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{{also|MOLLE|Mollé|mollë|mölle|mølle|Molle}}
==English==

===Etymology===
See {{m|en|moll}}.

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|music|obsolete}} [[flat]]; lowered by a [[semitone]]
#: ''B '''molle'''''
#: ''F '''molle'''''

===See also===
*[[ heloma molle]]
* [[ulcus molle]]

===References===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ellmo|Mello}}

==French==

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|fr|ɔl|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===

====Adjective====
{{head|fr|adjective form}}

# {{feminine singular of|fr|mou}}

===Etymology 2===
{{bor+|fr|mul|Molle}}, and later through French who have travelled South America from {{bor|fr|es|-}} and as well {{bor|fr|qu|-}} directly, which backcrossed its meaning to the specific species used by the Incas.

====Noun====
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{C|fr|Sumac family plants}} [[pepper tree]] ({{taxfmt|Schinus|genus}} gen. et spp., and especially the {{vern|Peruvian pepper tree}} ({{taxfmt|Schinus molle|species}}))

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Galician==

===Verb===
{{head|gl|verb form}}

# {{gl-verb form of|mollar}}

==Italian==

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|mòlle}}

===Etymology 1===
{{dercat|it|itc-ola|itc-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}
From {{inh|it|la|mollis|mollem}}.

====Adjective====
{{it-adj}}

# [[soft]]
# [[flabby]]
# [[weak]], [[feeble]]

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|it|mollemente}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|it|mollare}}
* {{l|it|mollire}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{head|it|noun form|g=f}}

# {{plural of|it|molla}}

====Noun====
{{it-noun|f-p}}

# [[tongs]], [[fire tongs]]

==Latin==

===Etymology===
From {{m|la|mollis||soft}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|molle<3>}}

# [[softness]], [[smoothness]]

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|molle<3>}}

===Adjective===
{{head|la|adjective form}}

# {{inflection of|la|mollis||nom//acc//voc|n|s}}

===References===
* {{R:du Cange}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*mulaz}}, {{m|gem-pro|*mulhaz}} (which is perhaps related to {{m|gem-pro|*muldō|t=loose earth, soil}}), either through an unattested {{cog|ang|*mol}} or as a borrowing from {{cog|dum|mol}}, {{m|dum|molle}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|mole|mold|molde|moule}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/ˈmɔl(ə)/}}

====Noun====
{{enm-noun}}

# {{senseid|enm|mole}} [[mole]] ({{taxlink|Talpa europea|species}})
#: {{syn|enm|moldewarpe|wont}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|mole}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|molle|n.(1)|MED28501}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{bor|enm|frm|mol}} or its etymon {{der|enm|la|mollis}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|enm|mol|moll|mul|mull|mulle}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|enm|/mɔl/|/mul/}}

====Noun====
{{enm-noun|-}}

# {{senseid|enm|rubbish}} [[rubbish]], [[refuse]]
# [[dirt]], [[grit]]
# {{lb|enm|figurative}} [[trapping]]s of [[mortality]]

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|en|mull}}

=====References=====
* {{R:MED Online|mol(le|n.(2)|MED28502}}

===Etymology 3===

====Noun====
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alt form|enm|mylne}}

{{C|enm|Mammals}}

==Norman==

===Adjective===
{{head|nrf|adjective form}}

# {{feminine singular of|nrf|mo}}

==Northern Sami==

===Pronunciation===
* {{se-IPA}}

===Verb===
{{head|se|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|se|mollat||1|d|pres|indc|;|3|p|past|indc}}

==Spanish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|es|muelle|mulle|molli|mulli}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|es|qu|molli}}, {{m|qu|mulli}} meaning that tree.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# [[pepper tree]] ({{taxfmt|Schinus|genus}} gen. et spp., and especially the {{vern|Peruvian pepper tree}} ({{taxfmt|Schinus molle|species}}))
#: {{syn|es|huingán}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

{{C|es|Sumac family plants}}