bolle

See also: Bolle, bollë, and bølle

Afrikaans

Noun

bolle

1. plural of bol

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bole

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”), Old High German ballo, balla (“buttocks”). Occurs exclusively in the plural form.

Noun

bolle m pl

1. testicles

Related terms

• bile
• ballë
• mbjell
• pjell

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

Declension of bolle

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bolle	bollen	boller	bollerne
genitive	bolles	bollens	bollers	bollernes

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)

Synonyms

• knalde
• kneppe

Further reading

• bolle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

bolle

1. inflection of bol:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Italian

Noun

bolle f

1. plural of bolla

Derived terms

• millebolle

Verb

bolle

1. third-person singular present indicative of bollire

Anagrams

• Bellò, bello

Norman

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

bolle f (plural bolles)

1. (Jersey) bowl

Synonyms

• dgichon

Derived terms

• bollée (“bowlful”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”).

Noun

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

1. a bowl (deep dish)

Etymology 2

From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.

Noun

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

1. a bun (small cake containing yeast and dried fruit)

Derived terms

• bakebolle
• berlinerbolle
• kjøttbolle

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)

1. a bowl (deep dish)

Derived terms

• ølbolle (beer bowl)

Etymology 2

From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.

Noun

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

1. 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]

Noun

bolle f

1. bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	bolle	bollan
accusative	bollan	bollan
genitive	bollan	bollena
dative	bollan	bollum

Synonyms

• bolla

Descendants

• Middle English: bolle
  • Scots: boll, bol, bow
  • English: bowl
  • → Middle French: bolle
    • French: bol
      • → Greek: μπολ (bol)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *bula, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.

Noun

bolle c (plural bollen, diminutive boltsje)

1. bull

Further reading

• “bolle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011