rol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rol"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Romblomanon.

Symbol

rol

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Romblomanon.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Romblomanon terms

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔl/

Etymology 1

From Dutch rol, from French rôle.

Noun

rol (plural rolle, diminutive rolletjie)

1. role

Etymology 2

From Dutch rollen.

Verb

rol (present rol, present participle rollende, past participle gerol)

1. to roll

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French rôle. Doublet of rotlle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈro̞l]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈrɔl]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

rol m (plural rols)

1. roll (a list of people)
2. role

   Synonym: paper

Derived terms

• joc de rol

Further reading

• “rol”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle English rolle, from Old French rolle, from Latin rotulus.

Noun

rol f (plural rolyow)

1. inventory, list, menu, roll

Derived terms

• berrol (“shortlist”)
• rol an warioryon (“cast (of a play)”)
• rol dermynyow (“timetable”)
• rol dhu (“blacklist”)
• rol fyttys (“fixture list”)
• rol negys (“agenda”)
• rol raglennow (“(broadcasting) schedule”)
• rol vetyansow (“agenda, schedule”)
• rol voos (“restaurant menu”)
• rol wara (“inventory”)

References

• “rol” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: rol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rolle, from Old French role.

Noun

rol m (plural rollen, diminutive rolletje n)

1. role, function (as in actions or tasks that a person or a group is expected to perform)
2. (theater) role, character

Derived terms

• bijrol
• driedubbelrol
• dubbelrol
• heldenrol
• heldinnenrol
• hoofdrol
• rolmodel
• rolverdeling
• taalrol

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: ròl, rol
• → Sranan Tongo: lolo, rollo
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lolo, rol

Etymology 2

From the verb rollen.

Noun

rol f (plural rollen, diminutive rolletje n)

1. roll (cylindrical object, often used as a rolling part)
2. scroll

Derived terms

• boekrol
• drukrol
• keukenrol
• papierrol
• papyrusrol
• persrol
• toiletrol
• wc-rol

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rol

1. inflection of rollen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɔl]
• Hyphenation: rol

Etymology 1

From Dutch rol, from Middle Dutch rolle, from Old French role.

Noun

rol (plural rol-rol)

1. (colloquial) role

   Synonym: peran

Etymology 2

From Dutch rol, rollen, from Middle Dutch rollen, from Old French roeler.

Noun

rol (plural rol-rol)

1. roller, anything that rolls

Further reading

• “rol”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Kafoa

Noun

rol

1. mountain

References

• Louise Baird, chapter 2, "Kafoa", in The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar, Volume 2: Sketch Grammars, edited by Antoinette Schapper (2018)
• ASJP, data supplied by Marian Klamer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔw/ [ˈhɔʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔw/ [ˈhɔʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔw/ [ˈχɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔl/ [ˈʁɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔl/ [ˈʁɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɔ.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔl, (Brazil) -ɔw
• Hyphenation: rol

Noun

rol m (plural róis)

1. list (enumeration or compilation of items)

   Synonym: lista

Further reading

• “rol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der.

Proto-Italic *rotā

Latin rotader.

Medieval Latin rolluslbor.

Old French role

Middle French rolle

French rôlebor.

Romanian rol

Borrowed from French rôle.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

rol n (plural roluri)

1. role

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	rol	rolul	roluri	rolurile
genitive-dative	rol	rolului	roluri	rolurilor
vocative	rolule		rolurilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrol/ [ˈrol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: rol

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der.

Proto-Italic *rotā

Latin rotader.

Medieval Latin rolluslbor.

Old French role

Middle French rolle

French rôlebor.

English rolebor.

Spanish rol

Borrowed from English role.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈroul/ [ˈrou̯l]
• Rhymes: -oul

Noun

rol m (plural roles or rols)

1. role

   Synonym: papel

2. roleplaying games

Derived terms

• juego de rol
• rol de género
• videojuego de rol multijugador masivo en línea

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Catalan rol (“roll”), from Late Latin rotula (“small wheel”). Doublet of rótula.

Noun

rol m (plural roles)

1. roll, list

Further reading

• “rol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “rol”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English roll.

Noun

rol

1. cigarette

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂eh₂der.

Proto-Italic *rotā

Latin rotader.

Medieval Latin rolluslbor.

Old French role

Middle French rolle

French rôlebor.

Turkish rol

Borrowed from French rôle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɾol/

Noun

rol (definite accusative rolü, plural roller)

1. role
2. behaviour

Declension

Somewhat irregular. This noun has irregular vowel harmony on its declension, this also happen in sol in the sense of "G (musical note)", hâl, and hal. This irregularity caused by the final -l is pronounced as /l/, not a velarized /ɫ/.

Declension of rol

singular plural nominative rol roller definite accusative rolü rolleri dative role rollere locative rolde rollerde ablative rolden rollerden genitive rolün rollerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular rolüm rollerim 2nd singular rolün rollerin 3rd singular rolü rolleri 1st plural rolümüz rollerimiz 2nd plural rolünüz rolleriniz 3rd plural rolleri rolleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular rolümü rollerimi 2nd singular rolünü rollerini 3rd singular rolünü rollerini 1st plural rolümüzü rollerimizi 2nd plural rolünüzü rollerinizi 3rd plural rollerini rollerini dative singular plural 1st singular rolüme rollerime 2nd singular rolüne rollerine 3rd singular rolüne rollerine 1st plural rolümüze rollerimize 2nd plural rolünüze rollerinize 3rd plural rollerine rollerine locative singular plural 1st singular rolümde rollerimde 2nd singular rolünde rollerinde 3rd singular rolünde rollerinde 1st plural rolümüzde rollerimizde 2nd plural rolünüzde rollerinizde 3rd plural rollerinde rollerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular rolümden rollerimden 2nd singular rolünden rollerinden 3rd singular rolünden rollerinden 1st plural rolümüzden rollerimizden 2nd plural rolünüzden rollerinizden 3rd plural rollerinden rollerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular rolümün rollerimin 2nd singular rolünün rollerinin 3rd singular rolünün rollerinin 1st plural rolümüzün rollerimizin 2nd plural rolünüzün rollerinizin 3rd plural rollerinin rollerinin

Derived terms

• başrol
• rol iflası