boli

See also: Appendix:Variations of "boli"

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊlaɪ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊli/

  • Audio (US):

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Noun

boli

1. (nonstandard) plural of bolus

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊli/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

Noun

boli (plural bolis)

1. Clipping of stromboli.

Anagrams

• boil, lobi, biol., biol, Bilo, bilo

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Bengali বলি (boli), from Sanskrit बलि (bali).

Noun

boli

1. offering to a spirit

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɔ.li]

Noun

boli m (plural bolis)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of bolígraf.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian bollire. Etymologically related to buljono.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboli]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oli
• Hyphenation: bo‧li

Verb

boli (present bolas, past bolis, future bolos, conditional bolus, volitive bolu)

1. (intransitive) to boil

   La akvo bolas. ― The water is boiling.

   Ni uzos bolantan akvon por kuiri vespermanĝon. ― We'll use boiling water to cook dinner.

Conjugation

Conjugation of boli

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		bolas		bolis		bolos
active participle		bolanta	bolantaj	bolinta	bolintaj	bolonta	bolontaj
	acc.	bolantan	bolantajn	bolintan	bolintajn	bolontan	bolontajn
nominal active participle		bolanto	bolantoj	bolinto	bolintoj	bolonto	bolontoj
	acc.	bolanton	bolantojn	bolinton	bolintojn	bolonton	bolontojn
adverbial active participle		bolante		bolinte		bolonte

infinitive		boli						imperative		bolu						conditional		bolus

Derived terms

• boligi

Faroese

Verb

boli

1. first-person singular present of bola

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːlɪ

Etymology 1

From Old Norse boli, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.

Noun

boli m (genitive singular bola, nominative plural bolar)

1. bull

   Synonyms: naut, tarfur, tuddi

Declension

Declension of boli (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	boli	bolinn	bolar	bolarnir
accusative	bola	bolann	bola	bolana
dative	bola	bolanum	bolum	bolunum
genitive	bola	bolans	bola	bolanna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

boli

1. indefinite accusative plural of bolur

Italian

Noun

boli m

1. plural of bolo

Anagrams

• libo, lobi

Latvian

Noun

boli f

1. accusative/instrumental singular of bole

Lower Sorbian

Verb

boli

1. Superseded spelling of bóli.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.li/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔli
• Syllabification: bo‧li

Verb

boli

1. third-person singular present of boleć

Romanian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bolʲ]

Noun

boli f pl

1. plural of boală

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic болѣти (bolěti), from Proto-Slavic *bolěti. By surface analysis, boală +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boˈli]

Verb

a boli (third-person singular present bolește, past participle bolit) 4th conjugation

1. (colloquial) to ail

Conjugation

    conjugation of boli (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a boli
gerund			bolind
past participle			bolit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	bolesc	bolești	bolește	bolim	boliți	bolesc
	imperfect	boleam	boleai	bolea	boleam	boleați	boleau
	simple perfect	bolii	boliși	boli	bolirăm	bolirăți	boliră
	pluperfect	bolisem	boliseși	bolise	boliserăm	boliserăți	boliseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să bolesc	să bolești	să bolească	să bolim	să boliți	să bolească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		bolește			boliți
	negative		nu boli			nu boliți

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

boli (Cyrillic spelling боли)

1. masculine plural active past participle of bosti

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔʎi]

Participle

boli

1. plural l-participle of byť

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of bolígrafo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboli/ [ˈbo.li]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oli
• Syllabification: bo‧li

Noun

boli m (plural bolis)

1. (Spain, informal) Clipping of bolígrafo (“pen”).
2. (Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua) freezie

   Synonyms: chupete, marciano

Derived terms

• donde Cristo perdió el boli

 

Further reading

• “boli”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “boli” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010