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English

Noun

moles

1. plural of mole

Anagrams

• Melos, Solem, melos, moels

Catalan

Noun

moles

1. plural of mola

Danish

Noun

moles c

1. indefinite genitive singular of mole

French

Noun

moles f

1. plural of mole

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meh?- (“to exert”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (môlos) and German Mühen. See also Latin m?s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mo?.le?s/, [?mo???e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mo.les/, [?m??l?s]

Noun

m?l?s f (genitive m?lis); third declension

1. mass (of material)
2. (by extension) size
3. rock, boulder
4. heap, pile
5. mole, pier, jetty

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Derived terms

• m?lecula (New Latin)
• m?lestus
• m?lior

Descendants

• Catalan: mola
• ? English: mole
• ? Ancient Greek: ????? (mólos)
  • ? Italian: molo
    • ? Catalan: moll
    • ? Danish: mole
    • ? English: mole
    • ? French: môle
    • ? German: Mole
    • ? Norwegian Nynorsk: molo
    • ? Polish: molo
    • ? Portuguese: molhe
    • ? Russian: ??? (mol)
• Italian: mole
• Portuguese: mole, mó

References

• moles in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• moles in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• moles in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• moles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• moles in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Adjective

moles

1. masculine/feminine plural of mole

Noun

moles m

1. plural of mol

Spanish

Verb

moles

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of molar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of molar.

English

Noun

molecules

1. plural of molecule