rolle

See also: Rolle and Rollè

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.lə/

Noun

rolle

  1. plural of rol

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.lə/
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Verb

rolle

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of rollen

German

Pronunciation

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