bulla

Meaning

1. (declension-1, feminine) a bubble
2. (declension-1, feminine) a swollen or bubble-shaped object
3. (declension-1, feminine, historical) a swollen or bubble-shaped object
4. (Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine, historical) a swollen or bubble-shaped object
5. (Medieval-Latin, declension-1, feminine) a papal bull or other official document sealed with a bulla

Concepts

boss

button

stud

bulla

bubble

foam

seal

🦭

formal papal document

bull

Synonyms

globulus

boto

Translations

Knopf

bulle

botón

botó

bouton

bottone

knoop

bolla

boton

leiten

Bulle

bombolla

άδειος

capufficio

κουμπι

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.