bolle
Afrikaans
Noun
bolle
- plural of bol
Albanian
Alternative forms
- bole
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
- testicles
Related terms
- bile
- ballë
- mbjell
- pjell
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “bolle”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 30
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔlə/, [ˈb̥ʌlə]
Noun
bolle c (singular definite bollen, plural indefinite boller)
- bun, bread roll
- meatball, dumpling
- ring (diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle)
- (dated) bowl
- (slang, chiefly plural) testicles
Inflection
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)
- boff, screw, shag (see Thesaurus:copulate)
Synonyms
- knalde
- kneppe
Further reading
- bolle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Adjective
bolle
- Inflected form of bol
Italian
Noun
bolle f
- plural of bolla
Derived terms
- millebolle
Verb
bolle
- third-person singular present indicative of bollire
Anagrams
- Bellò, bello
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Latin bullio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bollɐ/
Verb
bolle
- to boil (be in the state of boiling)
Norman
Etymology
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Pronunciation
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Noun
bolle f (plural bolles)
- (Jersey) bowl
Synonyms
- dgichon
Derived terms
- bollée (“bowlful”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“ball, bowl”), from *ballô (“ball”).
Noun
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)
- a bun (small cake containing yeast and dried fruit)
- a bowl (deep dish)
Derived terms
- bakebolle
- berlinerbolle
- kjøttbolle
References
- “bolle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse bolli.
Noun
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)
- a bun (as above)
- a bowl (deep dish)
Derived terms
- bakebolle
- berlinerbolle
- kjøtbolle, kjøttbolle
References
- “bolle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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
- bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | bolle | bollan |
accusative | bollan | bollan |
genitive | bollan | bollena |
dative | bollan | bollum |
Synonyms
- bolla
Descendants
- Middle English: bolle
- Scots: boll, bol, bow
- English: bowl
- → Middle French: bolle
- French: bol
- → Greek: μπολ (bol)
- French: bol
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *bula, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.
Noun
bolle c (plural bollen, diminutive boltsje)
- bull
Further reading
- “bolle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011