mol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mol"

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Translingual

Etymology 1

Clipping of English mole.

Symbol

mol

1. (chemistry) mole.

Etymology 2

Clipping of English Moldovan, from Romanian Moldova.

Symbol

mol

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

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

mole (unit)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from German Mol (1897).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊl

Noun

mol (plural mols)

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

Synonyms

• gram molecule

Derived terms

• picomol

Anagrams

• olm, LOM, OML, Lom, LMO, oml

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

mol (plural molle, diminutive molletjie)

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

Usage notes

• 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.

Derived terms

• blindemol
• gouemol