moll

See also möll

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

From Moll, an archaic nickname for Mary (see also Molly).

Alternative forms

• mole (Australian, girlfriend of surfie or bikie)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

moll (plural molls)

1. A female companion of a gangster, especially a former or current prostitute.
2. A prostitute or woman with loose sexual morals.
3. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative) Bitch, slut; an insulting epithet applied to a female.
4. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a bikie.
   • 1979, Eric Reade, History and Heartburn: The Saga of Australian Film, 1896-1978, page 209,

     The bikies ‘molls’ included Susan Lloyd as Tart; Victoria Anoux as Flossie; and Rosalind Talamini as Sunshine.

   • 1995, Debra Adelaide, The Hotel Albatross, page 76,

     ‘Oh God!’ groans Julie who once was a bikie moll back in the early seventies. ‘Hope it′s no one I know.’ But the Machismos turn out to be based on a New Zealand gang, which assembled in Australia after her time.

   • 2009, Albert Moran, Errol Vieth, The A to Z of Australian and New Zealand Cinema, page 142,

     Gilling first appeared as the biker′s moll Vanessa in Stone (1974) and the beautiful, evil cabin attendant in Number 96 (1974).

5. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A girlfriend of a surfie; blends with pejorative sense.

Usage notes

(girlfriend of a surfie or bikie): Because Australian pronunciation merges the /ɒ/ and /əʊ/ phonemes before /l/ (both become [oʊl]), this word is very commonly spelt mole in Australia, probably by contamination with mole (“sneaky person”). Indeed, the Australian Oxford dictionary does not list the Australian meaning of the term under the headword moll, but only under mole, although it does recognise that mole in this sense is “probably” a mere “variant of moll”.

Synonyms

• (surfie's girlfriend): chick

Etymology 2

German, from Latin mollis (“soft, tender, elegiac”). Compare molle (“flat (in music)”).

Adjective

moll (not comparable)

1. (music, obsolete) minor; in the minor mode

   A moll, that is, A minor

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin mollis.

Adjective

moll m (feminine molla, masculine plural molls, feminine plural molles)

1. moist
2. weak

Related terms

• mullar

Noun

moll m (uncountable)

1. marrow, as in bone marrow
2. the soft part of a fruit

Etymology 2

From Latin mullus (“red mullet”).

Noun

moll m (plural molls)

1. several species of fish
   • moll de fang — Mullus barbatus
   • moll de roca — Mullus surmuletus
   • moll reial — Apogon imberbis

Etymology 3

From Latin moles.

Noun

moll m (plural molls)

1. quay, jetty
2. breakwater

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin mollis (“soft, mild”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɔlː/

  Rhymes: -ɔlː

Noun

moll m (genitive singular molls, plural mollar)

1. (music) minor (scale or key)

Declension

declension of moll

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	moll	mollinn	mollar	mollarnir
accusative	moll	mollinn	molla	mollana
dative	molli / moll	mollinum / mollnum	mollum	mollunum
genitive	molls	mollsins	molla	mollanna

Derived terms

• a-moll
• e-moll
• h-moll
• fís-moll
• cís-moll
• d-moll
• g-moll
• c-moll
• f-moll

See also

• dúr

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Irish

Noun

moll m (genitive moill, nominative plural mollta)

1. heap

Declension

Declension of moll

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative moll mollta Vocative a mhoill a mhollta Genitive moill mollta Dative moll mollta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an moll na mollta Genitive an mhoill na mollta Dative leis an moll don mholl leis na mollta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
moll	mholl	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Manx

Verb

moll (verbal noun molley)

1. to fool, baffle, foil, beguile, cajole, captivate, deceive, bluff, trick
2. to disappoint
3. to impose

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
moll	voll	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mɔll/

Noun

moll n

1. (music) minor scale