bolle

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See also: Bolle, bollë, and bølle

Afrikaans

Noun

bolle

  1. plural of bol

Albanian

Alternative forms

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

  1. testicles

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bolle”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

Danish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

bolle c (singular definite bollen, plural indefinite boller)

  1. bun, bread roll
  2. meatball, dumpling
  3. ring (diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle)
  4. (dated) bowl
  5. (slang, chiefly plural) testicles
Inflection

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)

  1. boff, screw, shag (see Thesaurus:copulate)
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Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bolle

  1. inflection of bol:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Italian

Noun

bolle f

  1. plural of bolla

Derived terms

Verb

bolle

  1. third-person singular present indicative of bollire

Anagrams

Norman

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

bolle f (plural bolles)

  1. (Jersey) bowl

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse bolli (goblet, cup).

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)

  1. a bowl (deep dish)

Etymology 2

From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)

  1. a bun (small cake containing yeast and dried fruit)
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bolli (goblet, cup), from Proto-Germanic *bullô (ball, bowl), from *ballô (ball).

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)

  1. a bowl (deep dish)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)

  1. a bun, a ball made of ground meat or dough
Derived terms

References

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

Noun

bolle f

  1. bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: bolle

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *bula, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.

Noun

bolle c (plural bollen, diminutive boltsje)

  1. bull

Further reading

  • bolle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011