rolle

See also: Rolle

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.lə/

Noun

rolle

  1. plural of rol

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.lə/
  • (file)

Verb

rolle

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of rollen

German

Verb

rolle

  1. First-person singular present of rollen.
  2. Imperative singular of rollen.
  3. First-person singular subjunctive I of rollen.
  4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of rollen.

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin rollus[1], corresponding to Late Latin rotulus, or from rotula, diminutive of rota.

Noun

rolle m (plural rolles)

  1. role (function or position of something)
    • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:
      Mais a ce dernier rolle de la mort et de nous, il n'y a plus que faindre, il faut parler François, il faut montrer ce qu'il y a de bon et de net dans le fond du pot
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Descendants

  • French: rôle
    • English: role (borrowed)
      • Spanish: rol (borrowed)

References

  1. rôle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French rôle and German Rolle

Noun

rolle f or m (definite singular rolla or rollen, indefinite plural roller, definite plural rollene)

  1. a role

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French rôle and German Rolle

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²rɔlːə/

Noun

rolle f (definite singular rolla, indefinite plural roller, definite plural rollene)

  1. a role

References

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