bolle

See also: Bolle, bollë, and bølle

Afrikaans

Noun

bolle

1. plural of bol

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bole

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bālnai, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-no-. Compare Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”), Latin follis (“bellows”), Old Irish ball (“limb, member, part, body part”), Old High German ballo, balla (“buttocks”). Occurs exclusively in the plural form.

Noun

bolle m pl

1. testicles

Related terms

• bile
• ballë
• mbjell
• pjell

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔlə/, [ˈb̥ʌlə]

Etymology 1

Noun

bolle c (singular definite bollen, plural indefinite boller)

1. bun, bread roll
2. meatball, dumpling
3. ring (diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle)
4. (dated) bowl
5. (slang, chiefly plural) testicles

Inflection

Declension of bolle

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bolle	bollen	boller	bollerne
genitive	bolles	bollens	bollers	bollernes

Etymology 2

From the obsolete bolle ("bull"), or a variant of bole (“to whore”).

Verb

bolle (imperative bol, infinitive at bolle, present tense boller, past tense bollede, perfect tense bollet)

1. boff, screw, shag (see Thesaurus:copulate)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bolle

active passive infinitive bolle bolles present boller bolles past bollede bolledes imperative bol — participle present bollende past (have / havde) bollet gerund bollen

Synonyms

• knalde
• kneppe

Further reading

• bolle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

bolle

1. inflection of bol:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Italian

Noun

bolle f

1. plural of bolla

Derived terms

• millebolle

Verb

bolle

1. third-person singular present indicative of bollire

Anagrams

• Bellò, bello

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

bolle f (plural bolles)

1. (Jersey) bowl

Synonyms

• dgichon

Derived terms

• bollée (“bowlful”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔlː.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɔlːə
• Hyphenation: bol‧le

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse bolli (“bowl, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object; ball; bowl”), an ablaut variant of *ballô (“ball”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”).

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk bolle, Icelandic bolli and Faroese bolli, Danish bolle, Swedish bulle, Old English bolla and English bowl.

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)

A bowl.

1. a bowl; a round, deep container used especially for holding, mixing or serving food

   Legg deigen i en stor bolle. ― Put the dough in a large bowl.

   Synonym: skål

2. the contents of a bowl; a bowlful

   Hun spiste en bolle suppe. ― She ate a bowl of soup.

3. (historical) a former liquid measure equal to one quarter of an ask, or four juster
4. (colloquial) the head

   pling i bollen (“crazy, insane”)

Derived terms

• bakebolle (“mixing bowl”)
• eltebolle (“kneading bowl”)
• melkebolle, mjølkebolle (“milk bowl; bowl of milk”)
• punsjebolle, punsjbolle (“punch bowl”)
• salatbolle (“salad bowl”)
• skyllebolle (“finger bowl”)
• suppebolle (“soup bowl; bread bowl”)
• ølbolle (“beer bowl”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Low German bolle (“round object; round wheat bread”), continuing Middle Low German bolle (“round object”), from Old Saxon bollo (“bowl, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object; ball; bowl”). Although borrowed by a different route, it ultimately belongs to the same Germanic word family as the inherited noun in Etymology 1.

Compare Danish bolle and Swedish bulle (“bun; rounded food mass”).

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)

Norwegian buns with raisins.

1. (cooking) a bun; a small, usually round baked good, especially a soft, sweet yeast bun

   Hun bakte boller med rosiner. ― She baked buns with raisins.

   andre boller — a markedly different, often stricter, state of affairs; a different story

   Her skal det bli andre boller. ― Things are going to be different around here.

   ha bolle i ovnen — to be pregnant; to have a bun in the oven

   ta seg en bolle — to calm down, relax, back off or get over oneself

2. (cooking) a rounded ball or lump of minced meat, fish, potatoes or similar food

   Suppen ble servert med små boller av fiskefarse. ― The soup was served with small balls of minced fish.

Derived terms

• berlinerbolle (“Berliner doughnut”)
• fastelavnsbolle (“Shrovetide bun”)
• fiskebolle (“fish ball”)
• hvetebolle (“plain wheat bun”)
• kanelbolle (“cinnamon bun”)
• kjøpebolle (“store-bought bun”)
• kokosbolle (“chocolate-coated marshmallow with coconut”)
• kjøttbolle (“meatball”)
• melbolle (“flour dumpling”)
• melkebolle, mjølkebolle (“Japanese milk bun”)
• punsjebolle, punsjbolle (“rum ball”)
• rosinbolle (“raisin bun”)
• sjokoladebolle (“chocolate-coated marshmallow”)
• skolebolle (“custard bun”)
• skillingsbolle (“cinnamon bun”)
• snøbolle (“sugar-coated fried bun”)
• suppebolle (“dumpling served in soup”)

Etymology 3

Related to Danish bolde (“to play with or toss a ball”), derived from bold (“ball”); compare ball and balle (“to roll or bundle together”). In the reflexive sense, probably originally “to curl or roll oneself comfortably into a ball”; compare bolla ihop sig (“to curl up”) and sich zusammenballen (“to bunch or curl up”).

Verb

bolle (imperative boll, present tense boller, passive bolles, simple past bolla or bollet, supine bolla or bollet, past participle bolla or bollet, present participle bollende, verbal noun bolling)

1. (reflexive, colloquial) to relax, enjoy oneself or make oneself comfortable

   bolle seg — to relax, enjoy oneself or get comfortable

   Nå skal vi bolle oss med kaffe og kake. ― Now we are going to make ourselves comfortable with coffee and cake.

2. (figurative, rare) to juggle with or toss large matters around as though they were balls

References

• “bolle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bolle” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• Bolle (bakverk) on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²bɔlːə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“ball, bowl”), from *ballô (“ball”).

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)

1. a bowl (deep dish)

Derived terms

• ølbolle (beer bowl)

Etymology 2

From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.

Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)

1. a bun, a ball made of ground meat or dough

Derived terms

• bakebolle
• berlinerbolle
• kjøtbolle, kjøttbolle
• kråkebolle
• ta seg ein bolle

References

• “bolle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“ball, round object, shell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰln-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell, bubble”). Cognate with Old Frisian bolla (“goblet”), Old Saxon bollo (“goblet”), Old High German bolla (“round vessel, bowl”), Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbol.le/, [ˈboɫ.ɫe]

Noun

bolle f

1. bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure

Declension

Weak n-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bolle	bollan
accusative	bollan	bollan
genitive	bollan	bollena
dative	bollan	bollum

Synonyms

• bolla

Descendants

• Middle English: bolle
  • Scots: boll, bol, bow
  • English: bowl
  • → Middle French: bolle
    • French: bol
      • → Greek: μπολ (bol)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *bula, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolə/

Noun

bolle c (plural bollen, diminutive boltsje)

1. bull

Further reading

• “bolle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011