# molle
## English
### Etymology

See moll.

### Adjective

molle (not comparable)
* (music, obsolete) flat; lowered by a semitone
    B molle
    F molle

### See also

* heloma molle
* ulcus molle

### References

* “molle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Mello

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔl/
* Rhymes: -ɔl

### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

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

### Further reading

* “molle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Verb

molle
* inflection of mollar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔl.le/
* Rhymes: -ɔlle
* Hyphenation: mòl‧le

### Etymology 1

From Latin mollem.

#### Adjective

molle (plural molli)
* soft
* flabby
* weak, feeble

##### Derived terms

* mollemente

##### Related terms

* mollare
* mollire

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

molle f
* plural of molla

#### Noun

molle f pl (plural only)
* tongs, fire tongs

## Latin
### Etymology

From mollis (“soft”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔlːʲɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔlːe]

### Noun

molle n (genitive mollis); third declension
* 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
* nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mollis

### References

* molle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *mulaz, *mulhaz (which is perhaps related to *muldō (“loose earth, soil”)), either through an unattested Old English *mol or as a borrowing from Middle Dutch mol, molle.

#### Alternative forms

* mole, mold, molde, moule

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔl(ə)/

#### Noun

molle (plural molles)
* mole (Talpa europea)
    Synonyms: moldewarpe, wont

##### Descendants

* English: mole

##### References

* “molle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.

#### Alternative forms

* mol, moll, mul, mull, mulle

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɔl/, /mul/

#### Noun

molle (uncountable)
* rubbish, refuse
* dirt, grit
* (figurative) trappings of mortality

##### Descendants

* English: mull

##### References

* “mol(le, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

molle
* Alternative form of mylne

## Norman
### Adjective

molle
* feminine singular of mo

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈmolle/

### Verb

molle
* inflection of mollat:
** first-person dual present indicative
** third-person plural past indicative

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* muelle, mulle, molli, mulli

### Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua molli, mulli meaning that tree.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoʝe/ [ˈmo.ʝe]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmoʝe/ [ˈmo.ʝe]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈmoʎe/ [ˈmo.ʎe]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmoʃe/ [ˈmo.ʃe]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmoʒe/ [ˈmo.ʒe]
* Rhymes: -oʝe
* Rhymes: -oʝe
* Rhymes: -oʎe
* Rhymes: -oʃe
* Rhymes: -oʒe
* Syllabification: mo‧lle

### Noun

molle m (plural molles)
* pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
    Synonym: huingán

### Further reading

* “molle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014