mola

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mola"

English

Kuna woman selling molas in Panama City.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊ.lə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊ.lə/
• Rhymes: -əʊlə

Etymology 1

Noun

mola (plural molas)

1. A sunfish, Mola mola.

Etymology 2

Noun

mola (plural molas)

1. A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring 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.

Translations

traditional textile art using reverse appliqué

Anagrams

• AMLO, loma, loam, LMAO, malo, Loma, lmao, MOAL, Malo

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin mola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔ.la]

Noun

mola f (plural moles)

1. millstone, a circular stone of the two that make up the ordinary mill, one is mobile and is rolled over the other, which is fixed
2. grindstone, an instrument consisting of a piece of an abrasive material that is rotated around its axis and is used for sharpening, polishing, deburring, rectifying, profiling, etc. miscellaneous tools or parts

   passar per la mola ― to overcome, to subdue somebody (an idiom, literally to pass it under the grindstone)

3. the amount of water needed to move a millstone

Derived terms

• esmolar
• molada
• molar
• moler
• molera
• moleta
• moló

 

Related terms

• molí

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mōlēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔ.la]

Noun

mola f (plural moles)

1. mass (something large or of great volume)
2. (geography) an isolated hill of massive form, rounded and flat on top, with very steep upper flanks
3. (fishing) a lot of fish that go together
4. a rope that has been coiled to form a spiral
5. sunfish, a fish of the species Mola mola

   Synonyms: bot, peix lluna

Related terms

• moll

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmo.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmo.la]

Verb

mola

1. inflection of molar (“to mock”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɔ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔ.la]

Verb

mola

1. inflection of molar (“to sharpen (dialectal)”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “mola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mola” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Esperanto

Etymology

From French molle and Italian molle, both from Latin mollis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmola/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Adjective

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

1. soft

Antonyms

• malmola

Derived terms

• mole (“softly”)

Icelandic

Etymology

From moli (“fragment, piece”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔːla]
• Rhymes: -ɔːla

Verb

mola (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative molaði, supine molað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to shatter, to smash

Conjugation

mola — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að mola
supine (sagnbót)		molað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		molandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég mola	við molum	present (nútíð)	ég moli	við molum
	þú molar	þið molið		þú molir	þið molið
	hann, hún, það molar	þeir, þær, þau mola		hann, hún, það moli	þeir, þær, þau moli
past (þátíð)	ég molaði	við moluðum	past (þátíð)	ég molaði	við moluðum
	þú molaðir	þið moluðuð		þú molaðir	þið moluðuð
	hann, hún, það molaði	þeir, þær, þau moluðu		hann, hún, það molaði	þeir, þær, þau moluðu
imperative (boðháttur)	mola (þú)	molið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	molaðu	moliði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

molast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að molast
supine (sagnbót)		molast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		molandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég molast	við molumst	present (nútíð)	ég molist	við molumst
	þú molast	þið molist		þú molist	þið molist
	hann, hún, það molast	þeir, þær, þau molast		hann, hún, það molist	þeir, þær, þau molist
past (þátíð)	ég molaðist	við moluðumst	past (þátíð)	ég molaðist	við moluðumst
	þú molaðist	þið moluðust		þú molaðist	þið moluðust
	hann, hún, það molaðist	þeir, þær, þau moluðust		hann, hún, það molaðist	þeir, þær, þau moluðust
imperative (boðháttur)	molast (þú)	molist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	molastu	molisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

molaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	molaður	moluð	molað		molaðir	molaðar	moluð
accusative (þolfall)	molaðan	molaða	molað		molaða	molaðar	moluð
dative (þágufall)	moluðum	molaðri	moluðu		moluðum	moluðum	moluðum
genitive (eignarfall)	molaðs	molaðrar	molaðs		molaðra	molaðra	molaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	molaði	molaða	molaða		moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
accusative (þolfall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða		moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
dative (þágufall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða		moluðu	moluðu	moluðu
genitive (eignarfall)	molaða	moluðu	molaða		moluðu	moluðu	moluðu

Ido

Adjective

mola

1. soft

Antonyms

• harda

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠɔlˠə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʌlˠə/

Verb

mola

1. inflection of mol:
   1. present subjunctive analytic
   2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mola	mhola	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Una mola (angle grinder)

Una mola (bench grinder) in operazione

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: mò‧la

Etymology 1

From Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”).

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
5. (colloquial) angle grinder, disc grinder, side grinder (power tool with a perpendicular abrasive disc)

   Synonyms: smerigliatrice, molatrice, mola angolare, smerigliatrice angolare, molatrice angolare

6. (colloquial) bench grinder

   Synonyms: smerigliatrice, molatrice, mola da banco, smerigliatrice da banco, molatrice da banco

Related terms

• molare
• molatrice
• mulino / molino
• macina

See also

• macina

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mola

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

Anagrams

• almo, lamo, malo

Karao

Noun

mola

1. plant

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰo-. Cognates include Latvian mala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔla]
• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola f (diminutive maleņa)

1. edge

Declension

Declension of mola (type 4 noun)

	singular	plural
nominative	mola	molys, molas1)
genitive	molys, molas1)	molu
dative	molai	molom
accusative	molu	molys, molas1)
instrumental	molu	molom
locative	molā	moluos
vocative	mola, mol	molys, molas1)
1) dialectal

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.la/, [ˈmɔɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.la/, [ˈmɔːlä]

Noun

mola f (genitive molae); first declension

1. millstone
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.317–318:

     inde focum observat pistor dominamque focōrum,
     et quae pūmiceās versat asella molās.

