See also: mòlar and mołar

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

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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.
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molar (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.
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From mol(e) +‎ -ar in the chemistry usage.

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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.
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molar (plural molars)

  1. (chemistry) A unit of concentration equal to one mole per litre.
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molar m or f (masculine and feminine plural molars)

  1. molar; that grinds

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molar f (plural molars)

  1. molar (back tooth)

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molar m or f (masculine and feminine plural molars)

  1. (chemistry) molar (containing one mole of solute per litre of solution)
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From mola (coil of rope) +‎ -ar.

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

  1. (transitive) to coil (a rope)
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molar (first-person singular present molo, first-person singular preterite molí, past participle molat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of esmolar (to sharpen)
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Borrowed from Spanish molar.

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

  1. (Castilianism, colloquial) to rule, rock
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Attested since the 14th century. Mol (soft, tender) +‎ -ar.

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molar m or f (plural molares)

  1. soft, softer
    Synonym: mol
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From mol +‎ -ar in the chemistry usage.

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molar m (plural molares)

  1. (chemistry, physics) molar

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From Latin molaris.

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molar m (plural molares)

  1. (anatomy) molar
    Synonym: moa

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  • molar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • molar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • molar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • molar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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molar (strong nominative masculine singular molarer, not comparable)

  1. (chemistry) molar

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

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molar (not comparable)

  1. molar (pertaining to the molar teeth)

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molar (plural molares)

  1. molar, molar tooth

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molar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of molō

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molar m

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

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  • Hyphenation: mo‧lar

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molar m (plural molares)

  1. molar (back tooth)

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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)

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Borrowed from French molaire.

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

  1. molar

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

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From Latin molāris.

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molar m or f (masculine and feminine plural molares)

  1. molar
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molar m (plural molares)

  1. molar
    Synonym: muela
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Borrowed from Caló molar.

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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.
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molar c

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

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Declension of molar 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative molar molaren molarer molarerna
Genitive molars molarens molarers molarernas

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molar

  1. present indicative of mola

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