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Clipping of English mole.

mol

1. (chemistry) mole.

Clipping of English Moldovan, from Romanian Moldova.

mol

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Moldovan.

Borrowed from German Mol (1897).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məʊl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mol/, /moʊl/

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• Rhymes: -əʊl

mol (plural mols)

1. (chemistry, physics, dated) Alternative spelling of mole.

• gram molecule

• olm, LOM, OML, Lom, LMO, oml

From Dutch mol, from Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol, mul, from Proto-West Germanic *mol, from Proto-Germanic *mulaz.

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mol (plural molle, diminutive molletjie)

1. mole, mammal of the family Talpidae; also used of some similar but not closely related mammals.

• Due to the abscence of "true" (talpid) moles in Africa, in everyday conversation the term may more commonly be applied to African mammals similar but not closely related to moles, such as golden moles and blesmols.

• blindemol
• gouemol

• mal — Standard Tosk

From Proto-Albanian *mal̄, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *malnə, from Proto-Indo-European *mĺ̥h₃nu- (“mountain”), from older *mólh₃nu- (“the emerging one”).^[1]

Orel's reconstruction of Proto-Albanian *mala- cannot be accepted as it would have led to Albanian *mall. For the same reason, Demiraj's reconstruction of *m(o)lH-i- cannot be accepted either.

Although the thematic precursor *mólh₃nos has found widespread acceptance, it is most likely that mal follows a u-stem precursor, *mólh₃nus, as an *-os ending should lead to an -ë ending. This also supports the plural form male, which is feminine, unlike the masculine singular.

Preserved in patronyms, ethnonym malësor (“highlander, mountaineer”), in toponym (historical and ethnographic region) Malësia (north Albania and Montenegro). In Kosovo (Malishevë, Gjilan, Mališevo, Prizren), in Serbia (Maleševo (Golubac), Maleševo (Rekovac)) and the name of Maleshevo Mountain (North Macedonia and Bulgaria).^[2]

• (southern Gheg) IPA^(key): [mõ̞l]

mol m

1. (Southern Gheg) mountain

mol

1. banana

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

From German Mol.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːl/

mol m (plural moloù)

1. (physics) mole

mol

1. inflection of moldre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Probably from Latin mōlēs (“mass”).

mol m (plural molyow)

1. clot, blood clot

• IPA^(key): [ˈmol]
• Hyphenation: mol

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moľь.

mol m anim (relational adjective molí)

1. a moth belonging to the family Tineidae; a fungus moth

• housenka
• motýl

mol m inan

1. mole (SI unit of measure)

• “mol”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mol”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mol”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

• Rhymes: -ɒl

mol

1. mole (unit of amount of substance)

From German Moll, from Latin mollis (“soft”).

mol

1. (music) minor

   Coordinate term: dur

   • 2014, Ulrik Spang-Hanssen, Musikken imellem noderne: Swing i klassisk musik, ISD LLC, →ISBN:

     Alfred Cortots indspilning af Chopins vals i a-mol; ...

     Alfred Cortot's recording of Chopin's waltz in A minor; ...

• IPA^(key): /mɔl/

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• Hyphenation: mol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

From Middle Dutch mol, from Old Dutch mol, mul, from Proto-West Germanic *mol, from Proto-Germanic *mulaz.

mol m (plural mollen, diminutive molletje n)

1. a mole, any insectivore of the family Talpidae
2. a European mole, Talpa europaea
3. a mole, an infiltrator, an infiltrant

   Synonym: infiltrant

Borrowed from French mol.

mol f (plural mollen, no diminutive)

1. (music) flat (musical note)

• → Indonesian: mol

Borrowed from German Mol.

mol f (plural molen, no diminutive)

1. (chemistry) a mole (unit of chemical quantity)

The plural molen is not commonly used.

