Translingual

Mola mola at Cetraro, Italy

Proper noun

Mola f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Molidae – certain ray-finned fish called sunfish.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Osteichthyes - superclass; Actinopterygii - class; Neopterygii - subclass; Teleostei - infraclass; Acanthopterygii - superorder; Tetraodontiformes - order; Molidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mola mola (ocean sunfish), Mola ramsayi (southern sunfish) (species)

English

Kuna woman selling molas in Panama City.

Noun

mola ‎(plural molas)

1. A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia. A mola consists of cloth panels, made to wear on clothing, which feature complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique.
   • 1977, Rhoda L. Auld, Molas: What they are, How to make them, Ideas they suggest for creative appliqué‎, page 67

     The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color.

2. a sunfish, Mola mola

Translations

Anagrams

• LMAO, loam

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmola/
• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Adjective

mola ‎(accusative singular molan, plural molaj, accusative plural molajn)

1. soft

Derived terms

• mole ‎(“softly”)

Antonyms

• malmola

Ido

Adjective

mola

1. soft

Antonyms

• harda

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmˠɔlˠə]

Verb

mola

1. present subjunctive analytic of mol

Usage notes

Used with a noun or pronoun as the subject.

Mutation

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mola.

Noun

mola f ‎(plural mole)

1. millstone
2. grindstone
3. honing
4. (historical, Rome) water mill; especially one of the mills once found adjacent Isola Tiberina.

Related terms

• molare
• molatrice

See also

• macina

Verb

mola

1. third-person singular present indicative of molare
2. second-person singular imperative of molare

See also

• molla

Anagrams

• almo
• malo

Latgalian

Noun

mola f

1. edge

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- ‎(“to grind, crush”), from *mel-. Cognate with Latin mollis, Ancient Greek μύλη ‎(múlē), English meal. See also English maelstrom.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.la/

Noun

mola f ‎(genitive molae); first declension

1. millstone
2. (especially plural) mill
3. ground meal

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• immolō
• molāris
• molārius
• molīle
• molō

Related terms

• molitiō
• molitor
• molīnus

Descendants

References

• mola in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “mola”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Lower Sorbian

Noun

mola f

1. Superseded spelling of móla.

Declension

Northern Sami

Verb

mola

1. inflection of mollat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Portuguese

mola

Etymology

From Italian molla.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola f (plural molas)

1. spring (device made of flexible material)
2. (Portugal) clothes peg (object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline)

Synonyms

• (clothes peg): grampo de roupa

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mola m

1. genitive singular of mol

Spanish

Verb

mola

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