molécula

See also: molecula and molècula

Asturian

Noun

molécula f (plural molécules)

1. (chemistry) molecule (group of atoms held together by chemical bonds)

Galician

Noun

molécula f (plural moléculas)

1. (chemistry) molecule

Derived terms

• molecular
• biomolécula
• biomolecular

Portuguese

Etymology

From French molécule.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈlɛ.ku.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈlɛ.ku.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈlɛ.ku.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈlɛ.ku.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɛkulɐ
• Hyphenation: mo‧lé‧cu‧la

Noun

molécula f (plural moléculas)

1. (chemistry) molecule (two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds)

Derived terms

• molecular
• biomolécula
• biomolecular

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin molecula, diminutive of Latin moles (“mass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈlekula/ [moˈle.ku.la]
• Rhymes: -ekula
• Syllabification: mo‧lé‧cu‧la

Noun

molécula f (plural moléculas)

1. (chemistry) molecule
   • 2022 June 3, Sandee LaMotte, “El efecto 'Benjamin Button': científicos logran revertir el envejecimiento en ratones. El objetivo es hacer lo mismo con los humanos”, in CNN en Español‎^[1]:

     Los ensayos clínicos que prueban la molécula en humanos han estado en marcha durante tres años, dijo Sinclair.

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Derived terms

• biomolécula
• biomolecular
• molecular

Further reading

• “molécula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024