# molo
## Catalan
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmo.lu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmo.lo]

#### Verb

molo
* first-person singular present indicative of molar (“to mock”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmɔ.lu]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmɔ.lo]

#### Verb

molo
* first-person singular present indicative of molar (“to sharpen (dialectal)”)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmolo]

### Noun

molo n
* catwalk, runway

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* přehlídkové molo n
* přístavní molo n

### Further reading

* “molo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “molo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “molo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Finnish
### Etymology

Probably an alteration of mela.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmolo/, [ˈmo̞lo̞]
* Rhymes: -olo
* Hyphenation: mo‧lo

### Noun

molo (vulgar)
* penis

#### Declension

Possessive forms of molo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
moloni
moloni
accusative
nom.
moloni
moloni
gen.
moloni
genitive
moloni
molojeni
partitive
moloani
molojani
inessive
molossani
moloissani
elative
molostani
moloistani
illative
molooni
moloihini
adessive
molollani
moloillani
ablative
mololtani
moloiltani
allative
mololleni
moloilleni
essive
molonani
moloinani
translative
molokseni
moloikseni
abessive
molottani
moloittani
instructive
comitative
—moloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
molosi
molosi
accusative
nom.
molosi
molosi
gen.
molosi
genitive
molosi
molojesi
partitive
moloasi
molojasi
inessive
molossasi
moloissasi
elative
molostasi
moloistasi
illative
moloosi
moloihisi
adessive
molollasi
moloillasi
ablative
mololtasi
moloiltasi
allative
molollesi
moloillesi
essive
molonasi
moloinasi
translative
moloksesi
moloiksesi
abessive
molottasi
moloittasi
instructive
comitative
—moloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
molomme
molomme
accusative
nom.
molomme
molomme
gen.
molomme
genitive
molomme
molojemme
partitive
moloamme
molojamme
inessive
molossamme
moloissamme
elative
molostamme
moloistamme
illative
moloomme
moloihimme
adessive
molollamme
moloillamme
ablative
mololtamme
moloiltamme
allative
molollemme
moloillemme
essive
molonamme
moloinamme
translative
moloksemme
moloiksemme
abessive
molottamme
moloittamme
instructive
comitative
—moloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
molonne
molonne
accusative
nom.
molonne
molonne
gen.
molonne
genitive
molonne
molojenne
partitive
moloanne
molojanne
inessive
molossanne
moloissanne
elative
molostanne
moloistanne
illative
moloonne
moloihinne
adessive
molollanne
moloillanne
ablative
mololtanne
moloiltanne
allative
molollenne
moloillenne
essive
molonanne
moloinanne
translative
moloksenne
moloiksenne
abessive
molottanne
moloittanne
instructive
comitative
—moloinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
molonsa
molonsa
accusative
nom.
molonsa
molonsa
gen.
molonsa
genitive
molonsa
molojensa
partitive
moloaan moloansa
molojaan molojansa
inessive
molossaan molossansa
moloissaan moloissansa
elative
molostaan molostansa
moloistaan moloistansa
illative
moloonsa
moloihinsa
adessive
molollaan molollansa
moloillaan moloillansa
ablative
mololtaan mololtansa
moloiltaan moloiltansa
allative
mololleen molollensa
moloilleen moloillensa
essive
molonaan molonansa
moloinaan moloinansa
translative
molokseen moloksensa
moloikseen moloiksensa
abessive
molottaan molottansa
moloittaan moloittansa
instructive
comitative
—moloineen moloinensa :

#### Derived terms

* molopää

### See also

* mela (“penis”)

### Further reading

* “molo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From a derivative of Latin medius.

#### Alternative forms

* meolo, molo

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmolo̝/

#### Noun

molo m (plural molos)
* central piece of the Galician cart wheel, which is united on its extremes with the cambas, or curved pieces of the wheel's felly, and has in its center the wheel's nave
    Synonyms: mil, mión, miúl

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* miolo

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmolo̝/

#### Noun

molo m (plural molos)
* Alternative form of miolo

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “molo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “molo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “molo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “medio”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /móː.lóː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [móː.lóː]

### Noun

mōlō m (plural mōlā̀yē, possessed form mōlon)
* A three-stringed lute, sintir

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.lo/
* Rhymes: -ɔlo
* Hyphenation: mò‧lo

### Etymology 1

Of Ligurian origin, from Ancient Greek μῶλος (môlos), μόλος (mólos), itself from Latin mōlēs.

#### Noun

molo m (plural moli)
* jetty, pier, mole, quay, dock

##### Descendants

* → Danish: mole
* → English: mole
* → French: môle
* → German: Mole
* → Hungarian: móló
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: molo
* → Polish: molo
* → Russian: мол (mol)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

molo
* first-person singular present indicative of molare

### Further reading

* molo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* olmo

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *melō (“to grind”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”). Cognate with Latin mollis, Ancient Greek μύλη (múlē), English meal. See also English maelstrom.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmo.loː/, [ˈmɔɫ̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmo.lo/, [ˈmɔːlo]

### Verb

molō (present infinitive molere, perfect active moluī, supine molitum); third conjugation
* to grind or mill

#### Derived terms

* immolō
* molīnus
* molīnum

#### Related terms

* mola

#### Descendants

* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: molare
* Padanian:
** Piedmontese: meule, meure
** Romansch: moler, moller
* Northern Gallo-Romance:
** Franco-Provençal: môdre, môudre, muèdre
** Oïl:
    Champenois: moure
    French: moudre
    Walloon: moure
* Southern Gallo-Romance:
** Aragonese: moler
    Ribagorçan: moldre, molre, muélre
** Catalan: moldre, molre
** Occitan: mòler
    Auvergnat: mòure
    Gascon: móler
    Languedocien: mòlre, mòldre, mòrre, muòlre, muòldre, mòrle, mòlle
    Limousin: mòure, mòudre
    Provençal: mòurre
    Vivaro-Alpine: mòure, mòre, móre, muóre
* Ibero-Romance:
** Asturian: moler
** Mirandese: moler
** Old Galician-Portuguese: moer
*** Galician: moer
*** Portuguese: moer
** Spanish: moler
* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian: molere, moliri, moli

### References

* “molo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “molo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* molo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “molo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin moles, via Italian molo.

### Noun

molo m (definite singular moloen, indefinite plural moloer, definite plural moloene)
* a mole (breakwater)

#### Synonyms

* bølgebryter

### References

* “molo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Latin moles, via Italian molo.

#### Noun

molo m (definite singular moloen, indefinite plural moloar, definite plural moloane)
* a mole (breakwater)

##### Synonyms

* bølgebrytar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

molo
* (obsolete) past plural of mala

### References

* “molo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian molo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.lɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
* Syllabification: mo‧lo

### Noun

molo n (related adjective molowy)
* pier (raised platform built from the shore out over water)
    Hypernyms: pomost, przystań

#### Declension
### Further reading

* molo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* molo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Spanish
### Verb

molo
* first-person singular present indicative of molar

## Xhosa
### Alternative forms

* mholo

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mǒ̤ːlo] (reflecting the spelling mholo)

### Interjection

mólo (singular)
* hello, a greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence, also a welcome, into my village, home, or business!

#### Related terms

* molweni