bolle

See also: Bolle, bollë, and bølle

Afrikaans

Noun

bolle

  1. plural of bol

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bālnai, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-no-. Compare Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, penis), Latin follis (bellows), Old Irish ball (limb, member, part, body part),[1] Old High German ballo, balla (buttocks). Occurs exclusively in the plural form.

Noun

bolle m pl

  1. testicles

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bolle”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔlə/, [ˈb̥ʌlə]

Etymology 1

Noun

bolle c (singular definite bollen, plural indefinite boller)

  1. bun, bread roll
  2. meatball, dumpling
  3. ring (diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle)
  4. (dated) bowl
  5. (slang, chiefly plural) testicles
Inflection
Declension of bolle
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bolle bollen boller bollerne
genitive bolles bollens bollers bollernes

Etymology 2

From the obsolete bolle ("bull"), or a variant of bole (to whore).

Verb

bolle (imperative bol, infinitive at bolle, present tense boller, past tense bollede, perfect tense har bollet)

  1. boff, screw, shag (see Thesaurus:copulate)
Synonyms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bolle

  1. inflection of bol:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Italian

Noun

bolle f

  1. plural of bolla

Derived terms

Verb

bolle

  1. third-person singular present indicative of bollire

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

bolle f (plural bolles)

  1. (Jersey) bowl

Synonyms

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bolli (goblet, cup).

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)

  1. a bowl (deep dish)

Etymology 2

From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)

  1. a bun (small cake containing yeast and dried fruit)
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²bɔlːə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bolli (goblet, cup), from Proto-Germanic *bullô (ball, bowl), from *ballô (ball).

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)

  1. a bowl (deep dish)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)

  1. a bun, a ball made of ground meat or dough
Derived terms

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (ball, round object, shell), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰln-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to blow, inflate, swell, bubble). Cognate with Old Frisian bolla (goblet), Old Saxon bollo (goblet), Old High German bolla (round vessel, bowl), Old Norse bolli (goblet, cup).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbol.le/, [ˈboɫ.ɫe]

Noun

bolle f

  1. bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure

Declension

Weak n-stem:

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: bolle

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *bula, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbolə/

Noun

bolle c (plural bollen, diminutive boltsje)

  1. bull

Further reading

  • bolle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011