mola
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊ.lə/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.lə/
Rhymes: -əʊlə
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Noun ====
mola (plural molas)
A sunfish, Mola mola.
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
==== Noun ====
mola (plural molas)
A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique.
===== Translations =====
=== Anagrams ===
AMLO, loma, loam, LMAO, malo, Loma, lmao, MOAL, Malo
== Albanian ==
=== Verb ===
mola
first-person singular aorist indicative of mjel
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin mola.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈmo̞.lə]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈmɔ.lə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmɔ.la]
==== Noun ====
mola f (plural moles)
millstone, a circular stone of the two that make up the ordinary mill, one is mobile and is rolled over the other, which is fixed
grindstone, an instrument consisting of a piece of an abrasive material that is rotated around its axis and is used for sharpening, polishing, deburring, rectifying, profiling, etc. miscellaneous tools or parts
passar per la mola ― to overcome, to subdue somebody (an idiom, literally to pass it under the grindstone)
the amount of water needed to move a millstone
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
molí
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Latin mōlēs.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈmo̞.lə]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈmɔ.lə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmɔ.la]
==== Noun ====
mola f (plural moles)
mass (something large or of great volume)
(geography) an isolated hill of massive form, rounded and flat on top, with very steep upper flanks
(fishing) a lot of fish that go together
a rope that has been coiled to form a spiral
sunfish, a fish of the species Mola mola
Synonyms: bot, peix lluna
===== Related terms =====
moll
=== Etymology 3 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈmu.lə]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈmo.lə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmo.la]
==== Verb ====
mola
inflection of molar (“to mock”):
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Etymology 4 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈmo̞.lə]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈmɔ.lə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈmɔ.la]
==== Verb ====
mola
inflection of molar (“to sharpen (dialectal)”):
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Further reading ===
“mola”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“mola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“mola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mola”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Cornish ==
=== Etymology ===
From mol (“clot”) + -a.
=== Verb ===
mola
to clot
Synonym: kowla
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Mutation ===
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
From French molle and Italian molle, both from Latin mollis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmola/
Rhymes: -ola
Syllabification: mo‧la
=== Adjective ===
mola (accusative singular molan, plural molaj, accusative plural molajn)
soft
==== Antonyms ====
malmola
==== Derived terms ====
mole (“softly”)
=== Further reading ===
“mola”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
“mola”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
== Icelandic ==
=== Etymology ===
From moli m (“fragment, piece”) + -a (denominal suffix).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈmɔːla]
Rhymes: -ɔːla
=== Verb ===
mola (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative molaði, supine molað)
to shatter, to smash [with accusative]
==== Conjugation ====
== Ido ==
=== Adjective ===
mola
soft
==== Antonyms ====
harda
== Irish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠə/
(Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmˠɞlˠə/
=== Verb ===
mola
inflection of mol:
present subjunctive analytic
(obsolete) second-person singular present indicative
=== Mutation ===
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.la/
Rhymes: -ɔla
Hyphenation: mò‧la
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).
==== Noun ====
mola f (plural mole)
millstone
grindstone
honing
(historical, Romanesco) water mill; especially one of the mills once found adjacent Isola Tiberina
(colloquial) angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)
Synonyms: smerigliatrice, molatrice, mola angolare, smerigliatrice angolare, molatrice angolare
(colloquial) bench grinder
Synonyms: smerigliatrice, molatrice, mola da banco, smerigliatrice da banco, molatrice da banco
===== Related terms =====
molare
molatrice
mulino / molino
macina
===== See also =====
macina
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
mola
inflection of molare:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Anagrams ===
almo, lamo, malo
== Kankanaey ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmola/ [ˈmoː.lʌ]
Rhymes: -ola
(Sagada, parts of Sabangan) IPA(key): /ˈmora/ [ˈmoː.rʌ]
Rhymes: -ora
Syllabification: mo‧la
=== Noun ===
móla
things planted
==== Synonyms ====
=== References ===
Allen, Larry (2021), “móla”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Wallace, Judy (2018), “mola”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
== Karao ==
=== Noun ===
mola
plant
== Latgalian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-. Cognates include Latvian mala.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈmɔla]
Hyphenation: mo‧la
=== Noun ===
mola f (diminutive maleņa)
edge
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Italic *molā, from Proto-Indo-European *molh₂éh₂, from the root *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).
Doublet of mollis (“soft”) and cognate with Ancient Greek μῠ́λη (mŭ́lē, “mill”) and English meal. See also English maelstrom.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɔ.ɫa]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.la]
=== Noun ===
mola f (genitive molae); first declension
millstone
(especially in the plural) mill
ground meal
(transferred sense) (sacred) flour, coarse-ground meal used in sacrifices
mola salsa (literally “salted flour”)
==== Declension ====
First-declension noun.
==== Hyponyms ====
mola aquāria (“water mill”)
mola asināria (“Roman stone hand mill, worked by a donkey or mule”)
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
=== References ===
“mola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“mola”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
== Lower Sorbian ==
=== Noun ===
mola f
superseded spelling of móla
==== Declension ====
== Northern Sami ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈmola/
=== Verb ===
mola
inflection of mollat:
present indicative connegative
second-person singular imperative
imperative connegative
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.la/
Rhymes: -ɔla
Syllabification: mo‧la
=== Noun ===
mola m animal
genitive/accusative singular of mól
=== Noun ===
mola m inan
genitive singular of mol
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Italian molla (“spring”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
Hyphenation: mo‧la
=== Noun ===
mola f (plural molas)
spring (device made of flexible material)
(Portugal) clothes peg (object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline)
Synonyms: (Madeira) grampo, (Brazil) prisão, (Brazil) prendedor, pregador
(Mozambique, informal) money
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“mola”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملا (molla), from Persian ملا (mollâ), from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan, “vicar, guardian”).
=== Noun ===
mola f (uncountable)
mullah
==== Declension ====
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Noun ===
mola m
genitive singular of mol
== Spanish ==
=== Verb ===
mola
inflection of molar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
== Sukuma ==
=== Adjective ===
mola
good
== Swahili ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
mola class IX (no plural)
alternative letter-case form of Mola
== Swedish ==
=== Verb ===
mola (present molar, preterite molade, supine molat, imperative mola)
to ache with a dull, continuous pain
(regional, Hälsingland region) to eat a thing by itself that would normally be eaten with something else
==== Conjugation ====
==== See also ====
sovel
svida
==== References ====
“mola”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“mola”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“mola”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ottoman Turkish موله (mola), from Venetan moła, 2nd person imperative of Venetan mołar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmo.ɫa/
Hyphenation: mo‧la
=== Noun ===
mola (definite accusative molayı, plural molalar)
rest, break, pause
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
== Welsh ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈmɔla/
=== Noun ===
mola
nasal mutation of bola
=== Mutation ===