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bol

/bɔl/

noun, masculine/bɔl/plural: bols

bol is masculine in French.

bowl; luck

bol de porcelaineporcelain bowl

First attested in the 18th century. Borrowed from English bowl. For the semantic development of etymology 1 sense 2 compare pot (“jar; (colloquial) luck”). Possibly a doublet of boule.

noun, masculine/bɔl/plural: bols

bol is masculine in French.

bolus

Inherited from Middle French bol, from Old French bol, borrowed from Late Latin bōlus (“clod of earth, lump”), from Ancient Greek βῶλος (bôlos, “clod, lump”).