# bolle
## Afrikaans
### Noun

bolle
* plural of bol

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* bole

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bālnai, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl̥-no-. Compare Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”), Latin follis (“bellows”), Old Irish ball (“limb, member, part, body part”), Old High German ballo, balla (“buttocks”). Occurs exclusively in the plural form.

### Noun

bolle m pl
* testicles

#### Related terms

* bile
* ballë
* mbjell
* pjell

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bolle”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔlə/, [ˈb̥ʌlə]

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

bolle c (singular definite bollen, plural indefinite boller)
* bun, bread roll
* meatball, dumpling
* ring (diacritical mark in the shape of a hollow circle)
* (dated) bowl
* (slang, chiefly plural) testicles

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

From the obsolete bolle ("bull"), or a variant of bole (“to whore”).

#### Verb

bolle (imperative bol, infinitive at bolle, present tense boller, past tense bollede, perfect tense har bollet)
* boff, screw, shag (see Thesaurus:copulate)

##### Synonyms

* knalde
* kneppe

### Further reading

* bolle on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

bolle
* inflection of bol:
** masculine/feminine singular attributive
** definite neuter singular attributive
** plural attributive

## Italian
### Noun

bolle f
* plural of bolla

#### Derived terms

* millebolle

### Verb

bolle
* third-person singular present indicative of bollire

### Anagrams

* Bellò, bello

## Norman
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Jersey):(file)

### Noun

bolle f (plural bolles)
* (Jersey) bowl

#### Synonyms

* dgichon

#### Derived terms

* bollée (“bowlful”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”).

#### Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)
* a bowl (deep dish)

### Etymology 2

From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.

#### Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural boller, definite plural bollene)
* a bun (small cake containing yeast and dried fruit)

##### Derived terms

* bakebolle
* berlinerbolle
* kjøttbolle

### References

* “bolle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²bɔlːə/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”), from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“ball, bowl”), from *ballô (“ball”).

#### Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)
* a bowl (deep dish)

##### Derived terms

* ølbolle (beer bowl)

### Etymology 2

From German through Danish bolle. Cf. Swedish bulle.

#### Noun

bolle m (definite singular bollen, indefinite plural bollar, definite plural bollane)
* a bun, a ball made of ground meat or dough

##### Derived terms

* bakebolle
* berlinerbolle
* kjøtbolle, kjøttbolle
* kråkebolle

### References

* “bolle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bullǭ (“ball, round object, shell”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰln-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell, bubble”). Cognate with Old Frisian bolla (“goblet”), Old Saxon bollo (“goblet”), Old High German bolla (“round vessel, bowl”), Old Norse bolli (“goblet, cup”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbol.le/, [ˈboɫ.ɫe]

### Noun

bolle f
* bowl, cup, pot, beaker, measure

#### Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

#### Synonyms

* bolla

#### Descendants

* Middle English: bolle
** Scots: boll, bol, bow
** English: bowl
** → Middle French: bolle
*** French: bol
**** → Greek: μπολ (bol)

## West Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian *bula, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbolə/

### Noun

bolle c (plural bollen, diminutive boltsje)
* bull

#### Further reading

* “bolle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011