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mole.

soft

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmɔ.li/Brazil/ˈmɔ.lɨ/Portugal
  1. soft

    comparable · feminine · masculine
  2. easy

    comparable · feminine · informal · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese mole, from Latin mollis, earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥dus (“soft, weak”).

noun/ˈmɔ.li/Brazil/ˈmɔ.lɨ/Portugal
  1. mass

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Latin mōlēs. Doublet of mó, an inheritance.

noun/ˈmɔ.li/Brazil/ˈmɔ.lɨ/Portugal
  1. European Portuguese standard form of mol

    feminine
noun/ˈmɔ.li/Brazil/ˈmɔ.lɨ/Portugal
  1. alternative form of molhe (breakwater)

    alt-of · alternative · masculine
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