bool

See also: boól and bóol

English

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -uːl

Etymology 1

From a keyword in C++ and derived programming languages, short for Boolean.

Noun

bool (plural bools)

(programming) A Boolean variable, one whose value is either true or false.
- 2000, Mark A DeLoura, Game programming gems:
  The base class BitArray acts just like a normal C++ array of bools, although you are of course free to interpret the bits as integers […]
- 2000, Herb Sutter, Exceptional C++:
  With an automatic conversion, bools will interfere with overload resolution […]
- 2007, Joseph C Rattz, Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008:
  Listing 7-11 shows an example where the initial data type is string, but I will obtain its value as a bool.

Etymology 2

Likely from replacement of the 'c' in cool.

Verb

bool (third-person singular simple present bools, present participle booling, simple past and past participle booled)

(slang) To relax.

Anagrams

BOLO, Lobo, bloo, bolo, lobo, loob, obol

Afar

**Afar numbers ^(edit)**
← 90	← 99	100	1,000 → ^{[a], [b]}
		10
Cardinal: bóol Ordinal: boolháytu

Etymology

Related to Somali boqól and Saho bool.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈboːl/

Hyphenation: bool

Noun

bóol m

hundred

Usage notes

When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used:
Bóol númu. ― A hundred people.

When counting, the predicative case is used.

Declension

Declension of bóol

absolutive

bóol

predicative

bóolu

subjective

bóol

genitive

bóol

Postpositioned forms
l-case	bóolul
k-case	bóoluk
t-case	bóolut
h-case	bóoluh

References

E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bool”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77
Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197

Bwatoo

Etymology

From English ball.

Noun

bool

ball
(especially) a cricket ball

Synonyms

balo

References

Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN)

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin bōlus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /boːl/
Hyphenation: bool
Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

bool m (uncountable)

(obsolete) A type of fat clay.
Synonym: bolus

Scots

Noun

bool (plural bools)

(Doric) A single marble used in the game bools rolled into a kypie (a hollow made by the heel of the foot).

References

“bool” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.