"Bolle" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: Bolles [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bolle. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|de:Bolle|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Bolle", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "Bolle", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="Bolle"> Borrowed from German Bolle. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Bolle (plural Bolles)
  1. A surname from German.

Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈbɔlə/ Audio: De-Bolle.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Rhymes: -ɔlə Etymology: From Middle High German bolle, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|bolle}} Middle High German bolle, {{inh|de|goh|bolla}} Old High German bolla, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*bollā}} Proto-West Germanic *bollā, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*bullǭ}} Proto-Germanic *bullǭ Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Bolle f (genitive Bolle, plural Bollen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Bolle [genitive], Bollen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Bolle [nominative, singular], Bollen [definite, nominative, plural], Bolle [genitive, singular], Bollen [definite, genitive, plural], Bolle [dative, singular], Bollen [dative, definite, plural], Bolle [accusative, singular], Bollen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (regional) a thickish, roundish object
    (including Berlin) bulb, tuber
    Tags: Berlin, feminine, including, regional Synonyms: Knolle
    Sense id: en-Bolle-de-noun-RYJ6XLA8 Categories (other): Berliner German, Regional German, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. (regional) a thickish, roundish object
    (Westphalia, northern Rhineland) alternative form of Bollen m (“thigh”)
    Tags: Northern, Rhineland, Westphalia, alt-of, alternative, feminine, regional Alternative form of: Bollen m (extra: thigh)
    Sense id: en-Bolle-de-noun-S0qmketo Categories (other): Regional German, Westphalian German, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bollchen, Bollenhut

Proper name [Translingual]

Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|head=}} Bolle, {{mul-proper noun}} Bolle
  1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Carl (Karl) August Bolle (1821-1909).
    Sense id: en-Bolle-mul-name-j-CKjM1a Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Translingual entries with incorrect language header

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          "abbreviation"
        ],
        [
          "botanist",
          "botanist"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Bolle"
}

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