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. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of rollen

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

rolle

  1. inflection of rollen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

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 quotation)

Descendants

  • English: roll
  • French: rôle
  • German: Rolle

References

  1. rôle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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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