rolle
See also: Rolle
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.lə/
Noun
rolle
- plural of rol
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.lə/
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Verb
rolle
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of rollen
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
rolle
- inflection of rollen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin rollus[1], corresponding to Late Latin rotulus, or from rotula, diminutive of rota.
Noun
rolle m (plural rolles)
- role (function or position of something)
- 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
- Mais a ce dernier rolle de la mort et de nous, il n'y a plus que faindre, il faut parler François, il faut montrer ce qu'il y a de bon et de net dans le fond du pot
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Descendants
- → English: roll
- French: rôle
- → Catalan: rol
- → English: role
- → Spanish: rol
- → Greek: ρόλος (rólos)
- → Turkish: rol
- → German: Rolle
References
- “rôle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French rôle and German Rolle.
Noun
rolle f or m (definite singular rolla or rollen, indefinite plural roller, definite plural rollene)
- a role
References
- “rolle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French rôle and German Rolle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²rɔlːə/
Noun
rolle f (definite singular rolla, indefinite plural roller, definite plural rollene)
- a role
References
- “rolle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.