folla

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See also: follá and follà

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoʎa/
  • Hyphenation: fo‧lla

Noun

folla f (uncountable)

  1. mud
    Synonym: llamuerga

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

folla

  1. feminine singular of foll

Etymology 2

Verb

folla

  1. inflection of follar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

follas ("leaves")

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese folla (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium. Cognate with Portuguese folha, Asturian fueya, Spanish hoja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoɟa/
  • Rhymes: -oɟa
  • Hyphenation: fo‧lla

Noun

folla f (plural follas)

  1. leaf (of a plant)
  2. leaf; sheet
    • 1388, M. A. Comesaña Martínez (1995), tombo do Hospital e Ermida de santa María do Camiño de Pontevedra. Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 69:
      en estas duas follas de pulgamedio
      on these two sheets of parchment
  3. each one of the parts or turns in which a terrain is divided for it to go fallow
    • 1417, A. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:
      Estas duas follas que de aqui faleçen tirey eu Rui Matines, notario, deste libro por quanto os escrivãaos de miña notaria lançaron ende algũas escripturas que non devian ser aqui asentadas
      These two leaves that are lacking here were removed from this book by me Roi Martínez, notary, because the scribes of my office put there some scriptures which shouldn't be recorded here

Derived terms

References

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔl.la/, (traditional) /ˈfol.la/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔlla, (traditional) -olla
  • Hyphenation: fòl‧la, (traditional) fól‧la

Etymology 1

Deverbal from follare +‎ -a. Compare Sicilian fuḍḍa.

Noun

folla f (plural folle)

  1. crowd; mob
  2. multitude, host

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

folla

  1. inflection of follare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ folla in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian folla and/or from an older (perhaps subseded) variant of Sicilian fuḍḍa, both derived from Latin fullare (to bump, trample), perhaps influenced by Proto-Germanic *fulką (folk). Compare French foule.

Pronunciation

Noun

folla f (plural folol)

  1. crowd
    Synonyms: ġliba, kotra
    • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Niftakar li kont mort mal-folla u ma’ sħabi ta’ l-Azzjoni Kattolika biex nilqgħuh fi dħul iż-Żejtun.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Late Latin folia, from Latin folium, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-. Doublet of folloa.

    Noun

    folla f (plural follas)

    1. leaf
    2. sheet of paper

    Descendants

    • Galician: folla
    • Portuguese: folha

    References

    Old High German

    Etymology

    From the adjective foll.

    Noun

    folla f

    1. completeness

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈfoʝa/
    • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈfoʎa/
    • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈfoʃa/
    • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈfoʒa/

     

    • Syllabification: fo‧lla

    Etymology 1

    Deverbal from follar.

    Noun

    folla f (plural follas)

    1. mishmash; hodgepodge

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    folla

    1. inflection of follar (to fuck):
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

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