olle

See also: Olle, Ollé, ølle, and õlle

Galician

Verb

olle

1. inflection of ollar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

olle

1. inflection of oll:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔl.le/
• Rhymes: -ɔlle
• Hyphenation: òl‧le

Noun

olle

1. plural of olla

Anagrams

• -ello, Ello, ello

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin ollus (“he, that”), from Proto-Italic *olnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ol-no-s or *h₂l̥-no-s, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond, other”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɔl.lɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔl.le]

Determiner

olle (feminine olla, neuter ollud); demonstrative determiner (pronominal declension)

1. Old Latin form of ille

Declension

Demonstrative determiner (pronominal declension).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	olle	olla	ollud		ollī	ollae	olla
genitive	ollī̆us				ollōrum	ollārum	ollōrum
dative	ollī				ollīs
accusative	ollum	ollam	ollud		ollōs	ollās	olla
ablative	ollō	ollā	ollō		ollīs
vocative	—				—

Pronoun

olle (feminine olla, neuter ollud); demonstrative pronoun (pronominal declension)

1. Old Latin form of ille
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 6.321:

     Olli sic breviter fata est longaeva sacerdos:

     Thus the aged sibyl spoke briefly to him:

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun (pronominal declension).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	olle	olla	ollud		ollī	ollae	olla
genitive	ollī̆us				ollōrum	ollārum	ollōrum
dative	ollī				ollīs
accusative	ollum	ollam	ollud		ollōs	ollās	olla
ablative	ollō	ollā	ollō		ollīs
vocative	—				—

References

• “olle”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “olle”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “olle / ollus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 426-427

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈolle/

Verb

olle

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Uncertain, though perhaps a doublet of velle, from Old Norse vella (“to well”), possibly influenced by Old Norse ǫldr (“beer-bust”).

Verb

olle (present tense ollar, past tense olla, past participle olla, passive infinitive ollast, present participle ollande, imperative olle/oll)

1. (intransitive) to be noisy
2. (intransitive) to tell tall tales

Derived terms

• oll

Noun

olle f (definite singular olla, indefinite plural oller, definite plural ollene)

1. a spring

Etymology 2

Akin to alde f (“wave in the sea”).

Noun

olle f (definite singular olla, indefinite plural oller, definite plural ollene)

1. a (small) wave (in water)

Verb

olle (present tense ollar, past tense olla, past participle olla, passive infinitive ollast, present participle ollande, imperative olle/oll)

1. (intransitive, about water) to have small waves

References

• “olle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Olle, a nickname for Olof or Olov. Often said to be named after the military captain D. F. G. A. Ohlson in Jönköping, who introduced such sweaters to the army.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʊlɛ/
• Rhymes: -²ʊlɛ

Noun

olle c

1. a type of long-sleeved knitted sweater

Declension

Declension of olle

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	olle	olles
	definite	ollen	ollens
plural	indefinite	ollar	ollars
	definite	ollarna	ollarnas

References

• olle in Svensk ordbok (SO)