mola

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mola"

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊ.lə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊ.lə/
• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Etymology 1

Noun

mola (plural molas)

1. A sunfish, Mola mola.

Derived terms

• common mola
• mola mola

Etymology 2

Kuna woman selling molas in Panama City.

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

Noun

mola (plural molas)

1. A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique.
   • 1977, Rhoda L. Auld, Molas: What they are, How to make them, Ideas they suggest for creative appliqué, page 67:

     The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color.

   • 1979, Kax Wilson, A History of Textiles, Westview Press, →ISBN, page 339:

     Molas originally served, and still serve, as blouse front and backs.

Translations

traditional textile art using reverse appliqué

• Polish: mola (pl) f

Anagrams

• AMLO, loma, loam, LMAO, malo, Loma, lmao, MOAL, Malo

Albanian

Verb

mola

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of mjel

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin mola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈmo̞.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈmɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmɔ.la]

Noun

mola f (plural moles)

1. millstone, a circular stone of the two that make up the ordinary mill, one is mobile and is rolled over the other, which is fixed
2. grindstone, an instrument consisting of a piece of an abrasive material that is rotated around its axis and is used for sharpening, polishing, deburring, rectifying, profiling, etc. miscellaneous tools or parts

   passar per la mola ― to overcome, to subdue somebody (an idiom, literally to pass it under the grindstone)

3. the amount of water needed to move a millstone

Derived terms

• esmolar
• molada
• molar
• moler
• molera
• moleta
• moló

Related terms

• molí

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mōlēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈmo̞.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈmɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmɔ.la]

Noun

mola f (plural moles)

1. mass (something large or of great volume)
2. (geography) an isolated hill of massive form, rounded and flat on top, with very steep upper flanks
3. (fishing) a lot of fish that go together
4. a rope that has been coiled to form a spiral
5. sunfish, a fish of the species Mola mola

   Synonyms: bot, peix lluna

Related terms

• moll

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈmu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈmo.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmo.la]

Verb

mola

1. inflection of molar (“to mock”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈmo̞.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈmɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmɔ.la]

Verb

mola

1. inflection of molar (“to sharpen (dialectal)”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mola”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mola”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Cornish

Etymology

From mol (“clot”) +‎ -a.

Verb

mola

1. to clot

   Synonym: kowla

Conjugation

Conjugation of mola

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present/future	molav	molydh	mol	molyn	molowgh	molons	molir
	preterite	molis	molsys	molas	molsyn	molsowgh	molsons	molas
	imperfect	molen	moles	mola	molen	molewgh	molens	molys
	pluperfect	molsen	molses	molsa	molsen	molsewgh	molsens	molsys
subjunctive	present/future	molliv	molli	mollo	mollyn	mollowgh	mollons	moller
	imperfect	mollen	molles	molla	mollen	mollewgh	mollens	mollys
imperative		—	mol	moles	molyn	molewgh	molens	—
non-finites		present participle			verbal adjective
		ow mola			molys

Derived terms

• molys (“clotted”)

Mutation

Mutation of mola

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
mola	vola	unchanged	unchanged	fola, vola*

* after 'th
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Esperanto

Etymology

From French molle and Italian molle, both from Latin mollis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmola/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ola
• Syllabification: mo‧la

Adjective

mola (accusative singular molan, plural molaj, accusative plural molajn)

1. soft

Antonyms

• malmola

Derived terms

• mole (“softly”)

Further reading

• “mola”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “mola”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Icelandic

Etymology

From moli m (“fragment, piece”) +‎ -a (denominal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔːla]
• Rhymes: -ɔːla

Verb

mola (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative molaði, supine molað)

1. to shatter, to smash [with accusative]

Conjugation

mola – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að mola
supine sagnbót		molað
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		molandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	mola	molaði		moli	molaði
	þú	molar	molaðir		molir	molaðir
	hann, hún, það	molar	molaði		moli	molaði
plural	við	molum	moluðum		molum	moluðum
	þið	molið	moluðuð		molið	moluðuð
	þeir, þær, þau	mola	moluðu		moli	moluðu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	mola (þú), molaðu
plural	þið	molið (þið), moliði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

