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Rolle

Rolle

See also: rolle

German

Noun

Rolle f (genitive Rolle, plural Rollen, diminutive Röllchen n)

  1. roll, reel, spool
  2. role, tube
  3. (drama, cinematography) role, part
  4. roller, castor, pulley
  5. (sports) roll
  6. (dialectal, laundry) mangle, wringer
  7. (cooking) rolling pin
  8. (sociology) role

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Phrases

  • eine Rolle spielen mögen
  • bei etwas eine Rolle spielen
  • eine Rolle spielen
  • seine Rolle ausgespielt haben
  • sich in jemandes Rolle versetzen
  • aus der Rolle fallen
  • von der Rolle kommen
  • sich in seine Rolle finden
  • sich in seiner Rolle gefallen

Proper noun

Rolle m, f (genitive Rolles)

  1. A surname.

rolle

rolle

See also: Rolle

Dutch

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

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

  1. a role

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French rôle and German Rolle

Noun

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

  1. a role

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