Standard Lemma guide

molar

adj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /məʊlə(ɹ)/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈmoʊlɚ/
  • South-Asia: /moːlaː(ɾ)/
  • rhymes with -əʊlə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: M OW1 L AH0 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to the molar teeth, or to grinding.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of, relating to, or being a solution containing one mole of solute per litre of solution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Of or relating to a complete body of matter as distinct from its molecular or atomic constituents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A back tooth having a broad surface used for grinding one's food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Jamie had a molar removed as it was decaying.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cheektooth, grinder, wangtooth

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A unit of concentration equal to one mole per litre.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

containing one mole of a substance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • molar weight

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

designating a solution containing one mole of solute per liter of solution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

of or pertaining to the grinding teeth in the back of a mammal's mouth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • molar teeth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grinder

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tooth

Narrower terms: wisdom tooth

History

Etymology

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

From mol(e) + -ar in the chemistry usage.

Across languages

Translations

144 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кътен (kǎten) — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Catalan: molar — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Finnish: poskihammas- — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • French: molaire — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Galician: molar — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Ido: molara — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Lithuanian: krūminis — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Persian: آسیا (âsya) — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Persian: آسیاب (âsyâb) — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Polish: trzonowy — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Portuguese: molar — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Spanish: molar — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Volapük: cügatutik — of or relating to the molar teeth
  • Bulgarian: моларен (molaren) — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Catalan: molar — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Czech: molární — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Finnish: molaarinen — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Galician: molar — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • German: molar — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Latvian: molārs — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Macedonian: моларен (molaren) — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Polish: molowy — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Polish: molarny — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Portuguese: molar — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Russian: моля́рный (moljárnyj) — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Slovak: molárny — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Swedish: enmolarig — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Thai: โมลาร์ (moo-lâa) — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Ukrainian: молярний (moljarnyj) — containing one mole of solute per litre of solution
  • Czech: molární — relating to a complete body of matter
  • Macedonian: моларен (molaren) — relating to a complete body of matter
  • Russian: моля́рный (moljárnyj) — relating to a complete body of matter
  • Afrikaans: kiestand — back tooth
  • Dupaningan Agta: wangli — back tooth
