mol

See also: Mol, mól, mòl, mõl, mōl, möl, m̄öl, moľ, møl, mǫl, Mól, and мол

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Translingual

Symbol

mol

1. (chemistry) mole.

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mol (1897).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məʊl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mol/, /moʊl/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊl

Noun

mol (plural mols)

1. (chemistry, physics, dated) Alternative spelling of mole

Synonyms

• gram molecule

Anagrams

• LMO, Lom, OML, olm

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch mol, from Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

mol (plural molle, diminutive molletjie)

1. mole, mammal of the family Talpidae; also used of some similar but not closely related mammals.

Derived terms

• blindemol

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Blagar

Noun

mol

1. banana

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

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Catalan

Verb

mol

1. third-person singular present indicative form of moldre
2. second-person singular imperative form of moldre

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmol]
• Hyphenation: mol

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *moľь.

Noun

mol m anim

1. a moth belonging to the family Tineidae; a fungus moth

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	mol	molové, moli
genitive	mola	molů
dative	molovi, molu	molům
accusative	mola	moly
vocative	mole	molové, moli
locative	molovi, molu	molech
instrumental	molem	moly

See also

• housenka
• motýl

Etymology 2

Noun

mol m inan

1. mole (SI unit of measure)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	mol	moly
genitive	molu	molů
dative	molu	molům
accusative	mol	moly
vocative	mole	moly
locative	molu	molech
instrumental	molem	moly

Related terms

• molární

Further reading

• mol in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• mol in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

mol

1. mole (unit of amount of substance)

Declension

Declension of mol

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mol	molet	mol	molene
genitive	mols	molets	mols	molenes

Noun

mol

1. (music) minor
   • 2014, Ulrik Spang-Hanssen, Musikken imellem noderne: Swing i klassisk musik, ISD LLC (→ISBN)

     Alfred Cortots indspilning af Chopins vals i a-mol; ...

     Alfred Cortot's recording of Chopin's waltz in A minor; ...

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Dutch

Een mol. — A mole. (Talpa europaea)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔl/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: mol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

mol m (plural mollen, diminutive molletje n)

1. A mole, any insectivore of the family Talpidae.
2. A European mole, Talpa europaea.
3. A mole, an infiltrator, an infiltrant.

   Synonym: infiltrant

Derived terms

• borstelmol
• buidelmol
• goudmol
• mollengang
• mollenklem
• mollenrit
• mollenval
• molrat
• molsalamander
• molshoop
• stermol
• veenmol
• watermol

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French mol.

Noun

mol f (plural mollen)

1. (music) flat (musical note)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Mol.

Noun

mol c (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) A mole (unit of chemical quantity).

Derived terms

• molair
• molariteit
• nanomol

Anagrams

• olm

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔl/

Adjective

mol

1. form of mou used in the masculine singular before a vowel sound

Further reading

• “mol” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mollis.

Adjective

mol

1. soft
2. flabby
3. flexible

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mole, from Latin mollis (“soft, weak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl/

Adjective

mol m or f (plural moles)

1. soft
   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala (ed.), A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus. Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:

     filla o vinagre ben forte e a greda alva muda et pouco de sal ben mundo, e amasa todo moi ben ata que se faça ende ũa pasta mole

     take a strong vinegar and ground white clay and a little salt, finely ground, and mix very well everything till it becames a soft paste

2. flexible, pliant
3. weak, lacking strength
4. (familiar, dated) wine (from viño mol, "soft wine")
   • 1421, Margot Sponer (ed.), "Documentos antiguos de Galicia", in Anuari de l'Oficina Románica de Lingüística i Literatura, 7, page 60:

     douſ canadoσ de bjnõ mole aa bica do lagar por la medida de Monforte

     two canados [64 liters] of soft wine in the winery, as they are measured in Monforte

Antonyms

• (soft): duro

Derived terms

• amolecer
• amolegar
• esmolicar
• molar
• ollomol (“blackspot sea bream”)
• óso mol (“cartilage”)

Etymology 2

From German Mol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl/

Noun

mol m (plural moles)

1. (chemistry, physics) mole (in the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12)

References

• “mole” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mole” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mol” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mol” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mol” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish molaid, from Old Irish molaidir, from Proto-Celtic *molātor. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic mol, Manx moyl.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /mˠɔlˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠʌlˠ/

Verb

mol (present analytic molann, future analytic molfaidh, verbal noun moladh, past participle molta)

1. to commend, nominate, propose, praise, recommend, suggest

   Mhol mo mhúinteoir mé.

   My teacher praised me.

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	molaim	molann tú; molair†	molann sé, sí	molaimid	molann sibh	molann siad; molaid†	a mholann; a mholas / a molann*; a molas*	moltar
	past	mhol mé; mholas	mhol tú; mholais	mhol sé, sí	mholamar; mhol muid	mhol sibh; mholabhair	mhol siad; mholadar	a mhol / ar mhol*	moladh
	past habitual	mholainn / molainn‡‡	mholtá / moltᇇ	mholadh sé, sí / moladh sé, s퇇	mholaimis; mholadh muid / molaimis‡‡; moladh muid‡‡	mholadh sibh / moladh sibh‡‡	mholaidís; mholadh siad / molaidís‡‡; moladh siad‡‡	a mholadh / a moladh*	mholtaí / molta퇇
	future	molfaidh mé; molfad	molfaidh tú; molfair†	molfaidh sé, sí	molfaimid; molfaidh muid	molfaidh sibh	molfaidh siad; molfaid†	a mholfaidh; a mholfas / a molfaidh*; a molfas*	molfar
conditional		mholfainn / molfainn‡‡	mholfá / molfᇇ	mholfadh sé, sí / molfadh sé, s퇇	mholfaimis; mholfadh muid / molfaimis‡‡; molfadh muid‡‡	mholfadh sibh / molfadh sibh‡‡	mholfaidís; mholfadh siad / molfaidís‡‡; molfadh siad‡‡	a mholfadh / a molfadh*	mholfaí / molfa퇇
subjunctive	present	go mola mé; go molad†	go mola tú; go molair†	go mola sé, sí	go molaimid; go mola muid	go mola sibh	go mola siad; go molaid†	—	go moltar
	past	dá molainn	dá moltá	dá moladh sé, sí	dá molaimis; dá moladh muid	dá moladh sibh	dá molaidís; dá moladh siad	—	dá moltaí
imperative		molaim	mol	moladh sé, sí	molaimis	molaigí; molaidh†	molaidís	—	moltar
verbal noun		moladh
past participle		molta

