troll

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
2. (informal) A company, person, etc., that owns and legally enforces copyrights, patents, trademarks, or other intellectual property rights in an aggressive and opportunistic manner, often with no intention of commercially exploiting the subjects of the rights.
3. (slang) An ugly or unpleasant person.
4. An optical ejection from the top of the electrically active core region of a thunderstorm that is red in colour that seems to occur after tendrils of vigorous sprites extend downward towards cloudtops.

Verb

1. Senses relating to a rolling motion.
2. (obsolete) Senses relating to a rolling motion.
3. Senses relating to a rolling motion.
4. Senses relating to a rolling motion.
5. (slang) Senses relating to a rolling motion.
6. (obsolete) Senses relating to a rolling motion.
7. Senses relating to the motion of passing around.
8. (obsolete) Senses relating to the motion of passing around.
9. Senses relating to the motion of passing around.
10. Senses relating to the motion of passing around.
11. Senses relating to the motion of passing around.
12. (obsolete) Senses relating to the motion of passing around.
13. Senses relating to a light, quick motion.
14. (obsolete) Senses relating to a light, quick motion.
15. Senses relating to a light, quick motion.
16. (obsolete) Senses relating to a light, quick motion.
17. Senses relating to fishing.
18. Senses relating to fishing.
19. Senses relating to fishing.
20. Senses relating to fishing.
21. Senses relating to "fishing" for a reaction.
22. Senses relating to "fishing" for a reaction.
23. (colloquial) Senses relating to "fishing" for a reaction.

Sinònims

round

spin

trolling

run

revolve

whirl

gnome

rotate

burrower

canon

catch

celebrate

clew

clue

commend

curl

drive

dwarf

elf

🧝

eulogize

extol

get around

giant

glorify

goblin

gremlin

hail

hobgoblin

hook

🪝

hymn

laud

lilliputian

loop

➿

lure

manikin

midge

midget

mill

minim

minnow

pigmy

pixie

praise

pygmy

ramble

ratchet

rave

reel

resound

rhapsodize

rip out

roll

runt

spam

spoon

🥄

swirl

tout

transit

troglodyte

tumble

turn

twiddle

twirl

whirlpool

apotheose

apotheosise

apotheosize

backslap

ensky

evil spirit

mill about

whirl around

rhapsodise

fish

🐟

spoon-bait

internet troll

trolling spoon

birle

acclaim

fisherman’s lure

angle

applaud

belt

belt out

birl

bugbear

bump

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/tɹɒl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: trol

Cognat amb danès: fortrylle

Cognat amb islandès: tröll

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: trol

Cognat amb noruec: fortrylle

Cognat amb suec: trolla

Heretat de anglès mitjà: trollen

Cognat amb francès: troller

Cognat amb alemany: trollen

Cognat amb Middle Low German: drullen

Cognat amb baix alemany: trullen

In summary

Partly:
* from Middle English trol (“demon (?); sorcerer (?)”) [and other forms], from Old Norse trǫll (“conjurer, mage; witch”), from Proto-Germanic *truzlą (“supernatural being; demon, fiend; giant; monster”), probably from *trudaną (“to step on; to tread”) + *-ilą (suffix forming agent nouns); and
* borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål troll, Swedish troll, or Danish trold, from Old Norse trǫll (see above).
Doublet of droll and trow.
cognates
* Danish fortrylle (“to bewitch”), trylle (“to conjure”)
* Icelandic tröll
* Middle High German trol, trolle (“spook, wraith; ogre, monster”)
* Norwegian fortrylle (“to bewitch”), trylle (“to conjure”)
* Swedish trolla (“to conjure”)