
5. (heraldry) a roundel

   Synonym: koek

6. (especially in the diminutive) a bun, a roll, a round piece of bread or pastry

• Afrikaans: bol
• → Aukan: bolu
• → Papiamentu: bòl
• → Sranan Tongo: bòl, boru
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bolu

• bal
• cirkel

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

bol (comparative boller, superlative bolst)

1. convex; bulging
2. chubby

Declension of bol
uninflected	bol
inflected	bolle
comparative	boller
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		bol	boller	het bolst het bolste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	bolle	bollere	bolste
	n. sing.	bol	boller	bolste
	plural	bolle	bollere	bolste
definite		bolle	bollere	bolste
partitive		bols	bollers	—

• → Papiamentu: bòl

• IPA^(key): /bɔl/

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First attested in the 18th century. Borrowed from English bowl. For the semantic development of sense 2 compare pot (“jar; (colloquial) luck”). Possibly a doublet of boule.

bol m (plural bols)

1. bowl

   bol de porcelaine ― porcelain bowl

   bol de lait ― bowl of milk

3. (colloquial) luck

   Il a toujours du bol. ― He's always lucky.

• → Catalan: bol
• → Greek: μπολ (bol)

Inherited from Middle French bol, from Old French bol, borrowed from Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”).

bol m (plural bols)

1. bolus

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

• lob

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bol m (plural bols)

1. bowl

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• IPA^(key): /bol/

bol

1. tree

• bolbijak
• bolgrim
• boltong

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎^[2], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 137
• Mason, M.C. (1904) , English-Garo Dictionary, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India
• Garo-Hindi-English Learners' Dictionary, North-Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong

Borrowed from English ball.

• IPA^(key): /bul/

bol

1. ball

bol

1. indefinite accusative singular of bolur
2. indefinite dative singular of bolur

Cognate with Garo bol (“tree, wood”).

bol

1. firewood

• Debbarma, Binoy (2001) “bol”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎^[3], Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, →ISBN, page 25

From Proto-Loloish *ʔ-pa² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꀞ (bat), Burmese -ဖ (-hpa.).

• IPA^(key): [po⁵⁵]

bol

1. (Yao'an, of animals) male

• por
• mo

bol

1. superseded spelling of ból

• IPA^(key): /buːl/, (thick l) /buːɽ/
• (thick L) Homophone: bord

From Old Norse bolr and bulr.

bol m (definite singular bolen, indefinite plural bolar, definite plural bolane)

1. a torso, trunk, a body without limbs
2. (rare or dated) a tree trunk

• bolung m

From Old Norse ból.

bol n (definite singular bolet, indefinite plural bol, definite plural bola)

1. a hive

• kvefsebol

Ellipsis and clipping of anabole steroidar.

bol n (definite singular bolet, uncountable)

1. (colloquial, slang) anabolic steroids

From Old Norse borð, from Proto-Germanic *burdą.

bol n (definite singular bole, indefinite plural bol, definite plural bola)

1. (dialectal, Trøndersk, Eastern Norway) alternative spelling of bord
   • 1711, “Æg vil tæ Giæstebu gange”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 83:

     Siaa Bole dæ laga taa Rætter

     See the table made with dishes

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bol

1. imperative of bola

From Old Norse boli, compare English bull. First attested by Christen Jensøn in 1646 spelled as Bull. Later also attested by Ivar Aasen.

bol m (definite singular bolen, indefinite plural bolar, definite plural bolane)

1. (dialectal, Western Norway) bull

   Synonyms: okse, stut, tyr

• “bol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “bol” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
• Torleiv Hannaas (1915) Ældre norske Sprogminder : Christen Jensøns Den Norske Dictionarium (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 12

Borrowed from French bol.

bol n (plural boluri)

1. bowl

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolь. Cognate with Bulgarian бо́лка (bólka), Russian боль (bolʹ).

• IPA^(key): /bôːl/

bȏl f or m inan (Cyrillic spelling бо̑л)

1. pain, aching

   zadati bol ― to inflict pain

feminine declension

masculine declension

• IPA^(key): [bɔl]

bol

1. masculine singular l-participle of byť

• boul
• bowl

Borrowed from English bowl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbol/ [ˈbol]

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• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: bol

bol m (plural bols or boles)

1. bowl

   Synonym: cuenco

• “bol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “bol”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
• “bowl”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

From English balls.

bol

1. ball
2. (anatomy) scrotum; testicle

• kiau

From Ottoman Turkish بول (bol, “wide; too large, loose; abundant”), from Proto-Turkic *bol (“abundant, full”). First attested in 1312. Compare Kumyk мол (mol, “abundant, plentiful”), Kazakh мол (mol, “abundant, large”).

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bol

1. loose
2. abundant

• kıt

• bolca
• bol bol (“generously, enough to choke a horse (expr.) etc.”)
• bolluk (“abundancy, plenitude”)

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 407

From Middle Welsh boly, from Old Welsh bolg, from Proto-Brythonic *bolɣ, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos; cognate with Old Irish bolg, English belly. Doublet of ffôl (“foolish”).

• IPA^(key): /bɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl

bol m (plural boliau)

1. (North Wales) tummy, stomach

   Synonym: bola

• bolgi (“glutton”)
• bolgywair (“rennet”)
• boliog (“corpulent, paunchy, swollen”)
• bolrwym (“constipated”)
• llond bol (“bellyful”)

• stumog (“stomach”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies