mentol

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

mentol

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch menthol.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

Further reading

• “mentol”, 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

Malay

Etymology 1

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Noun

mentol (plural mentol-mentol or mentol²)

1. (~ lampu) light bulb

   Synonyms: mentol lampu, mentol

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English menthol

Noun

mentol (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

References

• "mentol" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

mentol

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Latin mentha +‎ -ol.

Noun

mentol m (definite singular mentolen, uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin mentha +‎ -ol.

Noun

mentol m (definite singular mentolen, uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

References

• “mentol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽˈtɔw/ [mẽˈtɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽˈtɔl/ [mẽˈtɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽˈtɔl/ [mẽˈtɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽˈtɔ.li/

• Hyphenation: men‧tol

Noun

mentol m (usually uncountable, plural mentóis)

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

Further reading

• “mentol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French menthol.

Noun

mentol n (uncountable)

1. menthol

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mentol	mentolul
genitive-dative	mentol	mentolului
vocative	mentolule

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

mentol

Wikipedia ^es

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mentol m (plural mentoles)

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

Further reading

• “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

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

mentol

Wikipedia ^sv

Noun

mentol c

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

Declension

Declension of mentol

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mentol	mentols
	definite	mentolen	mentolens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• mentolcigarett (“menthol cigarette”)

See also

• mint
• mynta

References

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mentol. Later borrowed from English menthol.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. menthol

Related terms

• alkohol
• menta

Further reading

• “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