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bulle.

a bun, a small bread roll

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/²bɵlɛ/
  1. a bun, a small bread roll

    common-gender
  2. a ball-shaped or thick round piece (of some (ground-up or shredded) food)

    common-gender · in-compounds · usually
  3. a taxi, a cab

    common-gender · slang
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish bulle (“small round drinking cup”), from Old Norse bolli. See also bolle. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell up; round object”). Possible doublet of boll, bula, and bål. See also bälg and bölja for an extended form of the root.

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