bulle

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See also: Bulle and bullé

English

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Noun

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bulle (plural bulles)

  1. Obsolete form of bull.

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French bulle, from Old French bulle, borrowed from Latin bulla. Doublet of the inherited boule.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /byl/
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Noun

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bulle f (plural bulles)

  1. bubble
    • 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 93:
      Chaque souvenir est piégé. Une couverture qu’il avait gardée bien tirée sur l’angoisse glisse — la peau est mise en contact. Sa bulle était étanche, rassurante et bien équipée. Il vivait au formol, dans un monde qui s’est écroulé — accroché à des gens qui ne sont plus là.
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  2. speech bubble, thought bubble

Derived terms

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Verb

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bulle

  1. inflection of buller:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Galician

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Verb

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bulle

  1. inflection of bullar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Middle English

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Noun

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bulle

  1. papal bull

Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French bulle, borrowed from Latin bulla.

Noun

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bulle f (plural bulles)

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • French: bulle

References

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

Northern Sami

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Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈpuːlle/

Verb

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būlle

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

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin bulla. Compare bole.

Noun

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bulle oblique singularf (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)

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Spanish

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Verb

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bulle

  1. inflection of bullir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish bulle (small round drinking cup), from Old Norse bolli. See also bolle. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to blow, inflate, swell up). Doublet of boll, bula, bål, bälg, and bölja.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bulle c

  1. a bun, a small bread roll
  2. (usually in compounds) a ball-shaped or thick round piece (of some (ground-up or shredded) food)
  3. (slang) a taxi, a cab

Usage notes

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Usually sweetened outside of some compounds.

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