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role

Pronunciation: [ˈrolɛ]

“role” is a Czech word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. role, part (of an actor)
  2. lines (spoken text of an actor playing a part)
  3. role (e.g. of a person in a society)
  4. role (function of a constituent in a clause)
  5. scroll
  6. field (area to grow crops)
  7. old unit of field measurement
  8. area, domain (of activity)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rolle, from Old French rolle, role (“parchment scroll, inventory”), from Latin rotula, rotulus (“little wheel”), which is a diminutive of rota (“wheel”).

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