     Thereupon the baker reverences the hearth and the mistress of the hearth, and the she-donkey that turns the pumice millstones.
     (See Vestalia.)

2. (especially in the plural) mill
3. ground meal
4. (transferred sense) (sacred) flour, coarse-ground meal used in sacrifices

   mola salsa (literally “salted flour”)

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.517:

     Ipsa molā manibusque piīs altāria iuxtā, [...].

     And [Dido] herself [stands] near the altars, with the holy meal in her pious hands, [...].

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mola	molae
Genitive	molae	molārum
Dative	molae	molīs
Accusative	molam	molās
Ablative	molā	molīs
Vocative	mola	molae

Hyponyms

• mola aquāria (“water mill”)
• mola asināria (“Roman stone hand mill, worked by a donkey or mule”)

Derived terms

• immolō
• molāris
• molārius
• molīle
• molō
• molūcrum

Related terms

• molitiō
• molitor
• molīnus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: moarã
  • Megleno-Romanian: moară
  • Romanian: moară
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: mola
  • Neapolitan: mola
  • Sicilian: mola
  • Venetan: moła
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: moa, mola, mora
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: muele
  • Ladin: mola
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: mola
  • French: meule
  • Occitan: mòla
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: muela
  • Galician: moa
  • Portuguese: mó
  • Spanish: muela

References

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

Lower Sorbian

Noun

mola f

1. Superseded spelling of móla.

Declension

declension of mola

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mola	moli	mole
Genitive	mole	molowu	molow
Dative	moli	moloma	molam
Accusative	molu	moli	mole
Instrumental	molu	moloma	molami
Locative	moli	moloma	molach

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmola/

Verb

mola

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

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.la/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Syllabification: mo‧la

Noun

mola m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of mól

Noun

mola m inan

1. genitive singular of mol

Portuguese

mola (1)

mola (2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian molla (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
• 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: (Madeira) grampo, (Brazil) prisão, (Brazil) prendedor, pregador

3. (Mozambique, informal) money

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ملا (molla), from Persian ملا (mollâ), from Arabic مَوْلًى (mawlan, “vicar, guardian”).

Noun

mola f (uncountable)

1. mullah

Declension

declension of mola (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) mola	molaua
genitive/dative	(unei) -	-i
vocative

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mola m

1. genitive singular of mol

Spanish

Verb

mola

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

Sukuma

Adjective

mola

1. good

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

mola (n class, no plural)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Mola

Swedish

Verb

mola (present molar, preterite molade, supine molat, imperative mola)

1. to ache with a dull, continuous pain

   Tanden molar

   The tooth is aching

2. (regional, Hälsingland region) to eat a thing by itself that would normally be eaten with something else

   Sluta mola ost!

   Stop eating just cheese (and make a sandwich if you are going to eat cheese)!

Conjugation

Conjugation of mola (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	mola		molas
Supine	molat		molats
Imperative	mola		—
Imper. plural1	molen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	molar	molade	molas	molades
Ind. plural1	mola	molade	molas	molades
Subjunctive2	mole	molade	moles	molades
	Participles
Present participle	molande
Past participle	molad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• sovel
• svida

References

• mola in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mola in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mola in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موله (mola), from Venetan moła, 2nd person imperative of Venetan mołar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.ɫa/
• Hyphenation: mo‧la

Noun

mola (definite accusative molayı, plural molalar)

1. rest, break, pause

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mola
Definite accusative	molayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mola	molalar
Definite accusative	molayı	molaları
Dative	molaya	molalara
Locative	molada	molalarda
Ablative	moladan	molalardan
Genitive	molanın	molaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular molam molalarım 2nd singular molan molaların 3rd singular molası molaları 1st plural molamız molalarımız 2nd plural molanız molalarınız 3rd plural molaları molaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular molamı molalarımı 2nd singular molanı molalarını 3rd singular molasını molalarını 1st plural molamızı molalarımızı 2nd plural molanızı molalarınızı 3rd plural molalarını molalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular molama molalarıma 2nd singular molana molalarına 3rd singular molasına molalarına 1st plural molamıza molalarımıza 2nd plural molanıza molalarınıza 3rd plural molalarına molalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular molamda molalarımda 2nd singular molanda molalarında 3rd singular molasında molalarında 1st plural molamızda molalarımızda 2nd plural molanızda molalarınızda 3rd plural molalarında molalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular molamdan molalarımdan 2nd singular molandan molalarından 3rd singular molasından molalarından 1st plural molamızdan molalarımızdan 2nd plural molanızdan molalarınızdan 3rd plural molalarından molalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular molamın molalarımın 2nd singular molanın molalarının 3rd singular molasının molalarının 1st plural molamızın molalarımızın 2nd plural molanızın molalarınızın 3rd plural molalarının molalarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular molayım molalarım 2nd singular molasın molalarsın 3rd singular mola moladır molalar molalardır 1st plural molayız molalarız 2nd plural molasınız molalarsınız 3rd plural molalar molalardır

Derived terms

• kahve molası
• mola almak
• mola taşı
• mola vermek
• molalı
• molasız

 

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔla/

Noun

mola

1. Nasal mutation of bola.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bola	fola	mola	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.