different between molar vs mola

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??.l?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo?.l?/

Noun

mola (plural molas)

1. A traditional textile art form of the Kuna people of Panama and Colombia, consisting of cloth panels to be worn on clothing, featuring complex designs made with multiple layers of cloth in a reverse appliqué technique.
   • 1977, Rhoda L. Auld, Molas: What they are, How to make them, Ideas they suggest for creative appliqué, page 67

     The classic mola is pure applique and is distinguished by alternating bands of color.

2. A sunfish, Mola mola.

Translations

Anagrams

• AMLO, LMAO, Malo, lmao, loam, loma, malo

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin mola.

Noun

mola f (plural moles)

1. millstone
2. grindstone

Derived terms

Related terms

• molí

Etymology 2

From Latin m?l?s.

Noun

mola f (plural moles)

1. mass (something large)
2. sunfish

   Synonyms: bot, peix lluna

Related terms

• moll

Further reading

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

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin mollis, French molle, Italian molle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mola/
• Hyphenation: mo?la

Adjective

mola (accusative singular molan, plural molaj, accusative plural molajn)

1. soft

Antonyms

• malmola

Derived terms

• mole (“softly”)

Icelandic

Etymology

From moli (“fragment, piece”) +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m??la]
• Rhymes: -??la

Verb

mola (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative molaði, supine molað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to shatter, to smash

Conjugation

Ido

Adjective

mola

1. soft

Antonyms

• harda

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /?m??l??/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /?m??l??/

Verb

mola

1. inflection of mol:
   1. present subjunctive analytic
   2. (obsolete) second-person singular present indicative

Mutation

Italian

Etymology

From Latin mola, from Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to grind, crush”).

Noun

mola f (plural mole)

1. millstone
2. grindstone
3. honing
4. (historical, Rome) water mill; especially one of the mills once found adjacent Isola Tiberina.

Related terms

• molare
• molatrice
• mulino / molino
• macina

See also

• macina

Verb

mola

1. third-person singular present indicative of molare
2. second-person singular imperative of molare

See also

• molla

Anagrams

• almo
• malo

Karao

Noun

mola

1. plant

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ml?Hd?o-. Cognates include Latvian mala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?la/

Noun

mola f

1. edge

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, ?ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *melh?- (“to grind, crush”). Cognate with Latin mollis, Ancient Greek ???? (múl?), English meal. See also English maelstrom.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mo.la/, [?m???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mo.la/, [?m??l?]

Noun

mola f (genitive molae); first declension

1. millstone
2. (especially plural) mill
3. ground meal

Declension

First-declension noun.

Hyponyms

• mola aqu?ria (“water mill”)
• mola asin?ria (“Roman stone hand mill, worked by a donkey or mule”)

Derived terms

• immol?
• mol?ris
• mol?rius
• mol?le
• mol?
• mol?crum

Related terms

• moliti?
• molitor
• mol?nus

Descendants

References

• mola in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mola in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Lower Sorbian

Noun

mola f

1. Superseded spelling of móla.

Declension

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?mola/

Verb

mola

1. inflection of mollat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.la/

Noun

mola m anim

1. genitive/accusative singular of mól

Noun

mola m inan

1. genitive singular of mol

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian molla (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo?la

Noun

mola f (plural molas)

1. spring (device made of flexible material)
2. (Portugal) clothes peg (object used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline)

   Synonyms: (Madeira) grampo, (Brazil) prisão, (Brazil) prendedor, pregador

3. (Mozambique, informal) money

Further reading

• mola on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Romanian

Etymology

From Turkish molla

Noun

mola f (uncountable)

1. mullah

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

mola m

1. genitive singular of mol

Spanish

Verb

mola

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of molar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of molar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of molar.

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (mawlan).

Noun

mola (n class, no plural)

1. God

   Synonyms: Mungu, Maulana

Turkish

Noun

mola (definite accusative molay?, plural molalar)

1. rest.