molo

See also: moló, molò, mōlõ, moło, mólò, móló, mólô, and mɔlɔ

Czech

Noun

molo n

1. catwalk, runway

Derived terms

• přístavní molo n
• přehlídkové molo n

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Finnish

Etymology

Probably an alteration of mela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmolo/, [ˈmo̞lo̞]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: mo‧lo

Noun

molo

1. (vulgar) penis

Declension

Inflection of molo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		molo	molot
genitive		molon	molojen
partitive		moloa	moloja
illative		moloon	moloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		molo	molot
accusative	nom.	molo	molot
	gen.	molon
genitive		molon	molojen
partitive		moloa	moloja
inessive		molossa	moloissa
elative		molosta	moloista
illative		moloon	moloihin
adessive		mololla	moloilla
ablative		mololta	moloilta
allative		mololle	moloille
essive		molona	moloina
translative		moloksi	moloiksi
instructive		—	moloin
abessive		molotta	moloitta
comitative		—	moloineen

Possessive forms of molo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	moloni	molomme
2nd person	molosi	molonne
3rd person	molonsa

See also

• mela (“penis”)

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Galician

Carro

Carro

Etymology 1

From a derivative of Latin medius.

Alternative forms

• meolo, molo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmolo̝/

Noun

molo m (plural molos)

1. central piece of the Galician cart wheel, which is united on its extremes with the cambas, or curved pieces of the wheel's felly, and has in its center the wheel's nave

   Synonyms: mil, mión, miúl

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• miolo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmolo̝/

Noun

molo m (plural molos)

1. Alternative form of miolo

References

• “molo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “molo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “molo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /móː.lóː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [móː.lóː]

Noun

mōlō m (plural mōlā̀yē, possessed form mōlon)

1. A three-stringed lute, sintir

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Italian

Etymology

Of Ligurian origin, from Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos), μόλος (mólos), itself from Latin mōlēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔlo
• Hyphenation: mò‧lo

Noun

molo m (plural moli)

1. jetty, pier, mole, quay, dock

Descendants

• → Catalan: moll
• → Danish: mole
• → English: mole
• → French: môle
• → German: Mole
• → Hungarian: móló
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: molo
• → Polish: molo
• → Portuguese: molhe
• → Russian: мол (mol)

Verb

molo

1. first-person singular present indicative of molare

References

• molo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• olmo

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *melō (“to grind”). Cognate with Latin mollis, Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē), English meal. See also English maelstrom.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.loː/, [ˈmɔɫ̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.lo/, [ˈmɔːlo]

Verb

molō (present infinitive molere, perfect active moluī, supine molitum); third conjugation

1. I grind or mill

Conjugation

Conjugation of molō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	molō	molis	molit	molimus	molitis	molunt
	imperfect	molēbam	molēbās	molēbat	molēbāmus	molēbātis	molēbant
	future	molam	molēs	molet	molēmus	molētis	molent
	perfect	moluī	moluistī	moluit	moluimus	moluistis	moluērunt, moluēre
	pluperfect	molueram	moluerās	moluerat	moluerāmus	moluerātis	moluerant
	future perfect	moluerō	molueris	moluerit	moluerimus	molueritis	moluerint
passive	present	molor	moleris, molere	molitur	molimur	moliminī	moluntur
	imperfect	molēbar	molēbāris, molēbāre	molēbātur	molēbāmur	molēbāminī	molēbantur
	future	molar	molēris, molēre	molētur	molēmur	molēminī	molentur
	perfect	molitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	molitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	molitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	molam	molās	molat	molāmus	molātis	molant
	imperfect	molerem	molerēs	moleret	molerēmus	molerētis	molerent
	perfect	moluerim	moluerīs	moluerit	moluerīmus	moluerītis	moluerint
	pluperfect	moluissem	moluissēs	moluisset	moluissēmus	moluissētis	moluissent
passive	present	molar	molāris, molāre	molātur	molāmur	molāminī	molantur
	imperfect	molerer	molerēris, molerēre	molerētur	molerēmur	molerēminī	molerentur
	perfect	molitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	molitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mole	—	—	molite	—
	future	—	molitō	molitō	—	molitōte	moluntō
passive	present	—	molere	—	—	moliminī	—
	future	—	molitor	molitor	—	—	moluntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		molere	moluisse	molitūrum esse	molī	molitum esse	molitum īrī
participles		molēns	—	molitūrus	—	molitus	molendus, molundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		molendī	molendō	molendum	molendō	molitum	molitū

Derived terms

• immolō
• molīnus
• molīnum

Related terms

• mola

Descendants

• Padanian:
  • Piedmontese: meule, meure
  • Romansch: moler, moller
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: môdre, môudre, muèdre
  • Oïl:

    Champenois: moure

    French: moudre

    Walloon: moure

• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Aragonese: moler

    Ribagorçan: moldre, molre, muélre

  • Catalan: moldre, molre
  • Occitan: mòler

    Auvergnat: mòure

    Gascon: móler

    Languedocien: mòlre, mòldre, mòrre, muòlre, muòldre, mòrle, mòlle

    Limousin: mòure, mòudre

    Provençal: mòurre

    Vivaro-Alpine: mòure, mòre, móre, muóre

• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: moler
  • Old Portuguese: moer
    • Galician: moer
    • Portuguese: moer
  • Spanish: moler
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: molere, moliri, moli

References

• “molo”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “molo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• molo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• “molo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin moles, via Italian molo

Noun

molo m (definite singular moloen, indefinite plural moloer, definite plural moloene)

1. a mole (breakwater)

Synonyms

• bølgebryter

References

• “molo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin moles, via Italian molo

Noun

molo m (definite singular moloen, indefinite plural moloar, definite plural moloane)

1. a mole (breakwater)

Synonyms

• bølgebrytar

Etymology 2

Verb

molo

1. (obsolete) past plural of mala

References

• “molo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

molo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian molo, from Ligurian, from Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos), μόλος (mólos), from Latin mōlēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.lɔ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
• Syllabification: mo‧lo

Noun

molo n

1. (architecture) pier (raised platform built from the shore out over water)

Declension

Declension of molo

	singular	plural
nominative	molo	mola
genitive	mola	mol
dative	molu	molom
accusative	molo	mola
instrumental	molem	molami
locative	molu	molach
vocative	molo	mola

Usage notes

Sometimes used as an indeclineable noun, especially in the singular.

Derived terms

• molowy

 

See also

• pomost m
• przystań f

Further reading

• molo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• molo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Spanish

Verb

molo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of molar.

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Xhosa

Alternative forms

• mholo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mǒ̤ːlo] (reflecting the spelling mholo)

Interjection

molo (singular)

1. hello, a greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence