molar

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məʊlə(ɹ)/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊlɚ/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /moːlaː(ɾ)/
• 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) [muˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈlaɾ]

molar m or f (masculine and feminine plural molars)

1. molar; that grinds

molar f (plural molars)

1. molar (back tooth)

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈlaɾ]

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) [muˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈlaɾ]

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) [muˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈlaɾ]

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) [muˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈlaɾ]

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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “molar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

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• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

molar (strong nominative masculine singular molarer, not comparable)

1. (chemistry) molar

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmolar/ [ˈmo.lar]
• Rhymes: -olar
• Syllabification: mo‧lar

Borrowed from Dutch molaar, from Latin molāris (“millstone, molar”).

molar (plural molar-molar)

1. (dentistry, technical) synonym of gigi geraham (“molar tooth/teeth”)

Internationalism, see English molar.

molar (comparative lebih molar, superlative paling molar)

1. (chemistry) molar, containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
2. (physics) molar, relating to a complete body of matter

molar (plural molar-molar)

1. (chemistry) molar; a unit of concentration equal to one mole per litre

Related to the first and second etymologies.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

molar (plural molar-molar)

1. (psychology) connecting a movement into one unit, for example swimming behavior

   Antonym: molekuler

• “molar” 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.

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/ [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^[1]:

     "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.

     "The 50 coolest neighborhoods in the world are being sought." To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Time Out magazine set out to find the coolest areas [literally “the areas that rock the most”] in the world's most vibrant cities.

• “molar”, 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

molar c

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

   Synonym: oxeltand

molar c

1. (chemistry) molar; moles per litre

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

molar

1. present indicative of mola

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