noll

See also: Noll

English

Etymology

Old English hnoll. Cognate with Dutch nol (“top of a sand-dune”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒl
  • Homophone: gnoll

Noun

noll (plural nolls)

  1. (now Britain regional) The head, especially the top of the head. [from 8th c.]
    • 1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte:
      Wolde to God it wolde please you some daye / A balade boke before me for to laye, / And lerne me to synge Re my fa sol! / And whan I fayle bobbe me on the noll.

Swedish

Swedish cardinal numbers
0 1  > 
    Cardinal : noll

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔl/
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Numeral

noll

  1. (cardinal) zero

See also

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