molast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að molast
supine sagnbót		molast
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		molandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	molast	molaðist		molist	molaðist
	þú	molast	molaðist		molist	molaðist
	hann, hún, það	molast	molaðist		molist	molaðist
plural	við	molumst	moluðumst		molumst	moluðumst
	þið	molist	moluðust		molist	moluðust
	þeir, þær, þau	molast	moluðust		molist	moluðust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	molast (þú), molastu
plural	þið	molist (þið), molisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

molaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	molaður	moluð	molað	molaðir	molaðar	moluð
accusative (þolfall)	molaðan	molaða	molað	molaða	molaðar	moluð
dative (þágufall)	moluðum	molaðri	moluðu	moluðum	moluðum	moluðum
genitive (eignarfall)	molaðs	molaðrar	molaðs	molaðra	molaðra	molaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	molaði	molaða	molaða	moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
accusative (þolfall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða	moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
dative (þágufall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða	moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
genitive (eignarfall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða	moluðu	moluðu	moluðu

Ido

Adjective

mola

1. soft

Antonyms

• harda

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɞlˠə/

Verb

mola

1. inflection of mol:
   1. present subjunctive analytic
   2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Mutation

Mutated forms of mola

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mola	mhola	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Una mola (angle grinder)

Una mola (bench grinder) in operazione

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: mò‧la

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

Noun

mola f (plural mole)

1. millstone
2. grindstone
3. honing
4. (historical, Rome) water mill; especially one of the mills once found adjacent Isola Tiberina
5. (colloquial) angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)

   Synonyms: smerigliatrice, molatrice, mola angolare, smerigliatrice angolare, molatrice angolare

6. (colloquial) bench grinder

   Synonyms: smerigliatrice, molatrice, mola da banco, smerigliatrice da banco, molatrice da banco

Related terms

• molare
• molatrice
• mulino / molino
• macina

See also

• macina

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mola

1. inflection of molare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• almo, lamo, malo

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmola/ [ˈmoː.lʌ]
  • Rhymes: -ola
• (Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA^(key): /ˈmora/ [ˈmoː.rʌ]
  • Rhymes: -ora
• Syllabification: mo‧la

Noun

móla

1. things planted

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms & variants of mola

Southern / Central
Mt. Province	Sabangan	mola, (elderly) mola / mora
Northern / Applai
Mt. Province	Sagada	mola, (elderly) mola / mora

References

• Allen, Larry (2021), “móla”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Wallace, Judy (2018), “mola”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Karao

Noun

mola

1. plant

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-. Cognates include Latvian mala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔla]
• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola f (diminutive maleņa)

1. edge

Declension

Declension of mola (type 4 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	mola	molys, molas1)
genitive	molys, molas1)	molu
dative	molai	molom
accusative	molu	molys, molas1)
instrumental	molu	molom
locative	molā	moluos
vocative	mola, mol	molys, molas1)

¹⁾ dialectal

References

• Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *molh₂éh₂

Proto-Italic *molā

Latin mola

Inherited from Proto-Italic *molā, from Proto-Indo-European *molh₂éh₂, from the root *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). The lack of the development of *mo- > *ma- in open syllables is possibly due to the presence of the word-medial laryngeal.

Doublet of mollis (“soft”) and cognate with Ancient Greek μῠ́λη (mŭ́lē, “mill”) and English meal. See also English maelstrom.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔː.la]

Noun

mola f (genitive molae); first declension

1. millstone
   • 8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.317–318:

     inde focum observat pistor dominamque focōrum,
     et quae pūmiceās versat asella molās.

     Thereupon the baker reverences the hearth and the mistress of the hearth, and the she-donkey that turns the pumice millstones.
     (See Vestalia.)

2. (especially in the plural) mill
3. ground meal
4. (transferred sense) (sacred) flour, coarse-ground meal used in sacrifices

   mola salsa (literally “salted flour”)

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.517:

     Ipsa molā manibusque piīs altāria iuxtā, [...].

     And [Dido] herself [stands] near the altars, with the holy meal in her pious hands, [...].

