molar

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊlɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊlə(ɹ)

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

molar (plural molars)

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

   Jamie had a molar removed as it was decaying.

• cheektooth
• grinder
• wangtooth

molar (not comparable)

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

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

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.

• molality

molar (plural molars)

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

• Marlo, Moral, moral, romal

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

molar m or f (masculine and feminine plural molars)

1. molar; that grinds

molar f (plural molars)

1. molar (back tooth)

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

molar m or f (masculine and feminine plural molars)

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

• mol

From mola (“coil of rope”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

molar (first-person singular present molo, first-person singular preterite molí, past participle molat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to coil (a rope)

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

molar (first-person singular present molo, first-person singular preterite molí, past participle molat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of esmolar (“to sharpen”)

Borrowed from Spanish molar.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

molar (first-person singular present molo, first-person singular preterite molí, past participle molat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (Castilianism, colloquial) to rule, rock

• “molar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “molar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /moˈlaɾ/

molar m or f (plural molares)

1. soft, softer

   Synonym: mol

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

• mol

From mol +‎ -ar in the chemistry usage.

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈlaɾ/

molar m (plural molares)

1. (chemistry, physics) molar

Learned borrowing from Latin molaris.

• IPA^(key): /mɔˈlaɾ/

molar m (plural molares)

1. (anatomy) molar

   Synonym: moa

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “molar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “molar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “molar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “molar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

molar (strong nominative masculine singular molarer, not comparable)

1. (chemistry) molar

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

molar (not comparable)

1. molar (pertaining to the molar teeth)

molar (plural molares)

1. molar, molar tooth

molar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of molō

molar m

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

• Hyphenation: mo‧lar

molar m (plural molares)

1. molar (back tooth)

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)

Borrowed from French molaire.

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

1. molar

• IPA^(key): /moˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧lar

From Latin molāris.

molar m or f (masculine and feminine plural molares)

1. molar

molar m (plural molares)

1. molar

   Synonym: muela

Borrowed from Caló molar.

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 quotation)

• “molar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

molar c

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

   Synonym: oxeltand

molar

1. present indicative of mola

• molar in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• molar in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• molar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)