• molair
• molariteit
• nanomol

• → Indonesian: mol

• olm

mol (Old Lyonnais)

1. alternative form of mul (“male mule”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “mūlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 211

• IPA^(key): /mɔl/

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mol

1. form of mou used in the masculine singular before a vowel sound

• “mol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

From Latin mollis.

mol

1. soft
2. flabby
3. flexible

• mole
• molle (Galician-Asturian)

From Old Galician-Portuguese mole, from Latin mollis (“soft, weak”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl/

mol m or f (plural moles)

1. soft
   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 172:

     filla o vinagre ben forte e a greda alva muda et pouco de sal ben mundo, e amasa todo moi ben ata que se faça ende ũa pasta mole

     take a strong vinegar and ground white clay and a little salt, finely ground, and mix very well everything till it becames a soft paste

2. flexible, pliant
3. weak, lacking strength
4. (informal, dated) wine (from viño mol, "soft wine")
   • 1421, Margot Sponer (ed.), "Documentos antiguos de Galicia", in Anuari de l'Oficina Románica de Lingüística i Literatura, 7, page 60:

     douſ canadoσ de bjnõ mole aa bica do lagar por la medida de Monforte

     two canados [64 liters] of soft wine in the winery, as they are measured in Monforte

• (antonym(s) of “soft”): duro

From German Mol.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl/

mol m (plural moles)

1. (chemistry, physics) mole (in the International System of Units, the base unit of amount of substance; the amount of substance of a system which contains as many elementary entities as there are atoms in 0.012 kg of carbon-12)

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mole”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mol”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mol”, 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), “mol”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mol”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl/
• Rhymes: -mɔl, -ɔl, -l
• Hyphenation: mol

Borrowed from Dutch mol, from German Mol.^[1] Compare to Malay mol.

mol (plural mol-mol)

1. (chemistry) a mole (unit of chemical quantity)

Borrowed from Dutch mol, from French mol, mou, from Old French mol, from Latin mollem.^[2]

mol (plural mol-mol)

1. (music) flat (musical note)

   Synonym: flat (Standard Malay)

Borrowed from Kupang Malay mol, from Dutch molen, ultimately from Latin molīna.

mol (plural mol-mol)

1. (dialect Kupang) mill

• “mol”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠɔl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /mˠolˠ/^[1]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /mˠɞlˠ/^[2]
• Homophone: moll (some dialects)

From Middle Irish molaid, from Old Irish molaidir,^[3] from Proto-Celtic *molātor. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic mol, Manx moyl.

mol (present analytic molann, future analytic molfaidh, verbal noun moladh, past participle molta)

1. to commend, nominate, propose, praise, recommend, suggest

   Mhol mo mhúinteoir mé.

   My teacher praised me.

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “molaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 494
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Old Irish mol (“axle”).^[4]

mol m (genitive singular moil, nominative plural moil)

1. hub (center part of wheel), nave

   mol rotha ― nave or hub of a wheel

2. (transport) hub (point where many routes meet)
3. (networking) hub (computer networking device)
4. (mechanics) boss (projection in centre of shield; protrusion)

   mol liáin ― boss of a propeller

5. (geography) pole (of the earth)
6. (rotating) shaft (any long, thin object)

   mol muilinn ― shaft of a millstone

7. (mechanical engineering) spindle (rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool)
8. newel (central pillar of staircase)

   mol staighre ― newel of a staircase

9. top, protuberant part

   mol uibhe ― top of an egg

   mol sléibhe ― a mountain top

   ar mhol a dhá ghlún ― on his bended knees (literally, “on the protuberant parts of his two knees”)

• Mol Thuaidh (“North Pole”)
• Mol Theas (“South Pole”)

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “mol”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 494
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “mol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

mol

1. three

• Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

mol m anim

1. superseded spelling of mól

• IPA^(key): [moːl]

mol

1. times (indicating multiplication of two numbers)

   dräi mol dräi ass néng

   three times three is nine

mol

1. second-person singular imperative of molen

From Proto-Germanic *mulaz, *mulhaz (“mole, salamander”), from Proto-Indo-European *molg-, *molk- (“slug, salamander”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)melw- (“to grind, crush, beat”). Cognate with North Frisian mull (“mole”), Saterland Frisian molle (“mole”), Low German Mol, Mul (“mole”), German Molch (“salamander, newt”), Old Russian смолжь (smolžʹ, “snail”), Czech mlž (“clam”).

mol m

1. mole (animal)

• Dutch: mol
• Limburgish: mól

• “mol (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “mol (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

mol

1. alternative form of molle (“rubbish”)

From Middle High German māl, from Old High German māl, from Proto-West Germanic *māl, from Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measurement; time; meal”). Cognate with German Mal, Mahl, English meal.

mol n

1. meal

• molzait

• “mol” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

• malte

mol

1. simple past of male (Etymology 2)

