molle
English
Etymology
See moll.
See also
References
- “molle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔl/
- Rhymes: -ɔl
Etymology 2
Borrowed from translingual Molle, and later through French who have travelled South America from Spanish and as well Quechua directly, which backcrossed its meaning to the specific species used by the Incas.
Noun
molle m (plural molles)
- pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
Further reading
- “molle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Verb
molle
- inflection of mollar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔl.le/
- Rhymes: -ɔlle
- Hyphenation: mòl‧le
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From mollis (“soft”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔlːʲɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔlːe]
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | molle | mollia |
Genitive | mollis | mollium |
Dative | mollī | mollibus |
Accusative | molle | mollia |
Ablative | mollī | mollibus |
Vocative | molle | mollia |
References
- molle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *mulaz, *mulhaz (which is perhaps related to *muldō (“loose earth, soil”)), either through an unattested Old English *mol or as a borrowing from Middle Dutch mol, molle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔl(ə)/
Descendants
- English: mole
References
- “molle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔl/, /mul/
Descendants
- English: mull
References
- “mol(le, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norman
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmolle/
Verb
molle
- inflection of mollat:
- first-person dual present indicative
- third-person plural past indicative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmoʝe/ [ˈmo.ʝe]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈmoʎe/ [ˈmo.ʎe]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmoʃe/ [ˈmo.ʃe]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmoʒe/ [ˈmo.ʒe]
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -oʝe
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -oʎe
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -oʃe
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -oʒe
- Syllabification: mo‧lle
Noun
molle m (plural molles)
- pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
- Synonym: huingán
Further reading
- “molle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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