bolle
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.
bolle m pl
bolle c (singular definite bollen, plural indefinite boller)
From the obsolete bolle ("bull"), or a variant of bole (“to whore”).
bolle (imperative bol, infinitive at bolle, present tense boller, past tense bollede, perfect tense har bollet)
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bolle f
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bolle f (plural bolles)
From Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”).
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)
From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)
From Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“ball, bowl”), from *ballô (“ball”).
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)
From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)
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”).
bolle f
From Old Frisian *bula, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.
bolle c (plural bollen, diminutive boltsje)