molle

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

English

Etymology

See moll.

Adjective

molle (not comparable)

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

   B molle

   F molle

See also

• heloma molle
• ulcus molle

References

• “molle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Mello

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

Adjective

molle

1. feminine singular of mou

Etymology 2

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

molle m (plural molles)

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

Further reading

• “molle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

molle

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl.le/
• Rhymes: -ɔlle
• Hyphenation: mòl‧le

Etymology 1

From Latin mollem.

Adjective

molle (plural molli)

1. soft
2. flabby
3. weak, feeble

Derived terms

• mollemente

Related terms

• mollare
• mollire

Etymology 2

Noun

molle f

1. plural of molla

Noun

molle f pl (plural only)

1. tongs, fire tongs

Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔlːʲɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmol.le/, [ˈmɔlːe]

Noun

molle n (genitive mollis); third declension

1. softness, smoothness

Declension

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

Adjective

molle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of mollis

References

• molle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• mole, mold, molde, moule

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl(ə)/

Noun

molle (plural molles)

2. mole (Talpa europea)

   Synonyms: moldewarpe, wont

Descendants

• English: mole

References

• “molle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.

Alternative forms

• mol, moll, mul, mull, mulle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔl/, /mul/

Noun

molle (uncountable)

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

Descendants

• English: mull

References

• “mol(le, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Noun

molle

1. Alternative form of mylne

Norman

Adjective

molle

1. feminine singular of mo

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmolle/

Verb

molle

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• muelle, mulle, molli, mulli

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua molli, mulli meaning that tree.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoʝe/ [ˈmo.ʝe]

• 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]

 

• Rhymes: -oʝe

• Rhymes: -oʝe
• Rhymes: -oʎe
• Rhymes: -oʃe
• Rhymes: -oʒe

• Syllabification: mo‧lle

Noun

molle m (plural molles)

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

   Synonym: huingán

Further reading

• “molle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28