boli

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊlaɪ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊli/

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boli

1. (nonstandard) plural of bolus

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊli/

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boli (plural bolis)

1. Clipping of stromboli.

• boil, lobi, biol., biol, Bilo, bilo

From Bengali বলি (boli), from Sanskrit बलि (bali).

boli

1. offering to a spirit

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Borrowed from Romance, from Latin eboreus. Compare Aragonese bori, Catalan vori, French ivoire, Gascon eboli, ebori.

• IPA^(key): /boli/ [bo.li]
• Rhymes: -oli, -i
• Hyphenation: bo‧li

boli inan

1. ivory (material)

• “boli”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “boli”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɔ.li]

boli m (plural bolis)

1. (colloquial) clipping of bolígraf

From Italian bollire. Etymologically related to buljono.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboli/

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• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: bo‧li

boli (present bolas, past bolis, future bolos, conditional bolus, volitive bolu)

1. (intransitive) to boil

   La akvo bolas. ― The water is boiling.

   Ni uzos bolantan akvon por kuiri vespermanĝon. ― We'll use boiling water to cook dinner.

• boligi

boli

1. first-person singular present of bola

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːlɪ

From Old Norse boli, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.

boli m (genitive singular bola, nominative plural bolar)

1. bull

   Synonyms: naut, tarfur, tuddi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

boli

1. indefinite accusative plural of bolur

boli m

1. plural of bolo

• libo, lobi

boli f

1. accusative/instrumental singular of bole

boli

1. superseded spelling of bóli

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.li/

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• Rhymes: -ɔli
• Syllabification: bo‧li

boli

1. third-person singular present of boleć

boli

1. inflection of bolir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): [bolʲ]

boli f pl

1. plural of boală

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic болѣти (bolěti), from Proto-Slavic *bolěti. By surface analysis, boală +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): [boˈli]

a boli (third-person singular present bolește, past participle bolit) 4th conjugation

1. (colloquial) to ail

boli (Cyrillic spelling боли)

1. masculine plural active past participle of bosti

• IPA^(key): /bɔʎi/, (high register) [ˈbɔʎi], (common) [ˈbɔli]
• Rhymes: -ɔʎi
• Hyphenation: bo‧li

boli

1. plural l-participle of byť

Clipping of bolígrafo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈboli/ [ˈbo.li]

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• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: bo‧li

boli m (plural bolis)

1. (Spain, informal) clipping of bolígrafo (“pen”)
2. (Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua) freezie

   Synonyms: chupete, marciano

• “boli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “boli”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010