From German Mol, a clipping of Gramm-Molekül.^[1]

mol n (definite singular molet, indefinite plural mol, definite plural mola)

1. (chemistry, physics) mole

• molekyl

From Old Norse mǫl f.^[1]

• mòl (alternative spelling)

• IPA^(key): /moːl/
• Homophone: mål

mol m (definite singular molen, indefinite plural molar, definite plural molane)

1. a bank of gravel beach
2. hard sand found under soil

• mel m

Compare mole, and Icelandic mol (“crushing”).

mol f (definite singular mola, indefinite plural moler, definite plural molene)

1. small pieces
2. food waste, fish waste

Compare Swedish moln (“cloud”).^[1] Compare also Danish mul (“rain cloud”). Ivar Aasen seems to doubt clarity of this word’s origin and cognates.

• mòl (alternative spelling)

• IPA^(key): /moːl/
• Homophone: mål

mol f (definite singular mola, uncountable)

1. (collective, Trøndelag) small and spread-out clouds

From Old Norse mǫlr (“moth”), in reference to the way in which they grind things down by eating.^[1]

mol m (definite singular molen, indefinite plural molar, definite plural molane)

1. alternative spelling of mòl, (pre-2012) alternative form of møll

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mol

1. past of mala

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mol

1. imperative of mola

• lom, mol, mòl, olm

From Proto-Celtic *molos, from Proto-Indo-European *molós, from *melh₂- (“to grind”) +‎ *-ós (agent suffix).

mol m (genitive muil)

1. shaft of a mill

• Irish: mol (“hub, shaft”)
• Scottish Gaelic: mul (“axis, axle-tree”)

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “mol”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Syllabification: mol

Borrowed from English mole.

mol m inan (related adjective molowy or molalny)

1. (chemistry, physics) mole (unit of amount)
2. (chemistry, physics) gram molecule (amount of a compound whose mass in grams is that of its molecular weight)

   Synonym: gramocząsteczka

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mol n

1. genitive plural of molo

• “mol”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “mol”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)

• mole (Portugal)

Borrowed from German Mol (“mole”), shortened form of Molekulargewicht (“molecular weight”).

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔl, (Brazil) -ɔw
• Hyphenation: mol

mol m (plural mols or moles) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. mole (unit of amount)

In Portugal, mol is used to designate solely the symbol mol.

• molar

• “mol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Romani mol (“wine”).

mol n (plural moluri)

1. (slang) wine

Borrowed from German Mol.

mol m (plural moli)

1. (chemistry) mole (unit)

Borrowed from French môle.

mol n (plural moluri)

1. breakwater, mole, groyne

• IPA^(key): /mol/

From Middle Irish molaid, from Old Irish molaidir, from Proto-Celtic *molātor. Cognate with Irish mol, Manx moyl.

mol (past mhol, future molaidh, verbal noun moladh, past participle molta)

1. praise
2. recommend

• mì-mhol

From Old Norse möl (“gravel”).

mol m (genitive singular moil, plural molan)

1. shingly beach

From English mole.

mol m (genitive singular moil, plural molaichean)

1. mole (structure)

• mólo, mȗl

Borrowed from Italian molo.

• IPA^(key): /môːl/

mȏl m inan (Cyrillic spelling мо̑л)

1. dock, pier (for ships)

• “mol”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Shortening of molécula

• IPA^(key): /ˈmol/ [ˈmol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: mol

mol m (plural moles)

1. mole (unit)

   Synonym: molécula gramo

Borrowed from Guanche.

mol m (plural moles)

1. (Canary Islands, El Hierro) Artemisia thuscula

   Synonyms: incienso canario, ajenjo de Canarias

Borrowed from English mall.

mol m (plural moles)

1. (Dominican Republic) mall

• “mol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “mol”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• “mol”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010
• “mol”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021

mol (not comparable)

1. (in some expressions and compounds) completely

   mol allena

   all alone

mol c

1. (chemistry, physics) mole (unit of amount of substance)

• “mol”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “mol”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “mol”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Borrowed from Arabic مَال (māl).

mol (plural mollar)

1. livestock
2. property, possessions

mol

1. (chemistry, physics) a mole

• Always pronounced with a final /n/ (despite this recommended spelling in textbooks), even in southern dialects.

• IPA^(key): /mɔl/

mol

1. nasal mutation of of bol

• IPA^(key): /mɔl/

mol

1. dung