molle
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
See moll.
Adjective[edit]
molle (not comparable)
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for molle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔl
Adjective[edit]
molle
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from translingual Molle, and later through French who have travelled South America from Spanish and as well Quechua directly, which backcrossed its meaning to the specific species used by the Incas.
Noun[edit]
molle m (plural molles)
- pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
Italian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin mollis, mollem, from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”).
Adjective[edit]
molle (masculine and feminine plural molli)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
molle f
- plural of molla
- tongs, fire tongs
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From mollis (“soft”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
molle n (genitive mollis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | molle | mollia |
Genitive | mollis | mollium |
Dative | mollī | mollibus |
Accusative | molle | mollia |
Ablative | mollī | mollibus |
Vocative | molle | mollia |
Adjective[edit]
molle
- nominative neuter singular of mollis
- accusative neuter singular of mollis
- vocative neuter singular of mollis
References[edit]
- molle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
Norman[edit]
Adjective[edit]
molle
Northern Sami[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
molle
- inflection of mollat:
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Quechua molli, mulli meaning that tree.
Noun[edit]
molle m (plural molles)
- pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
- Synonym: huingán
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