molle

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See also: MOLLE, Mollé, mollë, mölle, mølle, and Molle

English

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Etymology

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See moll.

Adjective

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molle (not comparable)

  1. (music, obsolete) flat; lowered by a semitone
    B molle
    F molle

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French

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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molle

  1. feminine singular of mou

Etymology 2

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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

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molle m (plural molles)

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

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Galician

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Verb

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molle

  1. inflection of mollar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Latin mollem.

Adjective

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molle (plural molli)

  1. soft
  2. flabby
  3. weak, feeble
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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molle f

  1. plural of molla

Noun

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molle f pl (plural only)

  1. tongs, fire tongs

Latin

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Etymology

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From mollis (soft).

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Noun

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molle n (genitive mollis); third declension

  1. softness, smoothness

Declension

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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

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molle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mollis

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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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.

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Noun

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molle (plural molles)

  1. mole (Talpa europea)
    Synonyms: moldewarpe, wont
Descendants
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  • English: mole
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Etymology 2

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From Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.

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Noun

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molle (uncountable)

  1. rubbish, refuse
  2. dirt, grit
  3. (figurative) trappings of mortality
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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molle

  1. Alternative form of mylne

Norman

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Adjective

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molle

  1. feminine singular of mo

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmolle/

Verb

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molle

  1. inflection of mollat:
    1. first-person dual present indicative
    2. third-person plural past indicative

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Quechua molli, mulli meaning that tree.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈmoʝe/ [ˈmo.ʝe]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ˈmoʎe/ [ˈmo.ʎe]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈmoʃe/ [ˈmo.ʃe]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈmoʒe/ [ˈmo.ʒe]

 

  • Syllabification: mo‧lle

Noun

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molle m (plural molles)

  1. pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))
    Synonym: huingán

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