different between molar vs malar

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?mo?l?/
• Rhymes: -??l?(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English molar, from Latin mol?ris (“millstone, molar”).

Noun

molar (plural molars)

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

Synonyms

• cheektooth
• grinder
• wangtooth

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

• molarity

Related terms

• molality

Translations

Noun

molar (plural molars)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• Marlo, moral, romal

Catalan

Etymology 1

Adjective

molar (masculine and feminine plural molars)

1. molar; that grinds

Noun

molar f (plural molars)

1. molar (back tooth)

Etymology 2

Adjective

molar (masculine and feminine plural molars)

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

Related terms

• mol

Further reading

• “molar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “molar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “molar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “molar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?la?/

Adjective

molar m or f (plural molars)

1. soft, softer

   Synonym: mol

Derived terms

• castiñeiro molar
• ortiga molar
• óso molar
• toxo molar

Related terms

• mol

Etymology 2

From mol +? -ar in the chemistry usage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??la?/

Noun

molar m (plural molares)

1. (chemistry, physics) molar

Etymology 3

From Latin molaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??la?/

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, 2006-2016.
• “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

• Rhymes: -a???

Adjective

molar (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) molar

Declension

Further reading

• “molar” in Duden online

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 mol?

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

molar m

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French molaire.

Adjective

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

1. molar

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?la?/, [mo?la?]

Etymology 1

From Latin mol?ris.

Adjective

molar (plural molares)

1. molar

Derived terms

• masa molar

Noun

molar m (plural molares)

1. molar

   Synonym: muela

Related terms

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

• molón

Further reading

• “molar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From modern Latin malaris, from Latin mala (“jaw, cheek-bone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?l?/
• Rhymes: -e?l?(?)

Adjective

malar (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the cheek.
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     Whose? Les yeux morts d'Eurydice, he says, but suspects they beckon, they and that malar elegance.

Translations

Noun

malar (plural malars)

1. (anatomy) The cheekbone, which forms a part of the lower edge of the orbit.

Translations

Anagrams

• LRAAM, Lamar, Marla, alarm, marla, ramal

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Noun

malar

1. indefinite genitive singular of möl

Etymology 2

Verb

malar

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Noun

malar m

1. indefinite plural of mal

Etymology 2

Verb

malar

1. (non-standard since 2012) present of mala

Etymology 3

Noun

malar m (definite singular malaren, indefinite plural malarar, definite plural malarane)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by målar

Anagrams

• larma

Old Norse

Noun

malar

1. genitive singular indefinite of m?lr m
2. genitive singular indefinite of m?l f

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin mala (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.?la?/

Noun

malar m (plural malares)

1. (anatomy, dated) cheekbone; zygoma

   Synonyms: zigomático, zigoma

Hypernyms

• osso

Adjective

malar m or f (plural malares, comparable)

1. cheekbone; zygoma (attributive)

Related terms

• bochecha
• maçã do rosto
• pómelo

Romanian

Etymology

From French malaire.

Adjective

malar m or n (feminine singular malar?, masculine plural malari, feminine and neuter plural malare)

1. malar

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

malar (plural malares)

1. malar

Swedish

Noun

malar

1. indefinite plural of mal

Anagrams

• almar, larma, ramla

Yagara

Noun

malar

1. man

References

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.