Vocabolario

• IPA: /pʊlə/,
• , IPA: /puːlɑː/,

  Homophones

  *puller (for RP pronunciation, in rhotic accents)

= pula

The currency of Botswana, divided into 100 thebe.

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Filipino

IPA: /puˈlɑː/

pula

red

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Finnish

=
pula

1. shortage
2. (economy) crisis
3. urgent situation, scrape, pinch

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Sostantivo
pula f (plurale: pule)

(slang) the police, the fuzz, the cops

polizia

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Romanian

Perhaps from Latin word ampulla, something swollen (e.g. a bottle or phial); some Romanian dictionaries claim it is from the Latin word pullus, chicken; another theory is that it is a Dacian word:

• pesnis - pennis - penis (Latin)
• pesnis - pennis - pelnis - pellis - pula (Romanian; unconvincing theory)

IPA: /ˈpu.la/

= pula

penis

Usage notes

*Unfortunately and despite its age, in modern Romanian, "pula" is considered an offensive word.

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Tagalog

pula

red

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Tswana

IPA: /ˈpuːlə/

= pula

1. (in Botswana) rain
2. (in Botswana) pula
3. the popular toast

Etimologia mancante

Pronuncia

• IPA: /pʊlə/,
• , IPA: /puːlɑː/,

  Homophones

  *puller (for RP pronunciation, in rhotic accents)

Etimologia
Perhaps from Latin word ampulla, something swollen (e.g. a bottle or phial); some Romanian dictionaries claim it is from the Latin word pullus, chicken; another theory is that it is a Dacian word:

• pesnis - pennis - penis (Latin)
• pesnis - pennis - pelnis - pellis - pula (Romanian; unconvincing theory)

lolla (s.f.), loppa (s.f.)...

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Sostantivo
caos m inv

1. (filosofia) la materia informe , antecedente al cosmo
2. (matematica), (fisica)Definizione mancante
3. (senso figurato) stato di confusione o disordine estremo
4. (per estensione) "mancanza" o comparsa inaspettate che "creano" "scompiglio" o stupore
5. (senso figurato) (per estensione) "imperfezione"

Sillabazione
cà | os

Pronuncia
IPA: /'kaos/

Etimologia
dal latino chaos che deriva dal greco χάος, da χαίνω cioè "essere aperto, spalancato"

Citazioni

Derivate

caotico, caoticità

Correlate

• distruggere
• (per estensione) agitazione

disordine (s.m. inv.), confusione (s.m. inv.), trambusto (s.m. inv.), disorganizzazione (s.m. inv.), mescolanza (s.m. inv.), scompiglio (s.m. inv.), tumulto (s.m. inv.), baraonda (s.m. inv.), parapiglia (s.m. inv.), subbuglio (s.m. inv.), tramestio (s.m. inv.), arruffio (s.m. inv.)...

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