molle

See also: MOLLE, Mollé, mollë, mölle, mølle, and Molle

English

Etymology

See moll.

Adjective

molle (not comparable)

  1. (music, obsolete) flat; lowered by a semitone
    B molle
    F molle

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References

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔl

Adjective

molle

  1. feminine singular of mou

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)

  1. pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))

Further reading

Galician

Verb

molle

  1. inflection of mollar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔl.le/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlle
  • Hyphenation: mòl‧le

Etymology 1

From Latin mollem.

Adjective

molle (plural molli)

  1. soft
  2. flabby
  3. weak, feeble
Derived terms

Noun

molle f

  1. plural of molla

Noun

molle f pl (plural only)

  1. tongs, fire tongs

Latin

Etymology

From mollis (soft).

Pronunciation

Noun

molle n (genitive mollis); third declension

  1. softness, smoothness

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

Adjective

molle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mollis

References

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.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔl(ə)/

Noun

molle (plural molles)

  1. mole (Talpa europea)
    Synonyms: moldewarpe, wont
Descendants
  • English: mole
References

Etymology 2

From Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔl/, /mul/

Noun

molle (uncountable)

  1. rubbish, refuse
  2. dirt, grit
  3. (figurative) trappings of mortality
Descendants
References

Noun

molle

  1. Alternative form of mylne

Norman

Adjective

molle

  1. feminine singular of mo

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmolle/

Verb

molle

  1. inflection of mollat:
    1. first-person dual present indicative
    2. third-person plural past indicative

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua molli, mulli meaning that tree.

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)

  1. pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
    Synonym: huingán

Further reading

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