molar

English

Etymology 1

From Latin molāris meaning grinding as a millstone (mola).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊlə(r)

Noun

molar (plural molars)

1. A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.

Synonyms

• wangtooth
• grinder

Translations

back tooth

• Arabic: ضرس (ar) (ḍirs) m

  Egyptian Arabic: ضرس (ders) m

• Armenian: սեղանատամ (hy) (seġanatam)
• Aromanian: mãseauã (rup) f
• Catalan: queixal (ca) m, molar (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 臼齒 (cmn), 臼齿 (cmn) (jiùchǐ)

• Czech: stolička (cs) f
• Danish: kindtand (da) c
• Dutch: kies m, maaltand m
• Faroese: jakslur (fo) m, jaksul (fo) m, jaksil (fo) m, jaksli (fo) m
• Finnish: poskihammas (fi)
• French: molaire (fr) f
• German: Backenzahn (de) m
• Greek: γομφίος (el) (gomfíos) m, (colloquial) τραπεζίτης (el) (trapezítis) m
• Hungarian: zápfog (hu), őrlőfog (hu)
• Icelandic: jaxl (is) m

• Indonesian: geraham (id)
• Interlingua: dente molar, molar
• Italian: dente molare m, molare m
• Japanese: 臼歯 (ja) (きゅうし, kyūshi)
• Korean: 어금니 (ko) (eogeumni)
• Macedonian: катник (mk) (kátnik) m
• Malay: geraham (ms), gigi geraham (ms)
• Maori: niho pū (mi)
• Polish: trzonowiec (pl) m
• Portuguese: dente molar m, molar m
• Romanian: măsea (ro) f, molar (ro) m
• Russian: коренной зуб (ru) (korennój zub) m, моляр (ru) (moljár) m
• Slovak: stolička (sk) f
• Spanish: diente molar m, molar m, muela f
• Swedish: kindtand (sv) c
• Tupinambá: agûeá
• Vietnamese: răng hàm (vi)
• Volapük: cügatut (vo)

Adjective

molar (not comparable)

1. Of, or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.

Translations

back tooth

• Catalan: molar (ca) m and f
• Polish: trzonowy (pl) m

• Spanish: molar (es) m and f
• Volapük: cügatutik (vo)

Etymology 2

From mole (chemical term).

Adjective

molar (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.
2. (physics) Of, or relating to a complete body of matter as distinct from its molecular or atomic constituents.

Derived terms

• molarity

Related terms

• molality

Translations

containing one mole of solute per litre of solution

• Czech: molární (cs)
• Finnish: molaarinen (fi)
• Macedonian: моларен (mk) (mólaren) m

• Polish: molowy (pl) m, molarny (pl) m
• Russian: молярный (ru) (moljárnyj)

relating to a complete body of matter

• Czech: molární (cs)
• Macedonian: моларен (mk) (mólaren) m

• Russian: молярный (ru) (moljárnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: molare (it)

Anagrams

• moral

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Latin

Verb

molar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of molō

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin molāris.

Adjective

molar m and f (plural molares)

1. molar

Related terms

• muela

Etymology 2

From Caló

Verb

molar (first-person singular present molo, first-person singular preterite molé, past participle molado)

1. (colloquial, intransitive, Spain) to rule, to rock (be pleasing)

   Mola un montón.

   That's great.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of molar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			molar
gerund			molando
past participle			molado
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	molo	molas	mola	molamos	moláis	molan
	imperfect	molaba	molabas	molaba	molábamos	molabais	molaban
	preterite	molé	molaste	moló	molamos	molasteis	molaron
	future	molaré	molarás	molará	molaremos	molaréis	molarán
	conditional	molaría	molarías	molaría	molaríamos	molaríais	molarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él/ella usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mole	moles	mole	molemos	moléis	molen
	imperfect (ra)	molara	molaras	molara	moláramos	molarais	molaran
	imperfect (se)	molase	molases	molase	molásemos	molaseis	molasen
	future	molare	molares	molare	moláremos	molareis	molaren
imperative		—	tú	usted	nosotros	vosotros	ustedes
	affirmative		mola	mole	molemos	molad	molen
	negative		no moles	no mole	no molemos	no moléis	no molen

Synonyms

• gustar