bóla
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bola"
Galician
Etymology
From Old Occitan bola, from Latin bulla. Doublet of bola and bula.
Pronunciation
Noun
bóla f (plural bólas)
Derived terms
References
- “bóla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “bóla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “bóla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Noun
bóla f (genitive singular bólu, nominative plural bólur)
- a (usually small) bubble
- (idiomatic) a bubble, a short-lived fad
- Synonyms: tískufyrirbrigði, tískufyrirbæri
- Internetið er bara bóla. ― The Internet is just a bubble waiting to burst.
- a pimple, a zit
- Synonyms: graftarbóla (“pustule”), (uncommon) nabbi
- (in the plural) acne
- Synonym: unglingabólur
- (archaic) smallpox
- Synonym: bólusótt
- a small (usually metallic) convex protuberance; a stud
Declension
declension of bóla
Derived terms
- ekki ný bóla (“that's nothing new”)
- teiknibóla (“thumbtack”)
- bólusetning (“vaccination”)
- loftbóla (“air bubble”)
- leysibóla (“lysosome”)