мол

BER tentatively suggests origin from Proto-Slavic *molъ, derived via o-grade ablaut from the root of ме́ля (mélja, “to grind”). Compare Lithuanian malti (“to grind”), Latvian malt (“to grind”) (with o-grade).

мол • (mol) m (dialectal)

1. filled up cavity, pocket, pothole (hole under a surface, usually obscured by a rock, vegetation, or filled with some material such as dirt, silt, rainwater)

• мел (mel, “chalk, limestone; sandy hillock”) (dialectal)
• моле́ц (moléc, “moth”)

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мол²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 212

Borrowed from French môle.

мол • (mol) m

1. mole, pier (structure for separating bodies of water)

• молеку́ла (molekúla, “molecule”) (Latin borrowing)

• “мол¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мол¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 212

From Proto-Turkic *bol (“abundant, full”).

мол • (mol)

1. abundant, plentiful, affluent

From Proto-Turkic *bol (“abundant, full”).

мол • (mol)

1. abundant, plentiful, affluent

• Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “мол”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

• IPA^(key): [mɔɫ]

Borrowed from German Moll.

мол • (mol) m (relational adjective молски)

1. minor (music)

   Antonym: дур (dur)

Borrowed from German Mol.

мол • (mol) m (plural молови)

1. mole (unit of amount)

Borrowed from English mall.

мол • (mol) m (plural молови)

1. (colloquial) shopping mall

From Proto-Yukaghir *mol-

мол (mol)

1. subjunctive marker

• Nikolaeva, Irina (2006) A Historical Dictionary of Yukaghir (Trends in Linguistics Documentation; 25), Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 272
• Kurilov, Гаврил (2001) Юкагирско-русский словарь, Novosibirsk: Nauka

• IPA^(key): [moɫ]
• Rhymes: -ol

Borrowed from French môle.

мол • (mol) m inan (genitive мо́ла, nominative plural мо́лы, genitive plural мо́лов)

1. jetty, mole, breakwater, pier (protective structure to protect areas from sea waves)

From мо́лвить (mólvitʹ, “to say”).

мол • (mol)

1. (colloquial) he/she says, they say; apparently, purportedly, as if (used informally to mark reported speech, often when the speaker suspects the said is not true or to merely indicate that the piece following refers to the past even if the wording suggests the present)

   Synonyms: де́скать (déskatʹ), де (de)

   Она́ сказа́ла, мол, всё норма́льно, а сего́дня в ито́ге сказа́ла переде́лывать. ― Oná skazála, mol, vsjo normálʹno, a sevódnja v itóge skazála peredélyvatʹ. ― She was like, "It's alright," and then today she tells me to redo it.

   У меня́ есть час доде́лать за него́ рабо́ту ― мол, без допсве́дений он не мо́жет. ― U menjá jestʹ čas dodélatʹ za nevó rabótu ― mol, bez dopsvédenij on ne móžet. ― I've got an hour to finish his work―apparently, he couldn't do it without some kind of extra info.

   Он мне говори́т, мол, дава́й де́ньги! ― On mne govorít, mol, daváj dénʹgi! ― And he goes, "Give me the money!"

• лом (lom)

• мо́ло
• му̑л

Borrowed from Italian molo.

• IPA^(key): /môːl/

мо̑л m inan (Latin spelling mȏl)

1. dock, pier (for ships)

• “мол”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Compare Persian مال (mâl).

мол • (mol)

1. cattle

From Tajik.

мол (mol)

1. cattle