trol

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Swedish troll. The sense of "Internet troll" is a recent semantic loan from English. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈtɾɔl] === Noun === trol m (plural trols) troll (fantastic being) (Internet) troll (Internet) an instance of trolling ==== Derived terms ==== trolejar === Further reading === “trol”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /trɔl/ Hyphenation: trol Rhymes: -ɔl === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Norwegian troll or Swedish troll. Doublet of drol (“mythological giant”) and etymology 2. ==== Noun ==== trol m (plural trollen, diminutive trolletje n) (folklore) troll (mythological creature) === Etymology 2 === From English troll. Doublet of drol (“mythological giant”) and etymology 1. ==== Noun ==== trol m (plural trollen, diminutive trolletje n) troll (person who provokes others) ===== Derived terms ===== patenttrol trollen == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English troll. ==== Alternative forms ==== trole troll (unadapted spelling) ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔl, (Brazil) -ɔw Homophone: trole (Portugal) Hyphenation: trol ==== Noun ==== trol m or f by sense (plural tróis or troles) (fantasy, Norse mythology) troll (large, grotesque humanoid living in caves, hills or under bridges) (Internet) troll (person who provokes others and causes disruption) ===== Derived terms ===== trolar === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English trawl. ==== Noun ==== trol m (plural tróis) trawl (long fishing line having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it) === References === == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French troll. === Noun === trol m (plural troli) troll ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From Norwegian, Danish or Swedish troll. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /trôːl/ === Noun === trȏl m inan (Cyrillic spelling тро̑л) troll mislim da je trol izašao iz tamnice ― I think the troll's left the dungeon hajde, nasm(ij)eši se, trolu mali! ― put a smile on that face, little troll! ==== Declension ==== === References === “trol”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === troll === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɾol/ [ˈt̪ɾol] Rhymes: -ol Syllabification: trol === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Norwegian troll and Swedish troll, from Old Norse troll. ==== Noun ==== trol m or f by sense (plural troles or trols) (fantasy) troll === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English troll. ==== Noun ==== trol m or f by sense (plural troles or trols) (Internet) troll (a person who provokes others (chiefly on the Internet) for their own personal amusement or to cause disruption) ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “trol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “trol”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation] “trol”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN «trol», y no «troll» | FundéuRAEFundéuRAE == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English troll. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɯˈɾol/ Hyphenation: trol === Noun === trol (definite accusative trolü, plural troller) (fantasy) troll (Internet) troll ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “trol”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “trol”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “trol”, in Nişanyan Sözlük == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English troll (“cart”). === Noun === trol f (plural troliau or trolau, diminutive trolen or trolyn) (North Wales) cart (two-wheeled vehicle) Synonyms: cart, cert trolley, dolly Synonyms: troli, trolen cylinder, roller Synonyms: trolig, trolyn, silindr, rholyn wheel Synonyms: olwyn, rhod ==== Derived terms ==== berfa drol (“wheelbarrow”) llond trol, llwyth trol (“cartload”) taflu'r drol (“to give up”, literally “to overturn the cart”) troi'r drol (“to cause an argument”, literally “to upset the (apple)cart”) ==== Related terms ==== (four-wheeled vehicle) men, wagen (“wagon”) trolio (“to roll, to wheel, to cart”) troliwr (“carter, haulier”) ==== Mutation ==== === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “trol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies