mole
Portuguese
/ˈmɔ.lɨ/, /ˈmɔ.li/, /ˈmɔ.le/
adj
Definitions
- Not hard; smooth or flexible; soft.
- (informal) Not difficult; easy.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese mole (soft) inherited from Latin mollis, mollem (soft) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (soft, weak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(h₂)moldus
Gloss
soft, weak
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
軟
Emoji
🍦 🔈️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mollis Latin
- mollis, mollem Latin
- mollitia Latin
- molle Italian
- muelle Spanish, Castilian
- βλαδύς Ancient Greek
- ἀμβλύς Ancient Greek
- *(h₂)moldus Proto-Indo-European
- *mel- Proto-Indo-European
- moleza Portuguese
- *moldъ Proto-Slavic
- mol Old French
- moll Catalan, Valencian
- mol Galician
- moale Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mole Old Portuguese
- *meldo- Proto-Celtic
- *mr̥dúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- moali Aromanian
- *moldus Proto-Italic
- moddu Sicilian
- *maldas Proto-Balto-Slavic