bolla

From Latin bulla. Doublet of butlla and bola.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ʎə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.ʎa/

bolla f (plural bolles)

1. stamp, seal

• (official seal): butlla

• bollar

• “bolla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbolːɑ/, [ˈbo̞lːɑ]
• Rhymes: -olːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): bol‧la

bolla

1. (slang) Alternative form of polla (“head”)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔlːa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlːa

bolla f (genitive singular bollu, nominative plural bollur)

1. bun, roll (round bread)
2. (specifically) a bun of the type eaten on bolludagur, with cream and jam in between halves, and sometimes with chocolate on top
3. a ball made from minced meat, fish, etc.; meatball, fishball
4. punch (a mix of alcohol, fruit, and fruit juice, served in a large bowl)
5. (colloquial, derogatory) a fat person; fatso, tubby

bolla!

1. an exclamation that children shout on bolludagur while spanking their parents to demand buns

bolla (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bollaði, supine bollað)

1. on bolludagur (Shrove Monday), to spank someone (shouting bolla! bolla! bolla! for every hit), to get a bun (bolla) for each hit (usually done by children to their parents, using specially made decorated paddles)

• bolludagur
• fiskibolla
• kjötbolla

See bolli.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔtla/

  Rhymes: -ɔtla

bolla

1. indefinite accusative singular of bolli
2. indefinite dative singular of bolli
3. indefinite genitive singular of bolli
4. indefinite accusative plural of bolli
5. indefinite genitive plural of bolli

From English bowl.

bolla m (genitive singular bolla, nominative plural bollaí)

1. (sports) bowl

• bolla cloiche (“casting-stone”)

• bollán m (“large round stone, boulder”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bolla”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈbol.la/
• Rhymes: -olla
• Hyphenation: ból‧la

From Latin bulla.

bolla f (plural bolle)

1. bubble
2. blister

   Synonym: vescica

3. papal bull; seal
4. bill; note (paper money)

• bolletta

bolla

1. inflection of bollare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

bolla

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

• ballo, ballò

From Proto-Germanic *bullô. Cognate with Middle Dutch bolle (Dutch bol), Old Norse bolli, Old High German bolla.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbol.lɑ/, [ˈboɫ.ɫɑ]

bolla m (nominative plural bollan)

1. bowl

• Middle English: bolle
  • English: bowl
  • Scots: boll, bow, (?) bowie
  • → Proto-Brythonic:
    • Breton: bolenn
    • Welsh: powlen
  • → Middle French: bolle
    • French: bol
      • → Catalan: bol
      • → Greek: μπολ (bol)

boll (“ball”) +‎ -a

bolla (present bollar, preterite bollade, supine bollat, imperative bolla)

1. to play with a ball (for example by bouncing it)
2. (figuratively) to pass something over or between

   bolla över frågan till någon

   turn the question over to someone

   bolla idéer

   bounce ideas

3. (figuratively) to juggle (numbers or the like)

• bolla in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bolla in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bolla in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)