trol

Catalan

Etymology

From Swedish troll. The sense of "Internet troll" is a recent semantic loan from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾɔl]

Noun

trol m (plural trols)

1. troll (fantastic being)
2. (Internet) troll
3. (Internet) an instance of trolling
   • 2016 September 8, Sergi Picazo, “Per què estem perdent Twitter en favor de la cultura de l’odi?”, in El Crític‎^[1]:

     A Mèxic, l’actual president Enrique Peña Nieto va ser acusat de crear trols anònims durant les darreres eleccions. L’escàndol es coneix com els “Peñabots”.

     In Mexico, the current president Enrique Peña Nieto was accused of creating anonymous troll accounts during the last elections. The scandal is known as the “Peñabots”.

Derived terms

• trolejar

Further reading

• “trol”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɔl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: trol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian troll or Swedish troll. Doublet of drol (“mythological giant”) and etymology 2.

Noun

trol m (plural trollen, diminutive trolletje n)

1. (folklore) troll (mythological creature)

Etymology 2

From English troll. Doublet of drol (“mythological giant”) and etymology 1.

Noun

trol m (plural trollen, diminutive trolletje n)

1. troll (person who provokes others)

Derived terms

• trollen

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English troll.

Alternative forms

• trole, troll (unadapted form)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔw/ [ˈtɾɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔl/ [ˈtɾɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔl/ [ˈtɾɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔ.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔl, (Brazil) -ɔw
• Homophone: trole (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: trol

Noun

trol m or f by sense (plural tróis or troles)

1. (fantasy, Norse mythology) troll (large, grotesque humanoid living in caves, hills or under bridges)
2. (Internet) troll (person who provokes others and causes disruption)

Derived terms

• trolar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English trawl.

Noun

trol m (plural tróis)

1. trawl (long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French troll.

Noun

trol m (plural troli)

1. troll

Declension

Declension of trol

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) trol	trolul	(niște) troli	trolii
genitive/dative	(unui) trol	trolului	(unor) troli	trolilor
vocative	trolule		trolilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Norwegian, Danish or Swedish troll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trôːl/

Noun

trȏl m (Cyrillic spelling тро̑л)

1. troll

   mislim da je trol izašao iz tamnice ― I think the troll's left the dungeon

   hajde, nasm(ij)eši se, trolu mali! ― put a smile on that face, little troll!

Declension

Declension of trol

	singular	plural
nominative	trol	trolovi
genitive	trola	trolova
dative	trolu	trolovima
accusative	trol	trolove
vocative	trole	trolovi
locative	trolu	trolovima
instrumental	trolom	trolovima

References

• “trol”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

• troll

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾol/ [ˈt̪ɾol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: trol

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian troll and Swedish troll, from Old Norse troll.

Noun

trol m or f by sense (plural troles)

1. (fantasy) troll
   • 2017, Enrique Bernárdez, Mitología nórdica [Nordic mythology], Alianza editorial, →ISBN, page 44:

     […] los trols se conservaron en el folklore de los países nórdicos como seres sabios, malignos y peligrosos, […]

     […] the trolls were preserved in the folklore of Nordic countries as wise, evil and dangerous beings, […]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English troll.

Noun

trol m or f by sense (plural troles)

1. (Internet) troll (a person who provokes others (chiefly on the Internet) for their own personal amusement or to cause disruption)

Derived terms

• troleada f
• trolear
• troleo m

 

Further reading

• “trol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English troll (“cart”).

Noun

trol f (plural troliau or trolau, diminutive trolen or trolyn)

1. (North Wales) cart (two-wheeled vehicle)

   Synonyms: cart, cert

2. trolley, dolly

   Synonyms: troli, trolen

3. cylinder, roller

   Synonyms: trolig, trolyn, silindr, rholyn

4. wheel

   Synonyms: olwyn, rhod

Derived terms

• berfa drol (“wheelbarrow”)
• llond trol, llwyth trol (“cartload”)
• taflu'r drol (“to give up”, literally “to overturn the cart”)
• troi'r drol (“to cause an argument”, literally “to upset the (apple)cart”)

Related terms

• (four-wheeled vehicle) men, wagen (“wagon”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trol	drol	nhrol	throl
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “trol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies