doll

See also Doll

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Doll, a popular pet form of Dorothy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɒl/
• Rhymes: -ɒl
• (US) IPA: /dɑl/

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Noun

doll (plural dolls)

1. A toy in the form of a human.
2. (informal) Used to refer to or address a woman.
3. (Australian) A term of endearment (ie. darling).

Derived terms

• dolly
• doll up
• Russian doll

Translations

a toy in the form of a human

Afrikaans: pop (af) Albanian: kukull (sq) Ancient Greek: γλήνη f., γλώνη f. Arabic: دمية (ar) Armenian: տիկնիկ (hy) (tiknik) Bulgarian: кукла (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 玩偶 (zh) (wánǒu), 娃娃 (zh) (wáwa) Croatian: lȕtka (hr) f. Czech: panenka (cs) f., panna (cs) f. Danish: dukke (da) Dutch: pop (nl) f. Esperanto: pupo (eo) Finnish: nukke (fi) French: poupée (fr) f. German: Puppe (de) f. Greek: κούκλα (el) (kúkla) f. Hebrew: בובה (buba) f. Hungarian: baba (hu) Ido: pupeo (io) Indonesian: boneka (id) Irish: bábóg (ga) f., áilleagán (ga) m. Istriot: poppî

Italian: bambola (it) f. Japanese: 人形 (にんぎょう, ningyō) Korean: 인형 (inhyeong) Kurdish: بووکه‌ شووشه‌ Latin: pupa (la) f. Lithuanian: lėlė f. Luxembourgish: Popp (lb) f. Malay: anak patung (ms) Marathi: बाहुली (mr) Norwegian: dukke (no) Persian: عروسک (fa) ('arusak) Polish: lalka (pl) f. Portuguese: boneca (pt) f. Romanian: păpușă (ro) f. Russian: кукла (ru) (kúkla) f. Serbian: lutka f., kukla f. (regional) Slovak: bábika (sk) f. Spanish: muñeca (es) f. Swedish: docka (sv) c. Tagalog: manika (tl) Taos: c’ìpána Thai: ตุ๊กตา (th) (dtookgadtaa) Ukrainian: лялька (ljal’ka) f. Vietnamese: búp bê (vi)

Verb

doll (third-person singular simple present dolls, present participle dolling, simple past and past participle dolled)

1. (intransitive, followed by "up") To cause to be more beautiful of attractive. See also doll up

See also

• golliwog
• puppet
• teddy, teddy bear
• Wikipedia article on dolls

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Catalan

Noun

doll m. (plural dolls)

1. ray