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moll.

a minor scale (having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɔl/
  1. a minor scale (having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth)

    masculine
    ren moll
  2. a minor (timbre, that in classical and romantic music, can evoke or express melancholy)

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

From German Moll (“minor”), from Medieval Latin molle, of Latin mollis (“soft”), from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Italic *moldus, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meld- (“soft, weak, tender”). Cognate with English moll, Icelandic moll, Czech moll, Hungarian moll and Swedish moll.

noun/mɔl/
  1. mull (a thin, soft muslin)

    masculine · neuter
Where this word comes from

From English mull, from Hindi.

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