boll

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bolle (“pod; shell”) and Middle Dutch bolle (“round object”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object; bowl”). More at bowl. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bɒl/, /bəʊl/ (US) IPA(key): /boʊl/ Rhymes: -ɒl, -əʊl Homophones: bole (some dialects), bowl (some dialects) === Noun === boll (plural bolls) The rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant. A protuberance or excrescence growing on the trunks of some trees, a burl. (Scotland) An old dry measure equal to six bushels. ==== Derived terms ==== boll weevil bollworm cotton boll throat-boll ==== Translations ==== === Verb === boll (third-person singular simple present bolls, present participle bolling, simple past and past participle bolled) To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed. == Cimbrian == === Alternative forms === bóol (Sette Comuni) === Etymology === From Middle High German wol, wole, from Old High German wola, from Proto-Germanic *wela. Cognate with German wohl, Dutch wel, English well, Icelandic vel. === Adverb === boll (Luserna) well Synonym: gerècht === References === Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien == German == === Verb === boll (obsolete) first/third-person singular preterite of bellen == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian bollo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔll/ Rhymes: -ɔll === Noun === boll m (plural bolol) postage stamp brand ==== Related terms ==== == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish balder, baller, from Old Norse bǫllr (“ball, globe”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“round thing, bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔl/ === Noun === boll c a ball; a more or less spherical object which is not hard or unyielding (compare kula) (soccer) a ball (pass) (colloquial, often in the plural) a ball (testicle) Synonym: testikel (colloquial, in some expressions) head Synonym: knopp ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Finnish: polla, bolla === See also === klot kula sfär === References === “boll”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “boll”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “boll”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) Fula Ordboken