molle

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

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for molle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• Mello

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French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔl

Adjective

molle

1. feminine singular of mou

Etymology 2

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

molle m (plural molles)

1. pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin mollis, mollem, from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”).

Adjective

molle (masculine and feminine plural molli)

1. soft
2. flabby
3. weak, feeble

Related terms

• mollare
• mollire

Etymology 2

Noun

molle f

1. plural of molla
2. tongs, fire tongs

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Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔl̠.l̠ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔl.lɛ]

Noun

molle n (genitive mollis); third declension

1. softness, smoothness

Declension

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

molle

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

References

• molle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Norman

Adjective

molle

1. feminine singular of mo

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmolle/

Verb

molle

1. inflection of mollat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• muelle, mulle, molli, mulli

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua molli, mulli meaning that tree.

Noun

molle m (plural molles)

1. pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))

   Synonym: huingán