Translingual

Proper noun

Bolle

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Carl (Karl) August Bolle (1821-1909).

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔlə

Noun

Bolle f ‎(genitive Bolle, plural Bollen)

1. (Berlin) bulb, tuber

Synonyms

• Knolle

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bole

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bālnai, from Proto-Indo-European *bhḷəno. Compare Ancient Greek φαλλός ‎(phallós, “****”), 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

bolle m pl

1. testicles

Related terms

• bile
• ballë
• mbjell
• pjell

References

1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 30

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔlə/, [ˈb̥ʌlə]

Etymology 1

Noun

bolle c (singular definite bollen, plural indefinite boller)

1. bun, bread roll
2. meatball, dumpling
3. ring (diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle)
4. (dated) bowl
5. (slang, chiefly plural) testicles

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)

1. boff, ****, shag (see Wikisaurus:copulate)

Synonyms

• knalde
• kneppe

Italian

Noun

bolle f

1. plural of bolla

Anagrams

• bello

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin bullio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bollɐ/

Verb

bolle

1. to boil (be in the state of boiling)

Norman

Pronunciation

Noun

bolle f ‎(plural bolles)

1. (Jersey) bowl

Synonyms

• dgichon

Derived terms

• bollée ‎(“bowlful”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bolli

Noun

bolle m ‎(definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)

1. a bun (small cake containing yeast and dried fruit)
2. a bowl (deep dish)

References

• “bolle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bolli

Noun

bolle m ‎(definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)

1. a bun (as above)
2. a bowl (deep dish)

References

• “bolle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

bolle f

1. bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure.

Declension

Synonyms

• bolla

Descendants

• Middle English: bolle
  • Scots: boll, bol, bow
  • English: bowl

West Frisian

Noun

bolle c ‎(plural bollen)

1. bull