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mola	molae
genitive	molae	molārum
dative	molae	molīs
accusative	molam	molās
ablative	molā	molīs
vocative	mola	molae

Hyponyms

• mola aquāria (“water mill”)
• mola asināria (“Roman stone hand mill, worked by a donkey or mule”)

Derived terms

• molāris
• molārius
• molīle
• molūcrum

Related terms

• immolō
• molīnus
• molitiō
• molitor
• molō

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: moa, mola, mora
• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: moarã
  • Megleno-Romanian: moară
  • Romanian: moară
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: mola
  • Neapolitan: mola
  • Sicilian: mola
  • Venetan: moła
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: muele
  • Ladin: mola
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: mola
  • French: meule
  • Occitan: mòla
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: muela
  • Galician: moa
  • Mirandese: muola
  • Portuguese: mó
  • Spanish: muela

References

• “mola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “mola”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lower Sorbian

Noun

mola f

1. superseded spelling of móla

Declension

Declension of mola

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mola	moli	mole
genitive	mole	molowu	molow
dative	moli	moloma	molam
accusative	molu	moli	mole
instrumental	molu	moloma	molami
locative	moli	moloma	molach

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmola/

Verb

mola

1. inflection of mollat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: mo‧la

Noun

mola m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of mól

Noun

mola m inan

1. genitive singular of mol

Portuguese

mola (1)

mola (2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian molla (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.lɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.lɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola f (plural molas)

1. spring (device made of flexible material)
2. (Portugal) clothes peg (object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline)

   Synonyms: (Madeira) grampo, (Brazil) prisão, (Brazil) prendedor, pregador

3. (Mozambique, informal) money

Further reading

• “mola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملا (molla), from Persian ملا (mollâ), from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan, “vicar, guardian”).

Noun

mola f (uncountable)

1. mullah

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mola	molaua
genitive-dative	—	-i
vocative	—

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mola m

1. genitive singular of mol

Spanish

Verb

mola

1. inflection of molar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sukuma

Adjective

mola

1. good

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

mola class IX (no plural)

1. alternative letter-case form of Mola

Swedish

Verb

mola (present molar, preterite molade, supine molat, imperative mola)

1. to ache with a dull, continuous pain

   Tanden molar

   The tooth is aching

   en dov, molande smärta

   a dull, aching pain

2. (regional, Hälsingland region) to eat a thing by itself that would normally be eaten with something else

   Sluta mola ost!

   Stop eating just cheese (and make a sandwich if you are going to eat cheese)!

Conjugation

Conjugation of mola (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	mola		molas
supine	molat		molats
imperative	mola		—
imper. plural1	molen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	molar	molade	molas	molades
ind. plural1	mola	molade	molas	molades
subjunctive2	mole	molade	moles	molades
present participle		molande
past participle		molad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• sovel
• svida

References

• “mola”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mola”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “mola”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موله (mola), from Venetan moła, 2nd person imperative of Venetan mołar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ɫa/
• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola (definite accusative molayı, plural molalar)

1. rest, break, pause

Declension

Declension of mola

singular plural nominative mola molalar definite accusative molayı molaları dative molaya molalara locative molada molalarda ablative moladan molalardan genitive molanın molaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular molam molalarım 2nd singular molan molaların 3rd singular molası molaları 1st plural molamız molalarımız 2nd plural molanız molalarınız 3rd plural molaları molaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular molamı molalarımı 2nd singular molanı molalarını 3rd singular molasını molalarını 1st plural molamızı molalarımızı 2nd plural molanızı molalarınızı 3rd plural molalarını molalarını dative singular plural 1st singular molama molalarıma 2nd singular molana molalarına 3rd singular molasına molalarına 1st plural molamıza molalarımıza 2nd plural molanıza molalarınıza 3rd plural molalarına molalarına locative singular plural 1st singular molamda molalarımda 2nd singular molanda molalarında 3rd singular molasında molalarında 1st plural molamızda molalarımızda 2nd plural molanızda molalarınızda 3rd plural molalarında molalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular molamdan molalarımdan 2nd singular molandan molalarından 3rd singular molasından molalarından 1st plural molamızdan molalarımızdan 2nd plural molanızdan molalarınızdan 3rd plural molalarından molalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular molamın molalarımın 2nd singular molanın molalarının 3rd singular molasının molalarının 1st plural molamızın molalarımızın 2nd plural molanızın molalarınızın 3rd plural molalarının molalarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular molayım molalarım 2nd singular molasın molalarsın 3rd singular mola moladır molalar molalardır 1st plural molayız molalarız 2nd plural molasınız molalarsınız 3rd plural molalar molalardır

Derived terms

• kahve molası
• mola almak
• mola taşı
• mola vermek
• molalı
• molasız

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔla/

Noun

mola

1. nasal mutation of bola

Mutation

Mutated forms of bola

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bola	fola	mola	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.