mol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mol"
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Translingual

Symbol

mol

  1. (chemistry) mole.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mol (1897).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mol (plural mols)

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

Synonyms

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

mol (plural molle, diminutive molletjie)

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

Usage notes

  • Due to the abscence of "true" (talpid) moles in Africa, in everyday conversation the term may more commonly be applied to African mammals similar but not closely related to moles, such as golden moles and blesmols.

Derived terms

Blagar

Noun

mol

  1. banana

References

Breton

Etymology

From German Mol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːl/

Noun

mol m (plural moloù)

  1. (physics) mole

Catalan

Verb

mol

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

Czech

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moľь.

Noun

mol m anim

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

Noun

mol m inan

  1. mole (SI unit of measure)
Declension

Further reading

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

Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

mol

  1. mole (unit of amount of substance)
Declension

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; ...

Dutch

Een mol. — A mole. (Talpa europaea)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔl/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: mol
  • Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

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

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French mol.

Noun

mol f (plural mollen)

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

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Mol.

Noun

mol c (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

Franco-Provençal

Noun

mol (Lyonnais, archaic)

  1. Alternative form of mul (male mule)

References

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔl/
  • (file)

Adjective

mol

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

Further reading

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mollis.

Adjective

mol

  1. soft
  2. flabby
  3. flexible

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔl/

Adjective

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
  • (antonym(s) of soft): duro
Derived terms

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 2006–2022.
  • 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔl/
  • Rhymes: -mɔl, -ɔl, -l
  • Hyphenation: mol

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch mol, from French mol, mou, from Old French mol, from Latin mollem.[2]

Noun

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

  1. (music) flat (musical note)
    Synonym: flat (Standard Malay)
Derived terms
  • mol ganda

References

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

Further reading

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /mˠɔl̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /mˠɔlˠ/, /mˠɔl̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /mˠʌlˠ/, /mˠʌl̪ˠ/[1]
  • Homophone: moll (some dialects)

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish molaid, from Old Irish molaidir,[2] from Proto-Celtic *molātor. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic mol, Manx moyl.

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
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Old Irish mol (axle).[3]

Noun

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
Derived terms
  • Mol Thuaidh (North Pole)
  • Mol Theas (South Pole)

Further reading

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.

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 203, page 78
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “molaid to praise”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 mol axle”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Lote

Numeral

mol

  1. three

References

Lower Sorbian

Noun

mol m animal

  1. Superseded spelling of mól.

Declension

Luxembourgish

Verb

mol

  1. second-person singular imperative of molen

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

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

Middle English

Noun

mol

  1. Alternative form of molle (rubbish)

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

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

mol

  1. simple past of male (Etymology 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. (chemistry, physics) mole

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mǫl f.[1]

Alternative forms

  • mòl (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːl/
  • 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

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).[1]

Alternative forms

  • mòl (alternative spelling)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːl/
  • 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.[1]

Noun

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

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

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mol

  1. past of mala

Etymology 7

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mol

  1. imperative of mola

References

  1. “mol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

Old Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

mol m (genitive muil)

  1. shaft of a mill

Inflection

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

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
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

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔl/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔl
  • Syllabification: mol

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mole.

Noun

mol m inan (related adjective molowy or molalny)

  1. (chemistry, physics) mole (unit of amount)
  2. (chemistry, physics) gram molecule (amount of a compound whose mass in grams is that of its molecular weight)
    Synonym: gramocząsteczka
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

mol n

  1. genitive plural of molo

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɔw/ [ˈmɔʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɔl/ [ˈmɔɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.li/

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔl, (Brazil) -ɔw
  • Hyphenation: mol

Noun

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

  1. mole (unit of amount)

Usage notes

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

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Romani mol (wine).

Noun

mol n (plural moluri)

  1. (slang) wine
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Mol.

Noun

mol m (plural moli)

  1. (chemistry) mole (unit)
Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French môle.

Noun

mol n (plural moluri)

  1. breakwater, mole, groyne
Declension

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

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)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian molo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /môːl/

Noun

mȏl m (Cyrillic spelling мо̑л)

  1. dock, pier (for ships)

Declension

Further reading

  • mol” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology 1

Shortening of molécula

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mol m (plural moles)

  1. mole (unit)
    Synonym: molécula gramo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Guanche [Term?].

Noun

mol m (plural moles)

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

Further reading

Swedish

Adverb

mol (not comparable)

  1. (in some expressions and compounds) completely
    mol allena
    all alone

Noun

mol c

  1. (chemistry, physics) mole (unit of amount of substance)

Declension

Declension of mol 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mol molen mol molen
Genitive mols molens mols molens

References

Uzbek

Etymology

From Arabic مَال (māl).

Noun

mol (plural mollar)

  1. livestock
  2. property, possessions

Declension

Vietnamese

Noun

mol

  1. (chemistry, physics) a mole

Usage notes

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔl/

Noun

mol

  1. nasal mutation of of bol

Yurok

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔl/

Noun

mol

  1. dung
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