bulla

See also buļļa

English

Etymology

From Latin bulla (“bubble”).

Noun

Wikipedia bulla (plural bullae)

1. (medicine) A blister, vesicle, or other thin-walled cavity or lesion.
2. (archaeology) A clay envelope or hollow ball, typically with seal impressions or writing on its outside indicating its contents.
3. (historical) In ancient Rome, a kind of amulet or boss.
4. Later, handwritten document from the papal chancellery.

See also

• bullous

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Darkinjung

Numeral

bulla

1. two

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Finnish

(index b)

Wikipedia ^fi

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bul‧la

Noun

bulla

1. bull (papal bull)

Declension

Declension of bulla (type koira) singular plural nominative bulla bullat genitive bullan bullien bullain1 partitive bullaa bullia accusative bulla bullan bullat inessive bullassa bullissa elative bullasta bullista illative bullaan bulliin adessive bullalla bullilla ablative bullalta bullilta allative bullalle bullille essive bullana bullina translative bullaksi bulliksi instructive – bullin abessive bullatta bullitta comitative – bullineen 1) Rare.

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French

Verb

bulla

1. third-person singular past historic of buller

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Icelandic

Noun

bulla f (genitive singular bullu, plural bullur)

1. a piston ^syn.
2. a bully ^syn.

Derived terms

• bulludæla (a piston pump)
• bulluhaus (a piston head)
• bulluhiti (a piston operating temperature)
• bulluhreyfill (a piston engine)
• bulluhringur (a piston ring)
• bulluhöfuð (a piston crown)
• bullukollur (a piston head)
• bulluslag (a piston stroke)
• bullustrokkur (a piston barrel)
• bullustýring (a piston guide
• bullustöng (a piston rod)
• bulluvölur (a piston pin)
• bulluþétti (a piston gasket, a piston packing, a piston seal)
• bulluþjappa (a piston compressor)
• vélbulluvölur (a piston pin)

Synonyms

• (piston): ^def. stimpill
• (bully): ^def. svoli

Verb

bulla weak verb (third person singular past indicative bullaði, supine bullað)

1. (intransitive) to talk nonsense ^syn.
2. (intransitive) to boil, to bubble up ^syn.

Derived terms

• bullandi

Synonyms

• (talk nonsense): ^def. rugla
• (boil): ^def. sjóða

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Latin

Etymology

From the root vhal-, Greek φαλ-. Confer φαλλός and φύλλον.

Noun

bulla (genitive bullae); f, first declension

1. a bubble, a water bubble; any round object that has swollen
2. (on a door etc.) a boss, a knob
3. the bulla, an amulet worn upon the neck
4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) handwritten document from the pope or the papal chancellery (papal bull)

Derived terms

• bullā dignus (childish)

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	bulla	bullae
genitive	bullae	bullārum
dative	bullae	bullīs
accusative	bullam	bullās
ablative	bullā	bullīs
vocative	bulla	bullae

Derived terms

• bulliō
• bullō

Descendants

• Albanian: bulë
• English: bull, bulla
• French: boule
• Italian: bolla, bulla

• Occitan: bola
• Portuguese: bola, bolha, bulla
• Spanish: bolla, bola, bula

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

bulla

1. bull (papal bull)

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Spanish

Etymology

bullir, from Latin bullīre, present active infinitive of bulliō (“I bubble, boil”), from bulla (“bubble”).

Noun

bulla f (plural bullas)

1. rowdiness, racket, ruckus

Verb

bulla (infinitive bullir)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bullir.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bullir.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bullir.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of bullir.