bolle
Afrikaans edit
Noun edit
bolle
Albanian edit
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Etymology edit
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 edit
bolle m pl
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “bolle”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 30
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
bolle c (singular definite bollen, plural indefinite boller)
- bun, bread roll
- meatball, dumpling
- ring (diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle)
- (dated) bowl
- (slang, chiefly plural) testicles
Inflection edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the obsolete bolle ("bull"), or a variant of bole (“to whore”).
Verb edit
bolle (imperative bol, infinitive at bolle, present tense boller, past tense bollede, perfect tense har bollet)
- boff, screw, shag (see Thesaurus:copulate)
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Further reading edit
- bolle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch edit
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Audio (file)
Adjective edit
bolle
- inflection of bol:
Italian edit
Noun edit
bolle f
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bolle
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Norman edit
Etymology edit
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Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun edit
bolle f (plural bolles)
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- bollée (“bowlful”)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Danish bolle (“a bowl”), from Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”),
Noun edit
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)
- a bowl (deep dish)
Etymology 2 edit
From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.
Noun edit
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)
- a bun (small cake containing yeast and dried fruit)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bolle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“ball, bowl”), from *ballô (“ball”).
Noun edit
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)
- a bowl (deep dish)
Derived terms edit
- ølbolle (beer bowl)
Etymology 2 edit
From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.
Noun edit
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)
- a bun, a ball made of ground meat or dough
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bolle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
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bolle f
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West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian *bula, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.
Noun edit
bolle c (plural bollen, diminutive boltsje)
Further reading edit
- “bolle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011