Wiktionary

rola

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rola"

Galician edit

Verb edit

rola

  1. inflection of rolar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Icelandic edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rola f (genitive singular rolu, nominative plural rolur)

  1. (derogatory) wimp, wuss, pansy
  2. (derogatory) slowcoach, slowpoke

Declension edit

declension of rola
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rola rolan rolur rolurnar
accusative rolu roluna rolur rolurnar
dative rolu rolunni rolum rolunum
genitive rolu rolunnar rola/rolna rolanna/rolnanna

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese rolar.

Verb edit

rola

  1. to roll

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *orlьja. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /rɔlʲaː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /rɔlʲɒ/

Noun edit

rola f (related adjective rolny)

  1. arable field, farmland
    • 1967 [1415], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty kościańskie, volume III, number 540:
      Jako tho swatczø, yz tha rola, czszo yø Pyotrasz przeoral..., yest yego prawa rola
      [Jako to świadczą, iż ta rola, cso ją Piotrasz przeorał..., jest jego prawa rola]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 6r:
      Ager […] eyn acker et dicitur ab ago agis rola
      [Ager […] eyn acker et dicitur ab ago agis rola]

Derived terms edit

nouns

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Descendants edit

  • Polish: rola
  • Silesian: rolŏ

References edit

Polish edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from German Rolle, from French rôle.[1][2][3] First attested in the 18th century.[4]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.la/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.lɒ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Syllabification: ro‧la

Noun edit

rola f

  1. role (function, position or expected behaviour of something)
    Synonym: funkcja
  2. role; part (in a play, movie or other theatrical medium)
    Synonyms: kreacja, wcielenie
  3. role; part (text spoken by an actor)
Derived terms edit
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Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), rola is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 55 times in scientific texts, 21 times in news, 63 times in essays, 19 times in fiction, and 4 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 162 times, making it the 357th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[5]

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from German Rolle, from Latin rotulus.[6][7] First attested in the 19th century.[8]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rola f

  1. scroll (roll of paper or parchment)
    Synonym: rolka

Etymology 3 edit

Inherited from Old Polish rola.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

rola f

  1. arable land, ploughland; farmland
    Synonyms: areał, grunt, użytki
    Mariusz żył z uprawy roli. ― Mariusz made his living from farming.
Declension edit
Declension of rola
singular plural
nominative rola role
genitive roli rol
dative roli rolom
accusative rolę role
instrumental rolą rolami
locative roli rolach
vocative rolo role
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References edit

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “rola 2”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “rola I”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  3. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “II rola”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  4. ^ Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “rola”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[2]
  5. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “rola”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[3] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 496
  6. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “rola 3”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  7. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “III rola”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[4] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  8. ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “rola”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[5] (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 558

Further reading edit

  • rola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rola in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “rola”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • “ROLA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 16.06.2020
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “rola”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[6]

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Onomatopoeic, in allusion to the bird's sound.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: ro‧la

Noun edit

rola f (plural rolas)

  1. a dove of the genus Streptopelia
    um ninho de rolas ― a doves' nest
  2. Eutinobothrus brasiliensis, a beetle inhabiting most of the Brazilian territory
    Synonym: broca-do-algodoeiro
  3. (Brazil, vulgar, colloquial) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pénis

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: ro‧la

Verb edit

rola

  1. inflection of rolar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Sotho edit

Verb edit

rola

  1. to forge metal
  2. to hammer
  3. to undress

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈrola/ [ˈro.la]
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Syllabification: ro‧la

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

rola f (plural rolas)

  1. (Mexico) a song
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

rola

  1. inflection of rolar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
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