bol

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bol (uncountable)

1. (informal) bolognese

• spag bol

• LBO, Lob, LOB, OBL, lob

From Dutch bol, from Middle Dutch bol, bolle, from Old Dutch *bolla, from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“round object or vessel, ball, bowl”).

• IPA^(key): /bɔl/

bol (plural bolle, diminutive bolletjie)

1. A sphere; a ball.

From Proto-Turkic *bol (“abundant, full”).

• IPA^(key): /boɫ/

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bol (comparative daha bol, superlative ən bol)

1. abundant

   Antonym: qıt

• bolluq (“abundance”)

From English ball.

bol

1. ball
2. testicle

From English bolt.

bol

1. bolt

From English bowl.

bol

1. bowl

Borrowed from French bol, from English bowl.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia)
• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Homophones: vol, volt

bol m (plural bols)

1. bowl

• “bol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “bol”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “bol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolь.

bol m inan

1. (literary) grief, emotional pain

• “bol”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bol”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bol”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bol

1. second-person singular imperative of bolet

• lob

From Middle Dutch bol, bolle, from Old Dutch *bolla, from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“round object or vessel, ball, bowl”).

• IPA^(key): /bɔl/

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• Hyphenation: bol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

bol m (plural bollen, diminutive bolletje n or bolleke n)

1. a sphere; a ball, globe or bulb
2. (figurative) a head; one's brains
3. a scoop (of ice etc.)
4. (mainly the diminutive) a large, round spot, a dot
5. (heraldry) a roundel

   Synonym: koek

6. (especially in the diminutive) a bun, a roll, a round piece of bread or pastry

• Afrikaans: bol
• → Aukan: bolu
• → Papiamentu: bòl
• → Sranan Tongo: bòl, boru
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bolu

• bal
• cirkel

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition)

bol (comparative boller, superlative bolst)

1. convex; bulging
2. chubby

• → Papiamentu: bòl

• IPA^(key): /bɔl/

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First attested in the 18th century. Borrowed from English bowl. For the semantic development of sense 2 compare pot (“jar; (colloquial) luck”). Possibly a doublet of boule.

bol m (plural bols)

1. bowl

   bol de porcelaine ― porcelain bowl

   bol de lait ― bowl of milk

3. (colloquial) luck

   Il a toujours du bol. ― He's always lucky.

• → Catalan: bol
• → Greek: μπολ (bol)

Inherited from Middle French bol, from Old French bol, borrowed from Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”).

bol m (plural bols)

1. bolus

• “bol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• lob

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bol m (plural bols)

1. bowl

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• IPA^(key): /bol/

bol

1. tree

• bolbijak
• bolgrim
• boltong

• Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 137
• Mason, M.C. (1904) , English-Garo Dictionary, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India
• Garo-Hindi-English Learners' Dictionary, North-Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong

Borrowed from English ball.

• IPA^(key): /bul/

bol

1. ball

bol

1. indefinite accusative singular of bolur
2. indefinite dative singular of bolur

Cognate with Garo bol (“tree, wood”).

bol

1. firewood

• Debbarma, Binoy (2001) “bol”, in Concise Kokborok-English-Bengali Dictionary‎, Language Wing, Education Department, TTAADC, →ISBN, page 25

From Proto-Loloish *ʔ-pa² (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Nuosu ꀞ (bat), Burmese -ဖ (-hpa.).

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bol

1. (Yao'an, of animals) male

• por
• mo

bol

1. Superseded spelling of ból.

• IPA^(key): /buːl/, (thick l) /buːɽ/
• (thick L) Homophone: bord

From Old Norse bolr and bulr.

bol m (definite singular bolen, indefinite plural bolar, definite plural bolane)

1. a torso, trunk, a body without limbs
2. (rare or dated) a tree trunk

• bolung m

From Old Norse ból.

bol n (definite singular bolet, indefinite plural bol, definite plural bola)

1. a hive

• kvefsebol

Ellipsis and clipping of anabole steroidar.

bol n (definite singular bolet, uncountable)

1. (colloquial, slang) anabolic steroids

From Old Norse borð, from Proto-Germanic *burdą.

bol n (definite singular bole, indefinite plural bol, definite plural bola)

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect, Eastern Norway) alternative spelling of bord
   • 1711, “Æg vil tæ Giæstebu gange”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 83:

     Siaa Bole dæ laga taa Rætter

     See the table made with dishes

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bol

1. imperative of bola

• “bol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French bol.

bol n (plural boluri)

1. bowl

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolь. Cognate with Bulgarian бо́лка (bólka), Russian боль (bolʹ).

• IPA^(key): /bôːl/

bȏl f or m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑л)

1. pain, aching

   zadati bol ― to inflict pain

• bolan
• bolest
• bolestan
• bolnica
• bolničar
• bolničarka

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bol

1. masculine singular l-participle of byť

• boul
• bowl

Borrowed from English bowl.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbol/

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• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: bol

bol m (plural bols or boles)

1. bowl

   Synonym: cuenco

• “bol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “bol” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
• “bowl”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

From English balls.

bol

1. ball
2. (anatomy) scrotum; testicle

• kiau

From Ottoman Turkish بول (bol, “wide; too large, loose; abundant”), from Proto-Turkic *bol (“abundant, full”). First attested in 1312. Compare Kumyk мол (mol, “abundant, plentiful”), Kazakh мол (mol, “abundant, large”).

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bol

1. loose
2. abundant

• kıt

• bolca
• bol bol — (generously, enough to choke a horse (expr.) etc.)
• bolluk — (abundancy, plenitude)

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 407

From Middle Welsh boly, from Old Welsh bolg, from Proto-Brythonic *bolɣ, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos; cognate with Old Irish bolg, English belly. Doublet of ffôl (“foolish”).

• IPA^(key): /bɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl

bol m (plural boliau)

1. (North Wales) tummy, stomach

   Synonym: bola

• llond bol

• stumog (“stomach”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “bol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies