molle

See also: MOLLE, Mollé, mollë, mölle, and mølle

English

Etymology

See moll.

Adjective

molle (not comparable)

1. (music, obsolete) flat; lowered by a semitone

   B molle

   E molle

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Adjective

molle

1. feminine form of mou

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin mollis.

Adjective

molle m, f (masculine and feminine plural molli)

1. soft
2. flabby
3. weak, feeble

Related terms

• mollare

Etymology 2

Noun

molle f

1. plural form of molla
2. tongs, fire tongs

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Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmol.le/

Noun

molle n (genitive mollis); third declension

1. softness, smoothness

Inflection

Third declension neuter "pure" i-stem.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	molle	mollia
genitive	mollis	mollium
dative	mollī	mollibus
accusative	molle	mollia
ablative	mollī	mollibus
vocative	molle	mollia

Adjective

molle

1. nominative neuter singular of mollis
2. accusative neuter singular of mollis
3. vocative neuter singular of mollis

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Norman

Adjective

molle f

1. feminine form of mo