bolle
Afrikaans
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
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.
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bolle”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 30
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔlə/, [ˈb̥ʌlə]
Inflection
Etymology 2
From the obsolete bolle ("bull"), or a variant of bole (“to whore”).
Verb
bolle (imperative bol, infinitive at bolle, present tense boller, past tense bollede, perfect tense har bollet)
- boff, screw, shag (see Thesaurus:copulate)
Further reading
bolle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
bolle
- inflection of bol:
- masculine/feminine singular attributive
- definite neuter singular attributive
- plural attributive
Italian
Derived terms
Norman
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Synonyms
Derived terms
- bollée (“bowlful”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)
- a bowl (deep dish)
Noun
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)
- a bun (small cake containing yeast and dried fruit)
Derived terms
References
- “bolle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²bɔlːə/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“ball, bowl”), from *ballô (“ball”).
Noun
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)
- a bowl (deep dish)
Derived terms
- ølbolle (beer bowl)
Noun
bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)
- a bun, a ball made of ground meat or dough
Derived terms
- bakebolle
- berlinerbolle
- kjøtbolle, kjøttbolle
- kråkebolle
References
- “bolle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈbol.le/, [ˈboɫ.ɫe]
Declension
Synonyms
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian *bula, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.
Further reading
- “bolle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011