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mol	mhol	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Lote

Numeral

mol

1. three

References

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

mol m

1. Superseded spelling of mól.

Declension

Declension of mol

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mol	mola	mole
Genitive	mola	molowu	molow
Dative	moloju	moloma	molam
Accusative	mola	molowu	mole, molow
Instrumental	molom	moloma	molami
Locative	molu	moloma	molach

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Luxembourgish

Verb

mol

1. second-person singular imperative of molen

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mulaz, *mulhaz (“mole, salamander”), from Proto-Indo-European *molg-, *molk- (“slug, salamander”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)melw- (“to grind, crush, beat”). Cognate with North Frisian mull (“mole”), Saterland Frisian molle (“mole”), Low German Mol, Mul (“mole”), German Molch (“salamander, newt”), Old Russian смолжь (smolžʹ, “snail”), Czech mlž (“clam”).

Noun

mol m

1. mole (animal)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: mol
• Limburgish: mól

Further reading

• “mol (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “mol (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

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Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German māl, from Old High German māl, from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measurement; time; meal”). Cognate with German Mal, Mahl, English meal.

Noun

mol n

1. meal

Related terms

• molzait

References

• “mol” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• malte

Verb

mol

1. simple past of male (Etymology 2)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From German Mol, a clipping of Gramm-Molekül.

Noun

mol n (definite singular molet, indefinite plural mol, definite plural mola)

1. (chemistry, physics) mole

Related terms

• molekyl

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mǫl f.

Alternative forms

• mòl (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːl/ (example of pronunciation)
• Homophone: mål

Noun

mol m (definite singular molen, indefinite plural molar, definite plural molane)

1. a bank of gravel beach
2. hard sand found under soil

Related terms

• mel m

Etymology 3

Compare mole, and Icelandic mol (“crushing”).

Noun

mol f (definite singular mola, indefinite plural moler, definite plural molene)

1. small pieces
2. food waste, fish waste

Etymology 4

Compare Swedish moln (“cloud”).

Alternative forms

• mòl (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːl/ (example of pronunciation)
• Homophone: mål

Noun

mol f (definite singular mola, uncountable)

1. (collective) small and spread-out clouds

Etymology 5

From Old Norse mǫlr (“moth”), in reference to the way in which they grind things down by eating.

Noun

mol m (definite singular molen, indefinite plural molar, definite plural molane)

1. Alternative spelling of mòl, form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by møll

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

mol

1. past tense of mala and male

Etymology 7

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

mol

1. imperative of mola and mole

Anagrams

• lom, mol, mòl, olm

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Polish

Noun

mol m inan

1. mole (unit of amount)

Declension

declension of mol

	singular	plural
nominative	mol	mole
genitive	mola	moli
dative	molowi	molom
accusative	mol	mole
instrumental	molem	molami
locative	molu	molach
vocative	molu	mole

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• mole (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mol (“mole”), shortened form of Molekulargewicht (“molecular weight”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔw/

Noun

mol m (plural mols or moles)

1. (Brazil) mole (unit of amount)

Related terms

• molar

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani mol (“wine”)

Noun

mol n (plural [please provide])

1. (slang) wine

Declension

Declension of mol

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mol	molul	(niște) moluri	molurile
genitive/dative	(unui) mol	molului	(unor) moluri	molurilor
vocative	molule		molurilor

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mol/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish molaid, from Old Irish molaidir, from Proto-Celtic *molātor. Cognate with Irish mol, Manx moyl.

Verb

mol (past mhol, future molaidh, verbal noun moladh, past participle molta)

1. praise
2. recommend

Derived terms

• mì-mhol

Etymology 2

From Old Norse möl (“gravel”)

Noun

mol m (genitive singular moil, plural molan)

1. shingly beach

Etymology 3

From English mole.

Noun

mol m (genitive singular moil, plural molaichean)

1. mole (structure)

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• mólo, mȗl

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian molo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /môːl/

Noun

mȏl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̑л)

1. dock, pier (for ships)

Declension

Declension of mol

	singular	plural
nominative	mȏl	mólovi
genitive	móla	molova
dative	molu	molovima
accusative	mol	molove
vocative	mole	molovi
locative	molu	molovima
instrumental	molom	molovima

References

• “mol” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Etymology 1

Shortening of molécula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmol]

Noun

mol m (plural moles)

1. mole (unit)

   Synonym: molécula gramo

Etymology 2

From Guanche [Term?].

Noun

mol m (plural moles)

1. (Canarian) Artemisia thuscula

   Synonyms: incienso canario, ajenjo de Canarias

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɔn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɔŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɔŋ˧˧]
• Phonetic: mon

Noun

mol

1. (chemistry, physics) a mole

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔl/

Noun

mol

1. nasal mutation of of bol

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Yurok

Noun

mol

1. dung