molar

See also: mòlar and mołar

English

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊlɚ/
  • Audio (RP)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English molar, from Latin molāris (“millstone, molar”).

Noun

molar (plural molars)

  1. A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.
Synonyms
Translations

Adjective

molar (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.
Translations

Etymology 2

From mol(e) +‎ -ar in the chemistry usage.

Adjective

molar (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.
  2. (physics) Of or relating to a complete body of matter as distinct from its molecular or atomic constituents.
Derived terms
Translations
relating to a complete body of matter
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Noun

molar (plural molars)

  1. (chemistry) A unit of concentration equal to one mole per litre.
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Anagrams

Catalan

Adjective

molar (masculine and feminine plural molars)

  1. molar; that grinds

Noun

molar f (plural molars)

  1. molar (back tooth)

Adjective

molar (masculine and feminine plural molars)

  1. (chemistry) molar (containing one mole of solute per litre of solution)

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since the 14th century. Mol (“soft, tender”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moˈlaɾ/

Adjective

molar m or f (plural molars)

  1. soft, softer
    Synonym: mol
Derived terms
  • castiñeiro molar
  • ortiga molar
  • óso molar
  • toxo molar

Etymology 2

From mol +‎ -ar in the chemistry usage.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔˈlaɾ/

Noun

molar m (plural molares)

  1. (chemistry, physics) molar

Etymology 3

From Latin molaris.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔˈlaɾ/

Noun

molar m (plural molares)

  1. (anatomy) molar
    Synonym: moa

References
  • “molar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “molar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “molar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “molar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

German

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

Adjective

molar (strong nominative masculine singular molarer, not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) molar

Declension
Positive forms of molar (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist molar sie ist molar es ist molar sie sind molar
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative molarer molare molares molare
genitive molaren molarer molaren molarer
dative molarem molarer molarem molaren
accusative molaren molare molares molare
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der molare die molare das molare die molaren
genitive des molaren der molaren des molaren der molaren
dative dem molaren der molaren dem molaren den molaren
accusative den molaren die molare das molare die molaren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein molarer eine molare ein molares (keine) molaren
genitive eines molaren einer molaren eines molaren (keiner) molaren
dative einem molaren einer molaren einem molaren (keinen) molaren
accusative einen molaren eine molare ein molares (keine) molaren

Further reading
  • “molar” in Duden online
  • “molar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Interlingua

Adjective

molar (not comparable)

  1. molar (pertaining to the molar teeth)

Noun

molar (plural molares)

  1. molar, molar tooth

Latin

Verb

molar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of molō

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

molar m

  1. indefinite plural of mol
  2. indefinite plural of mole

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈlaʁ/ [moˈlah]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /moˈlaɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /moˈlaʁ/ [moˈlaχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈlaɻ/

  • Hyphenation: mo‧lar

Noun

molar m (plural molares)

  1. molar (back tooth)

Adjective

molar m or f (plural molares, not comparable)

  1. molar (of or relating to the molar teeth)
  2. (chemistry) molar (containing one mole of solute per litre of solution)

Romanian

Etymology

From French molaire.

Adjective

molar m or n (feminine singular molară, masculine plural molari, feminine and neuter plural molare)

  1. molar

Declension
Declension of molar
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite molar molară molari molare
definite molarul molara molarii molarele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite molar molare molari molare
definite molarului molarei molarilor molarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /moˈlaɾ/ [moˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mo‧lar

Etymology 1

From Latin molāris.

Adjective

molar (plural molares)

  1. molar
Derived terms

Noun

molar m (plural molares)

  1. molar
    Synonym: muela

Etymology 2

From Caló molar.

Verb

molar (first-person singular present molo, first-person singular preterite molé, past participle molado)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive, Spain) to rule, rock (be pleasing)
    Synonym: gustar
    Mola un montón. ― That's great.
    La nueva chica me mola mucho.
    I really fancy the new girl.
    • 2018 September 24, “Lavapiés se hace con el título de barrio más ‘cool’ del mundo”, in El País‎:
      "Se buscan los 50 barrios más cool del mundo". Para celebrar su 50º aniversario, la revista Time Out se propuso buscar las zonas que más molan de las ciudades más vibrantes del mundo.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of molar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive molar
gerund molando
past participle masculine feminine
singular molado molada
plural molados moladas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present molo molastú
molásvos		 mola molamos moláis molan
imperfect molaba molabas molaba molábamos molabais molaban
preterite molé molaste moló molamos molasteis molaron
future molaré molarás molará molaremos molaréis molarán
conditional molaría molarías molaría molaríamos molaríais molarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present mole molestú
molésvos2		 mole molemos moléis molen
imperfect
(ra)		 molara molaras molara moláramos molarais molaran
imperfect
(se)		 molase molases molase molásemos molaseis molasen
future1 molare molares molare moláremos molareis molaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative molatú
molávos		 mole molemos molad molen
negative no moles no mole no molemos no moléis no molen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

molar c

  1. (often in the plural) a molar (tooth at the back of the mouth)
    Synonym: oxeltand

Declension
Declension of molar 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative molar molaren molarer molarerna
Genitive molars molarens molarers molarernas

Verb

molar

  1. present tense of mola.

References
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