rolle

See also: Rolle

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.lə/

Noun

rolle

  1. plural of rol

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.lə/
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Verb

rolle

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of rollen

German

Verb

rolle

  1. First-person singular present of rollen.
  2. Imperative singular of rollen.
  3. First-person singular subjunctive I of rollen.
  4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of rollen.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin rollus[1], corresponding to Late Latin rotulus, or from rotula, diminutive of rota.

Noun

rolle m (plural rolles)

  1. role (function or position of something)
    • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
      Mais a ce dernier rolle de la mort et de nous, il n'y a plus que faindre, il faut parler François, il faut montrer ce qu'il y a de bon et de net dans le fond du pot

Descendants

  • French: rôle
    • English: role (borrowed)
      • Spanish: rol (borrowed)

References

  1. ↑ “rôle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French rôle and German Rolle

Noun

rolle f, m (definite singular rolla or rollen, indefinite plural roller, definite plural rollene)

  1. a role

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French rôle and German Rolle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²rɔlːə/

Noun

rolle f (definite singular rolla, indefinite plural roller, definite plural rollene)

  1. a role

References

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