rol

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔl/

Etymology 1

From Dutch rol, from French rôle.

Noun

rol (plural rolle, diminutive rolletjie)

1. role

Etymology 2

From Dutch rollen.

Verb

rol (present rol, present participle rollende, past participle gerol)

1. to roll

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French rôle. Doublet of rotlle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

rol m (plural rols)

1. roll (a list of people)
2. role

   Synonym: paper

Derived terms

• joc de rol

Further reading

• “rol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: rol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rolle, from Old French role.

Noun

rol m (plural rollen, diminutive rolletje n)

1. role, function (as in actions or tasks that a person or a group is expected to perform)
2. (theater) role, character

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: ròl, rol
• → Sranan Tongo: lolo, rollo
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lolo, rol

Etymology 2

From the verb rollen.

Noun

rol f (plural rollen, diminutive rolletje n)

1. roll (cylindrical object, often used as a rolling part)
2. scroll

Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rol

1. inflection of rollen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: rol

Etymology 1

From Dutch rol, from Middle Dutch rolle, from Old French role.

Noun

rol (first-person possessive rolku, second-person possessive rolmu, third-person possessive rolnya)

1. (colloquial) role.

   Synonym: peran

Etymology 2

From Dutch rol, rollen, from Middle Dutch rollen, from Old French roeler.

Noun

rol (first-person possessive rolku, second-person possessive rolmu, third-person possessive rolnya)

1. roller, anything that rolls.

Further reading

• “rol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔl, (Brazil) -ɔw
• Hyphenation: rol

Noun

rol m (plural róis)

1. list (enumeration or compilation of items)

   Synonym: lista

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rôle.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

rol n (plural roluri)

1. role

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrol/
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: rol

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English role.

Noun

rol m (plural roles)

1. role

   Synonym: papel

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Catalan rol (“roll”), from Late Latin rotula (“small wheel”). Doublet of rótula.

Noun

rol m (plural roles)

1. roll, list

Further reading

• “rol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English roll.

Noun

rol

1. cigarette

Turkish

Etymology

From French rôle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾol/

Noun

rol (definite accusative rolü, plural roller)

1. role
2. behaviour

Declension

Somewhat irregular. This noun has irregular vowel harmony on its declension, this also happen in sol in the sense of "G (musical note)", hâl, and hal. This irregularity caused by the final -l is pronounced as /l/, not a velarized /ɫ/.

Derived terms

• başrol
• rol iflası