molle
English
Etymology
See moll.
Adjective
molle (not comparable)
- (music, obsolete) flat; lowered by a semitone
- B molle
- E molle
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for molle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Mello
French
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔl
Adjective
molle
- feminine singular of mou
Etymology 2
Borrowed from translingual Molle, and later through French who have travelled South America from Spanish and as well Quechua directly, which backcrossed its meaning to the specific species used by the Incas.
Noun
molle m (plural molles)
- pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
Further reading
- “molle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔl.le/
- Rhymes: -ɔlle
- Hyphenation: mòl‧le
Etymology 1
From Latin mollem.
Adjective
molle (plural molli)
- soft
- flabby
- weak, feeble
Derived terms
- mollemente
Related terms
- mollare
- mollire
Noun
molle f
- plural of molla
Noun
molle f pl (plural only)
- tongs, fire tongs
Latin
Etymology
From mollis (“soft”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔlːʲɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔlːe]
Noun
molle n (genitive mollis); third declension
- softness, smoothness
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | molle | mollia |
| Genitive | mollis | mollium |
| Dative | mollī | mollibus |
| Accusative | molle | mollia |
| Ablative | mollī | mollibus |
| Vocative | molle | mollia |
Adjective
molle
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mollis
References
- molle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *mulaz, *mulhaz (which is perhaps related to *muldō (“loose earth, soil”)), either through an unattested Old English *mol or as a borrowing from Middle Dutch mol, molle.
Alternative forms
- mole, mold, molde, moule
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔl(ə)/
Noun
molle (plural molles)
- mole (Talpa europea)
- Synonyms: moldewarpe, wont
Descendants
- English: mole
References
- “molle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.
Alternative forms
- mol, moll, mul, mull, mulle
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔl/, /mul/
Noun
molle (uncountable)
- rubbish, refuse
- dirt, grit
- (figuratively) trappings of mortality
Descendants
- English: mull
References
- “mol(le, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Noun
molle
- Alternative form of mylne
Norman
Adjective
molle
- feminine singular of mo
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmolle/
Verb
molle
- inflection of mollat:
- first-person dual present indicative
- third-person plural past indicative
Spanish
Alternative forms
- muelle, mulle, molli, mulli
Etymology
Borrowed from Quechua molli, mulli meaning that tree.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmoʝe/ [ˈmo.ʝe]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈmoʎe/ [ˈmo.ʎe]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmoʃe/ [ˈmo.ʃe]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmoʒe/ [ˈmo.ʒe]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝe
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎe
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃe
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒe
- Syllabification: mo‧lle
Noun
molle m (plural molles)
- pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
- Synonym: huingán
Further reading
- “molle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014