molle
English edit
Etymology edit
See moll.
Adjective edit
molle (not comparable)
See also edit
References edit
- “molle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
molle
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
molle m (plural molles)
- pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
Further reading edit
- “molle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician edit
Verb edit
molle
- inflection of mollar:
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
molle (plural molli)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
molle f
Noun edit
molle f pl (plural only)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From mollis (“soft”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔlːʲɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔlːe]
Noun edit
molle n (genitive mollis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | molle | mollia |
Genitive | mollis | mollium |
Dative | mollī | mollibus |
Accusative | molle | mollia |
Ablative | mollī | mollibus |
Vocative | molle | mollia |
Adjective edit
molle
References edit
- molle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
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.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
molle (plural molles)
- mole (Talpa europea)
- Synonyms: moldewarpe, wont
Descendants edit
- English: mole
References edit
- “molle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
molle (uncountable)
Descendants edit
- English: mull
References edit
- “mol(le, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
molle
- Alternative form of mylne
Norman edit
Adjective edit
molle
Northern Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
molle
- inflection of mollat:
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Quechua molli, mulli meaning that tree.
Pronunciation edit
- Syllabification: mo‧lle
Noun edit
molle m (plural molles)
- pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
- Synonym: huingán
Further reading edit
- “molle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014