folle

See also: Folle and follé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔl

Adjective

folle

1. feminine singular of fou

Noun

folle f (plural folles)

1. madwoman
2. (slang) queen (male homosexual)

Derived terms

• follasse, folasse
• folle de la gâchette
• follitude, folitude

Further reading

• “folle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin follem, accusative of follis (“bellows”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.le/
• Rhymes: -ɔlle
• Hyphenation: fòl‧le

Noun

folle m (plural folli)

1. (archaic) bellows

   Synonym: mantice

Etymology 2

From Latin follem, accusative of follis (“bellows”), through the figurative sense of “airhead”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.le/, /ˈfol.le/
• Rhymes: -ɔlle, -olle
• Hyphenation: fòl‧le, fól‧le

Adjective

folle (plural folli)

1. mad; insane
2. (automotive) idle, neutral (of a gear wheel)

Noun

folle m or f (plural folli)

1. madman; madwoman

Derived terms

• follemente
• follia
• in folle

Etymology 3

From Latin follem, accusative of follis (“money bag”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.le/
• Rhymes: -ɔlle
• Hyphenation: fòl‧le

Noun

folle m (plural folli)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) follis (bronze coin)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl.le/, (traditional) /ˈfol.le/
• Rhymes: -ɔlle, (traditional) -olle
• Hyphenation: fòl‧le, (traditional) fól‧le

Noun

folle f pl

1. plural of folla

References

• folle in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• folle¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• folle² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• folle³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• fello

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Latin

Noun

folle

1. ablative singular of follis

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Norman

Etymology

Old French fole, feminine of fol (“mad”) from Latin follis.

Noun

folle f (plural folles)

1. (Jersey) madwoman

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Spanish

Verb

folle

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

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West Frisian

Determiner

folle

1. many, much

Inflection

This determiner needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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