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Bulle

Bulle

See also: bulle and bullé

German

Noun

Bulle m (genitive Bullen, plural Bullen)

  1. bull (male cattle)
  2. (figuratively) bull (strong or stout man)
  3. cop (police man)
Usage notes
  • Though generally interchangeable with Stier, only Bulle is commonly used in agricultural contexts in northern and central Germany. The word is less frequent in the South.
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Etymology 2

Documented since the 19th century. Probably from Polizist (or an abbreviation thereof), whose first syllable may in some dialects have become homophonous to Bulle (“bull”). — Another possibility is a derivation from Puller or Landpuller, a non-derogatory term for a policeman of the 18th century.

Noun

Bulle m (genitive Bullen, plural Bullen)

  1. (mildly pejorative) police officer, cop, pig
Usage notes
  • The word is only mildly pejorative in colloquial speech, it is nevertheless punishable in Germany to use it towards or in reference to a police officer on duty.
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Etymology 3

From Latin bulla "seal capsule", originally meaning "ball, bullet".

Noun

Bulle f (genitive Bulle, plural Bullen)

  1. Bull (papal decree).
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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *bula, from Proto-Germanic *bulô. More at bull.

Noun

Bulle m

  1. (zoology) bull; steer

bulle

bulle

See also: Bulle and bullé

French

Noun

bulle f (plural bulles)

  1. bubble

Derived terms

  • tirer la bulle

Verb

bulle

  1. first-person singular present indicative of buller
  2. third-person singular present indicative of buller
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of buller
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of buller
  5. second-person singular imperative of buller

Middle French

Etymology

Latin bulla.

Noun

bulle f (plural bulles)

  1. (Ancient Rome) bulla (amulet)
  2. seal; bull (stamp in wax of authentification)
  3. a letter sealed with a bull

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Descendants

References

  • bulle on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

Northern Sami

Verb

bulle

  1. inflection of buollit:
    1. first-person dual present indicative
    2. third-person plural past indicative

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin bulla.

Noun

bulle f (oblique plural bulles, nominative singular bulle, nominative plural bulles)

  1. seal (a stamp in wax to seal a letter)
  2. a letter sealed with a bull (seal)

Descendants

  • English: bull (borrowed, "seal, papal bull")
  • French: bulle

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Spanish

Verb

bulle

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of bullir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of bullir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of bullir.

Swedish

Noun

bulle c

  1. a bun; a small bread roll
  2. (slang) a taxi, a cab

Declension

Inflection of bulle 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bulle bullen bullar bullarna
Genitive bulles bullens bullars bullarnas

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