trol

Catalan

Etymology

From Swedish troll. The sense of "Internet troll" is a recent semantic loan from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾɔl]

Noun

trol m (plural trols)

1. troll (fantastic being)
2. (Internet) troll
3. (Internet) an instance of trolling
   • 2016 September 8, Sergi Picazo, “Per què estem perdent Twitter en favor de la cultura de l’odi?”, in El Crític‎^[1]:

     A Mèxic, l’actual president Enrique Peña Nieto va ser acusat de crear trols anònims durant les darreres eleccions. L’escàndol es coneix com els “Peñabots”.

     In Mexico, the current president Enrique Peña Nieto was accused of creating anonymous troll accounts during the last elections. The scandal is known as the “Peñabots”.

Derived terms

• trolejar

Further reading

• “trol”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɔl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: trol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian troll or Swedish troll. Doublet of drol (“mythological giant”) and etymology 2.

Noun

trol m (plural trollen, diminutive trolletje n)

1. (folklore) troll (mythological creature)

Etymology 2

From English troll. Doublet of drol (“mythological giant”) and etymology 1.

Noun

trol m (plural trollen, diminutive trolletje n)

1. troll (person who provokes others)

Derived terms

• patenttrol
• trollen

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English troll.

Alternative forms

• trole
• troll (unadapted spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔw/ [ˈtɾɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔl/ [ˈtɾɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔl/ [ˈtɾɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɔ.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔl, (Brazil) -ɔw
• Homophone: trole (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: trol

Noun

trol m or f by sense (plural tróis or troles)

1. (fantasy, Norse mythology) troll (large, grotesque humanoid living in caves, hills or under bridges)
2. (Internet) troll (person who provokes others and causes disruption)

Derived terms

• trolar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English trawl.

Noun

trol m (plural tróis)

1. trawl (long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French troll.

Noun

trol m (plural troli)

1. troll

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	trol	trolul		troli	trolii
genitive-dative	trol	trolului		troli	trolilor
vocative	trolule			trolilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Norwegian, Danish or Swedish troll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trôːl/

Noun

trȏl m inan (Cyrillic spelling тро̑л)

1. troll

   mislim da je trol izašao iz tamnice ― I think the troll's left the dungeon

   hajde, nasm(ij)eši se, trolu mali! ― put a smile on that face, little troll!

Declension

Declension of trol

	singular	plural
nominative	trol	trolovi
genitive	trola	trolova
dative	trolu	trolovima
accusative	trol	trolove
vocative	trole	trolovi
locative	trolu	trolovima
instrumental	trolom	trolovima

References

• “trol”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• troll

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾol/ [ˈt̪ɾol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: trol

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian troll and Swedish troll, from Old Norse troll.

Noun

trol m or f by sense (plural troles or trols)

1. (fantasy) troll
   • 2017, Enrique Bernárdez, Mitología nórdica [Nordic mythology], Alianza editorial, →ISBN, page 44:

     […] los trols se conservaron en el folklore de los países nórdicos como seres sabios, malignos y peligrosos, […]

     […] the trolls were preserved in the folklore of Nordic countries as wise, evil and dangerous beings, […]

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English troll.

Noun

trol m or f by sense (plural troles or trols)

1. (Internet) troll (a person who provokes others (chiefly on the Internet) for their own personal amusement or to cause disruption)

Derived terms

• troleada f
• trolear
• troleo m

Further reading

• “trol”, 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
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “trol”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA
• “trol”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN
• «trol», y no «troll» | FundéuRAEFundéuRAE

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English troll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɯˈɾol/
• Hyphenation: trol

Noun

trol (definite accusative trolü, plural troller)

1. (fantasy) troll
2. (Internet) troll

Declension

Declension of trol

singular plural nominative trol troller definite accusative trolü trolleri dative trole trollere locative trolde trollerde ablative trolden trollerden genitive trolün trollerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular trolüm trollerim 2nd singular trolün trollerin 3rd singular trolü trolleri 1st plural trolümüz trollerimiz 2nd plural trolünüz trolleriniz 3rd plural trolleri trolleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular trolümü trollerimi 2nd singular trolünü trollerini 3rd singular trolünü trollerini 1st plural trolümüzü trollerimizi 2nd plural trolünüzü trollerinizi 3rd plural trollerini trollerini dative singular plural 1st singular trolüme trollerime 2nd singular trolüne trollerine 3rd singular trolüne trollerine 1st plural trolümüze trollerimize 2nd plural trolünüze trollerinize 3rd plural trollerine trollerine locative singular plural 1st singular trolümde trollerimde 2nd singular trolünde trollerinde 3rd singular trolünde trollerinde 1st plural trolümüzde trollerimizde 2nd plural trolünüzde trollerinizde 3rd plural trollerinde trollerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular trolümden trollerimden 2nd singular trolünden trollerinden 3rd singular trolünden trollerinden 1st plural trolümüzden trollerimizden 2nd plural trolünüzden trollerinizden 3rd plural trollerinden trollerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular trolümün trollerimin 2nd singular trolünün trollerinin 3rd singular trolünün trollerinin 1st plural trolümüzün trollerimizin 2nd plural trolünüzün trollerinizin 3rd plural trollerinin trollerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular trolüm trollerim 2nd singular trolsün trollersin 3rd singular trol troldür troller trollerdir 1st plural trolüz trolleriz 2nd plural trolsünüz trollersiniz 3rd plural troller trollerdir

Derived terms

• aktrol
• oktrol
• trolcü
• trollemek

Further reading

• “trol”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “trol”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “trol”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English troll (“cart”).

Noun

trol f (plural troliau or trolau, diminutive trolen or trolyn)

1. (North Wales) cart (two-wheeled vehicle)

   Synonyms: cart, cert

2. trolley, dolly

   Synonyms: troli, trolen

3. cylinder, roller

   Synonyms: trolig, trolyn, silindr, rholyn

4. wheel

   Synonyms: olwyn, rhod

Derived terms

• berfa drol (“wheelbarrow”)
• llond trol, llwyth trol (“cartload”)
• taflu'r drol (“to give up”, literally “to overturn the cart”)
• troi'r drol (“to cause an argument”, literally “to upset the (apple)cart”)

Related terms

• (four-wheeled vehicle) men, wagen (“wagon”)
• trolio (“to roll, to wheel, to cart”)
• troliwr (“carter, haulier”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of trol

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
trol	drol	nhrol	throl

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “trol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies