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moll

Pronunciation: [ˈmo̞ʎ]

“moll” is a Catalan word. Its 7 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. moist, wet
  2. weak

noun

  1. marrow, as in bone marrow
  2. the soft part of a fruit
  3. several species of fish
  4. quay, jetty
  5. breakwater

In Catalan

  1. Tou, sense força ni resistència.
  2. Ple d'aigua.
  3. Substància principal d'una cosa no material.
  4. Part més carnosa d'una fruita o del cos.
  5. moll de fang
  6. moll de roca
  7. Andana per a càrrega i descàrrega o embarcament de passatgers

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan moyll, from Latin mollem, from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”), from *(s)meld- (“soft, weak, tender”). Compare Occitan mòl, French mou, Spanish muelle.

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