bolle

See also: Bolle and bølle

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bālnai, from Proto-Indo-European *bhḷəno. 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.

Noun

bolle m pl

  1. testicles

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, screw, shag (see Thesaurus:copulate)
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Further reading

Italian

Noun

bolle f

  1. plural of bolla

Anagrams

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin bullio

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bollɐ/

Verb

bolle

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

Norman

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun

bolle f (plural bolles)

  1. (Jersey) bowl

Synonyms

Derived terms

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)

Derived terms

References

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)

Derived terms

References

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/, [ˈboɫːe]

Noun

bolle f

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

Declension

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Descendants

West Frisian

Noun

bolle c (plural bollen)

  1. bull
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