Etymology

Borrowed from dialectal Swedish bulle (“goblet”), from Old Norse bolli, from Proto-Germanic *bullô. The modern meaning "bottle" has likely been influenced by the unrelated pullea (“round, chubby”). Doublet of pulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA(key): /ˈpulːo/, [ˈpulːo̞]
• Rhymes: -ulːo
• Hyphenation(key): pul‧lo

Noun

pullo

1. bottle
2. (obsolete) bowl, chalice

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