Feminine
bulla
- (declension-1, feminine) a bubble
- (declension-1, feminine) a swollen or bubble-shaped object
- (declension-1, feminine, historical) a swollen or bubble-shaped object
- (Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine, historical) a swollen or bubble-shaped object
- (Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine) a papal bull or other official document sealed with a bulla
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈbʊl.la]
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“swelling”), same source as Middle Dutch puyl (“bag”) and Lithuanian bule (“buttocks”), or from *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Ultimately onomatopoeic.
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