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role.

role, part (of an actor)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Čeština language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈrolɛ]
  1. role, part (of an actor)

    feminine
  2. lines (spoken text of an actor playing a part)

    feminine
  3. role (e.g. of a person in a society)

    feminine
  4. role (function of a constituent in a clause)

    feminine
  5. scroll

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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”).

noun[ˈrolɛ]
  1. field (area to grow crops)

    feminine · literary · obsolete
  2. old unit of field measurement

    feminine
  3. area, domain (of activity)

    feminine · literary · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Czech rolí, from Proto-Slavic *orlьja, from *orati.

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