  • Arabic: ضِرْس (ḍirs) — back tooth
  • Arabic: ضرس (ders) — back tooth
  • Armenian: սեղանատամ (seġanatam) — back tooth
  • Aromanian: mãseauã — back tooth
  • Azerbaijani: azı — back tooth
  • Azerbaijani: azıdişi — back tooth
  • West Coast Bajau: begaang — back tooth
  • Central Bikol: bagang — back tooth
  • Brunei Bisaya: bagang — back tooth
  • Bulgarian: кътник (kǎtnik) — back tooth
  • Burmese: အံ (am) — back tooth
  • Burmese: အံသွား (amswa:) — back tooth
  • Catalan: queixal — back tooth
  • Catalan: molar — back tooth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 臼齒 /臼齿 (jiùchǐ) — back tooth
  • Czech: stolička — back tooth
  • Danish: kindtand — back tooth
  • Daur: араа (araa) — back tooth
  • Dutch: kies — back tooth
  • Dutch: maaltand — back tooth
  • Esperanto: molaro — back tooth
  • Estonian: purihammas — back tooth
  • Faroese: jakslur — back tooth
  • Faroese: jaksul — back tooth
  • Faroese: jaksil — back tooth
  • Faroese: jaksli — back tooth
  • Finnish: poskihammas — back tooth
  • French: molaire — back tooth
  • West-Frisian: kies — back tooth
  • Galician: molar — back tooth
  • Georgian: ძირითადი კბილი (ʒiritadi ḳbili) — back tooth
  • Georgian: მოლარი (molari) — back tooth
  • German: Backenzahn — back tooth
  • Greek: γομφίος (gomfíos) — back tooth
  • Greek: τραπεζίτης (trapezítis) — back tooth
  • Ancient Greek: γομφίος (gomphíos) — back tooth
  • Hausa: mataunī — back tooth
  • Hebrew: טוֹחֶנֶת (toẖénet) — back tooth
  • Hindi: दाढ़ (dāṛh) — back tooth
  • Hungarian: zápfog — back tooth
  • Hungarian: őrlőfog — back tooth
  • Icelandic: jaxl — back tooth
  • Ido: molaro — back tooth
  • Indonesian: geraham — back tooth
  • Interlingua: dente molar — back tooth
  • Interlingua: molar — back tooth
  • Iranun: bagang — back tooth
  • Italian: dente molare — back tooth
  • Italian: molare — back tooth
  • Japanese: 臼歯 (kyūshi) — back tooth
  • Coastal Kadazan: viang — back tooth
  • Khmer: ថ្គាម (thkiəm) — back tooth
  • Kikuyu: ikamburu — back tooth
  • Kimaragang: viang — back tooth
  • Korean: 어금니 (eogeumni) — back tooth
  • Latvian: dzeroklis — back tooth
  • Lepcha: ᰑᰨᰃᰩᰮ (fogóm) — back tooth
  • Lotud: tiang — back tooth
  • Lotud: wiang — back tooth
  • Macedonian: катник (katnik) — back tooth
  • Malay: geraham — back tooth
  • Malay: gigi geraham — back tooth
  • Malayalam: അണപ്പല്ല് (aṇappallŭ) — back tooth
  • Manchu: ᠰᠠᡳᡶᠠ (saifa) — back tooth
  • Manchu: ᠰᠠᡳᡶᠠ ᠸᡝᡳᡥᡝ (saifa weihe) — back tooth
  • Māori: niho pū — back tooth
  • Māori: niho pūrākau — back tooth
  • Māori: niho kauoro — back tooth
  • Māori: niho kōhari — back tooth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jeksel — back tooth
  • Old Norse: jaxl — back tooth
  • Old Tupi: agûeá — back tooth
  • Paicî: päjajii — back tooth
  • Persian: آسیا (âsiyâ) — back tooth
  • Persian: دندان آسیاب (dandân e âsyâb) — back tooth
  • Persian: دندان کرسی (dandân e korsi) — back tooth
  • Pohnpeian: ngihlap — back tooth
  • Polish: trzonowiec — back tooth
  • Portuguese: dente molar — back tooth
  • Portuguese: molar — back tooth
  • Romanian: măsea — back tooth
  • Romanian: molar — back tooth
  • Russian: коренно́й зуб (korennój zub) — back tooth
  • Russian: моля́р (moljár) — back tooth
  • Serbo-Croatian: кутњак — back tooth
  • Serbo-Croatian: молар — back tooth
  • Serbo-Croatian: kutnjak — back tooth
  • Serbo-Croatian: molar — back tooth
  • Slovak: stolička — back tooth
  • Spanish: diente molar — back tooth
  • Spanish: molar — back tooth
  • Spanish: muela — back tooth
  • Swedish: kindtand — back tooth
  • Tagalog: bagang — back tooth
  • Tamil: கடைவாய்ப்பல் (kaṭaivāyppal) — back tooth
  • Tarifit: tasirt — back tooth
  • Thai: กราม (graam) — back tooth
  • Thai: ฟันกราม (fan-graam) — back tooth
  • Tumbuka: cibwanyu — back tooth
  • Tupinambá: agûeá — back tooth
  • Turkish: azı dişi — back tooth
  • Ottoman Turkish: آزو (azu, azı) — back tooth
  • Ukrainian: моля́р (moljár) — back tooth
  • Vietnamese: răng hàm — back tooth
  • Volapük: cügatut — back tooth
  • Zazaki: êrxe (diq) — back tooth
  • Bulgarian: мол (mol) — unit of concentration
  • Danish: molar — unit of concentration
  • Swedish: molar — unit of concentration
  • Thai: โมลาร์ (moo-lâa) — unit of concentration