mentol

Borrowed from Dutch menthol.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛn.tɔl/
• Rhymes: -tɔl
• Hyphenation: mèn‧tol

mèntol (plural mentol-mentol)

1. (organic chemistry) menthol: a cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes
2. (botany) mint

• “mentol” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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mentol (plural mentol-mentol)

1. (~ lampu) light bulb

   Synonyms: mentol lampu, mentol

   Synonyms: bohlam, lampu busur, lampu pijar (Indonesian)

Borrowed from English menthol

mentol

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

• “mentol” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Latin mentha +‎ -ol.

mentol m (definite singular mentolen, uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

• “mentol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “mentol” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Latin mentha +‎ -ol.

mentol m (definite singular mentolen, uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

• “mentol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Hyphenation: men‧tol

mentol m (usually uncountable, plural mentóis)

1. (organic chemistry) menthol (cyclic monoterpene alcohol)

Borrowed from French menthol.

mentol n (uncountable)

1. menthol

• IPA^(key): /menˈtol/ [mẽn̪ˈt̪ol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: men‧tol

mentol m (plural mentoles)

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

• “mentol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

mentol c

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

• mentolcigarett (“menthol cigarette”)

• mint
• mynta

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

Borrowed from Spanish mentol. Later borrowed from English menthol.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /menˈtol/ [mɛn̪ˈt̪ol]
    • Rhymes: -ol
  • IPA^(key): /ˈmentol/ [ˈmɛn̪.t̪ol] (English pronunciation)
    • Rhymes: -entol
• Syllabification: men‧tol

mentól or mentol (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ᜔) (organic chemistry)

1. menthol

• “mentol”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• English, Leo James (1987) Tagalog-English dictionary, Manila, Philippines: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 908
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 394