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.

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

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
  • Audio(file)

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

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

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 of mol
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

Noun

mol m inan

  1. mole (SI unit of measure)
Declension
Declension of mol
singular plural
nominative mol moly
genitive molu molů
dative molu molům
accusative mol moly
vocative mole moly
locative molu molech
instrumental molem moly

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
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; ...

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, 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
  • 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)
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

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔl/
  • Audio(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 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. (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
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.[2]

Noun

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
  • mol ganda

References
  1. Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎, Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, OCLC 687330964
  2. Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎, Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, OCLC 687330964

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

Lote

Numeral

mol

  1. three

References

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

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 tense 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

Polish

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

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

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]

  • 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
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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Mol.

Noun

mol m (plural moli)

  1. (chemistry) mole (unit)
Declension
Declension of mol
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) mol molul (niște) moli molii
genitive/dative (unui) mol molului (unor) moli molilor
vocative molule molilor

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French môle.

Noun

mol n (plural moluri)

  1. breakwater, mole, groyne
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

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
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

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

From Guanche [Term?].

Noun

mol m (plural moles)

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

Further reading

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

Noun

mol

  1. dung
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