mol

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

Symbol[edit]

mol

  1. (chemistry) mole.

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Mol (1897).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /məʊl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /mol/, /moʊl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊl

Noun[edit]

mol (plural mols)

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

Synonyms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch mol, from Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol, mul, from Proto-West Germanic *mol, from Proto-Germanic *mulaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol (plural molle, diminutive molletjie)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Blagar[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol

  1. banana

References[edit]

Breton[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Mol.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol m (plural moloù)

  1. (physics) mole

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

mol

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

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moľь.

Noun[edit]

mol m anim

  1. a moth belonging to the family Tineidae; a fungus moth
Declension[edit]
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol m inan

  1. mole (SI unit of measure)
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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

Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol

  1. mole (unit of amount of substance)
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

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; ...

Dutch[edit]

Een mol. — A mole. (Talpa europaea)
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol, mul, from Proto-West Germanic *mol, from Proto-Germanic *mulaz.

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Borrowed from French mol.

Noun[edit]

mol f (plural mollen)

  1. (music) flat (musical note)
Descendants[edit]
  • Indonesian: mol

Etymology 3[edit]

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Borrowed from German Mol.

Noun[edit]

mol c (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) A mole (unit of chemical quantity).
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Indonesian: mol

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mol

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

Further reading[edit]

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin mollis.

Adjective[edit]

mol

  1. soft
  2. flabby
  3. flexible

Galician[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese mole, from Latin mollis (soft, weak).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

mol m or f (plural moles)

  1. soft
    • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, 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. (informal, 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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From German Mol.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

  • mole” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • mole” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • 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.

Indonesian[edit]

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch mol, from German Mol.[1] Compare to Malay mol.

Noun[edit]

mol (plural mol-mol, first-person possessive molku, second-person possessive molmu, third-person possessive molnya)

  1. (chemistry) A mole (unit of chemical quantity).
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch mol, from French mol.[2]

Noun[edit]

mol (plural mol-mol, first-person possessive molku, second-person possessive molmu, third-person possessive molnya)

  1. (music) flat (musical note)
    Synonym: flet (Standard Malay)
Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[1], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC
  2. ^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[2], Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Irish mol (axle)

Noun[edit]

mol m (genitive singular moil, nominative plural moil)

  1. hub (center part of wheel), nave
    mol rothanave or hub of a wheel
  2. (transport) hub (point where many routes meet)
  3. (networking) hub (computer networking device)
  4. (mechanics) boss (projection in centre of shield; protrusion)
    mol liáinboss of a propeller
  5. (geography) pole (of the earth)
  6. (rotating) shaft (any long, thin object)
    mol muilinnshaft of a millstone
  7. (mechanical engineering) spindle (rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool)
  8. newel (central pillar of staircase)
    mol staighrenewel of a staircase
  9. top, protuberant part
    mol uibhetop of an egg
    mol sléibhea mountain top
    ar mhol a dhá ghlúnon his bended knees (literally, “on the protuberant parts of his two knees”)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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.

Further reading[edit]

Lote[edit]

Numeral[edit]

mol

  1. three

References[edit]

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol m

  1. Superseded spelling of mól.

Declension[edit]

Luxembourgish[edit]

Verb[edit]

mol

  1. second-person singular imperative of molen

Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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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[edit]

mol m

  1. mole (animal)

Inflection[edit]

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol

  1. Alternative form of molle (rubbish)

Mòcheno[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

mol n

  1. meal

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

mol

  1. simple past of male (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From German Mol, a clipping of Gramm-Molekül.[1]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. (chemistry, physics) mole
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse mǫl f.[1]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • mòl (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Compare mole, and Icelandic mol (crushing).

Noun[edit]

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

  1. small pieces
  2. food waste, fish waste

Etymology 4[edit]

Compare Swedish moln (cloud).[1]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • mòl (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol f (definite singular mola, uncountable)

  1. (collective) small and spread-out clouds

Etymology 5[edit]

From Old Norse mǫlr (moth), in reference to the way in which they grind things down by eating.[1]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. Alternative spelling of mòl, (pre-2012) alternative form of møll

Etymology 6[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

mol

  1. past tense of mala

Etymology 7[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

mol

  1. imperative of mola

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “mol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams[edit]

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *molos, from Proto-Indo-European *molós, from *melh₂- (to grind) +‎ *-ós (agent suffix).

Noun[edit]

mol m (genitive muil)

  1. shaft of a mill

Inflection[edit]

Masculine o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mol molL muilL
Vocative muil molL muluH
Accusative molN molL muluH
Genitive muilL mol molN
Dative mulL molaib molaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
mol
also mmol after a proclitic
mol
pronounced with /ṽ(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol m inan

  1. mole (unit of amount)

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • mol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: mol

Noun[edit]

mol m (plural mols or moles) (Brazilian spelling)

  1. mole (unit of amount)

Usage notes[edit]

In Portugal, mol is used to designate solely the symbol mol.

Related terms[edit]

Romanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Romani mol (wine).

Noun[edit]

mol n (plural moluri)

  1. (slang) wine
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from German Mol.

Noun[edit]

mol m (plural moli)

  1. (chemistry) mole (unit)
Declension[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from French môle.

Noun[edit]

mol n (plural moluri)

  1. breakwater, mole, groyne
Declension[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

  1. praise
  2. recommend
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Old Norse möl (gravel).

Noun[edit]

mol m (genitive singular moil, plural molan)

  1. shingly beach

Etymology 3[edit]

From English mole.

Noun[edit]

mol m (genitive singular moil, plural molaichean)

  1. mole (structure)

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian molo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mȏl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̑л)

  1. dock, pier (for ships)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • mol” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Shortening of molécula

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmol/ [ˈmol]
  • Rhymes: -ol
  • Syllabification: mol

Noun[edit]

mol m (plural moles)

  1. mole (unit)
    Synonym: molécula gramo

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Guanche [Term?].

Noun[edit]

mol m (plural moles)

  1. (Canarian) Artemisia thuscula
    Synonyms: incienso canario, ajenjo de Canarias

Further reading[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol

  1. (chemistry, physics) a mole

Usage notes[edit]

  • Always pronounced with a final /n/ (despite this recommended spelling in textbooks), even in southern dialects.

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol

  1. nasal mutation of of bol

Yurok[edit]

Noun[edit]

mol

  1. dung