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 (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

folle m (plural folli)

1. (archaic) bellows

   Synonym: mantice

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

folle (plural folli)

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

Noun

folle m or f (plural folli)

1. madman; madwoman
2. (mechanics) neutral

Derived terms

• follemente
• follia
• in folle

Etymology 3

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

Noun

folle m (plural folli)

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

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

folle f pl

1. plural of folla

References

• 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

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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. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of follar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of follar.
3. 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