molo

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Verb

molo

1. first-person singular present indicative of molar (“to mock”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Verb

molo

1. first-person singular present indicative of molar (“to sharpen (dialectal)”)

Czech

Noun

molo n

1. catwalk, runway

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

Probably an alteration of mela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmolo/,
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification^(key): mo‧lo

Noun

molo (vulgar)

1. penis

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• mela (“penis”)

Further reading

• “molo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Galician

Etymology 1

From a derivative of Latin medius.

Alternative forms

• meolo, molo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmolo̝/

Noun

molo m (plural molos)

1. central piece of the Galician cart wheel, which is united on its extremes with the cambas, or curved pieces of the wheel's felly, and has in its center the wheel's nave

   Synonyms: mil, mión, miúl

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• miolo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmolo̝/

Noun

molo m (plural molos)

1. Alternative form of miolo

References

• “molo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “molo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “molo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /móː.lóː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

Noun

mōlō m (plural mōlā̀yē, possessed form mōlon)

1. A three-stringed lute, sintir

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: mò‧lo

Etymology 1

Of Ligurian origin, from Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos), μόλος (mólos), itself from Latin mōlēs.

Noun

molo m (plural moli)

1. jetty, pier, mole, quay, dock

Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

molo

1. first-person singular present indicative of molare

Further reading

• molo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• olmo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *melam (“to grind”). Cognate with Latin mollis, Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē), English meal. See also English maelstrom.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.loː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.lo/,

Verb

molō (present infinitive molere, perfect active moluī, supine molitum); third conjugation

1. to grind or mill

Conjugation

Derived terms

• immolō
• molīnus
• molīnum

Related terms

• mola

Descendants

References

• “molo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “molo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• molo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “molo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

molo

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Latin moles, via Italian molo.

Noun

molo m (definite singular moloen, indefinite plural moloer, definite plural moloene)

1. a mole (breakwater)

Synonyms

• bølgebryter

References

• “molo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

molo

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology 1

From Latin moles, via Italian molo.

Noun

molo m (definite singular moloen, indefinite plural moloar, definite plural moloane)

1. a mole (breakwater)

Synonyms

• bølgebrytar

Etymology 2

Verb

molo

1. (obsolete) past plural of mala

References

• “molo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

molo

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian molo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.lɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
• Syllabification: mo‧lo

Noun

molo n (related adjective molowy)

1. pier (raised platform built from the shore out over water)

   Hypernyms: pomost, przystań

Declension

Further reading

• molo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• molo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Verb

molo

1. first-person singular present indicative of molar

Xhosa

Alternative forms

• mholo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (reflecting the spelling mholo)

Interjection

mólo (singular)

1. hello, a greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence, also a welcome, into my village, home, or business!

Related terms

• molweni