bool

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uːl === Etymology 1 === From a keyword in C++ and derived programming languages, short for Boolean. ==== Noun ==== bool (plural bools) (programming) A Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false). ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Likely from replacement of the 'c' in cool. ==== Verb ==== bool (third-person singular simple present bools, present participle booling, simple past and past participle booled) (slang) To relax or hang out (especially with someone). === References === “bool, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “bool, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === BOLO, Lobo, bloo, bolo, lobo, loob, obol == Afar == === Etymology === Related to Somali boqól and Saho bool. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboːl/ [ˈboːl] Hyphenation: bool === Noun === bóol m hundred ==== Usage notes ==== When used as a determiner, the genitive case is used: Bóol númu. ― A hundred people. When counting, the predicative case is used. ==== Declension ==== === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “bool”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004), Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77 Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[5], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197 == Bwatoo == === Etymology === From English ball. === Noun === bool ball (especially) a cricket ball ==== Synonyms ==== balo === References === Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN) == Cornish == === Etymology === From Middle Cornish boell, from Proto-Celtic *beyatlis (derived from *binati (“to strike”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyh₂- (“strike”)). Cognate with Breton bouc'hal, Irish biail, and Welsh bwyell. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boːl/ === Noun === bool f (plural bolyow or bolow) axe, chopper, hatchet ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === == Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin bōlus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boːl/ Hyphenation: bool Rhymes: -oːl === Noun === bool m (uncountable, no diminutive) (obsolete) a type of fat clay Synonym: bolus == Scots == === Noun === bool (plural bools) (Doric Scots) A single marble used in the game bools rolled into a kypie (a hollow made by the heel of the foot). === References === “bool”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.