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English
Etymology
See moll.
Adjective
molle (not comparable)
- (music, obsolete) flat; lowered by a semitone
- B molle
- F molle
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
molle
- feminine singular of mou
Etymology 2
Borrowed from translingual Molle, and later through French who have travelled South America from Spanish and as well Quechua directly, which backcrossed its meaning to the specific species used by the Incas.
Noun
molle m (plural molles)
- pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
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Galician
Verb
molle
- inflection of mollar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin mollem.
Adjective
molle (plural molli)
- soft
- flabby
- weak, feeble
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
molle f
- plural of molla
Noun
molle f pl (plural only)
- tongs, fire tongs
Latin
Etymology
From mollis (“soft”).
Pronunciation
Noun
molle n (genitive mollis); third declension
- softness, smoothness
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Adjective
molle
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mollis
References
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *mulaz, *mulhaz (which is perhaps related to *muldō (“loose earth, soil”)), either through an unattested Old English *mol or as a borrowing from Middle Dutch mol, molle.
Pronunciation
Noun
molle (plural molles)
- mole (Talpa europea)
- Synonyms: moldewarpe, wont
Descendants
References
Etymology 2
From Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.
Pronunciation
Noun
molle (uncountable)
- rubbish, refuse
- dirt, grit
- (figurative) trappings of mortality
Descendants
References
Etymology 3
Noun
molle
- Alternative form of mylne
Norman
Adjective
molle
- feminine singular of mo
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmolle/
Verb
molle
- inflection of mollat:
- first-person dual present indicative
- third-person plural past indicative
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Quechua molli, mulli meaning that tree.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmoʝe/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈmoʎe/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmoʃe/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmoʒe/
Noun
molle m (plural molles)
- pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
- Synonym: huingán
Further reading