different between semitone vs molle

English

Etymology

semi- +? tone

Noun

semitone (plural semitones)

1. (music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave
2. (music) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale

Synonyms

• half step
• halftone

Translations

See also

• cent

Anagrams

• meneitos, monetise, one-times

English

Etymology

See moll.

Adjective

molle (not comparable)

1. (music, obsolete) flat; lowered by a semitone

   B molle

   E molle

Anagrams

• Mello

French

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l

Adjective

molle

1. feminine singular of mou

Etymology 2

Borrowed from translingual Molle, and later through French who have travelled South America from Spanish and as well Quechua directly, which backcrossed its meaning to the specific species used by the Incas.

Noun

molle m (plural molles)

1. pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin mollis, mollem, from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *(h?)moldus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”).

Adjective

molle (plural molli)

1. soft
2. flabby
3. weak, feeble

Related terms

• mollare
• mollire

Etymology 2

Noun

molle f

1. plural of molla
2. tongs, fire tongs

Latin

Etymology

From mollis (“soft”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mol.le/, [?m?l???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mol.le/, [?m?l??]

Noun

molle n (genitive mollis); third declension

1. softness, smoothness

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Adjective

molle

1. nominative neuter singular of mollis
2. accusative neuter singular of mollis
3. vocative neuter singular of mollis

References

• molle in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mulaz, *mulhaz, either through an unattested Old English *mol or as a borrowing from Middle Dutch mol, molle.

Alternative forms

• mole, mold, molde, moule

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?l(?)/

Noun

molle (plural molles)

2. mole (Talpa europea)

   Synonyms: moldewarpe, wont

Descendants

• English: mole

References

• “molle, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Middle French mol or its etymon Latin mollis.

Alternative forms

• mol, moll, mul, mull, mulle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l/, /mul/

Noun

molle (uncountable)

2. rubbish, refuse
3. dirt, grit
4. (figuratively) trappings of mortality

Descendants

• English: mull

References

• “mol(le, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norman

Adjective

molle

1. feminine singular of mo

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?molle/

Verb

molle

1. inflection of mollat:
   1. first-person dual present indicative
   2. third-person plural past indicative

Spanish

Alternative forms

• muelle, mulle, molli, mulli

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua molli, mulli meaning that tree.

Noun

molle m (plural molles)

1. pepper tree (Schinus gen. et spp., and especially the Peruvian pepper tree (Schinus molle))

   Synonym: huingán