adj · noun · 6 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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Received-Pronunciation:/məˈlɛk.jʊ.lə/
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General-American:/məˈlɛk.jə.ləɹ/
General-American:/məˈlɛk.ju.ləɹ/
India, North:/mɔːˈlɪk.jʊ.lə(r)/
India, North:/ˈmɔː.lɪk.ˈjuː.lə(r)/
India, South:/ˈmɔː.lɪk.jʊ.lə(r)/
India, South:/ˈmɔː.lɪk.ˈjuː.lə(r)/
CMU ARPABET:M AH0 L EH1 K Y AH0 L ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
adjective
Meaning 6
relating to or produced by or consisting of molecules
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
molecular structure
molecular oxygen
molecular weight is the sum of all the atoms in a molecule
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin mōlēs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula New Latin moleculalbor. French moléculebor. English molecule Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English molecular From molecule + -ar.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
جُزَيْئِيّ
(juzayʔiyy)
— relating to molecules
Armenian:
մոլեկուլային
(molekulayin)
— relating to molecules
Belarusian:
малекуля́рны
(maljekuljárny)
— relating to molecules
Bulgarian:
молекуля́рен
(molekuljáren)
— relating to molecules
Bulgarian:
молеку́лен
(molekúlen)
— relating to molecules
Catalan:
molecular
— relating to molecules
Czech:
molekulární
— relating to molecules
Danish:
molekylær
— relating to molecules
Esperanto:
molekula
— relating to molecules
Finnish:
molekulaarinen
— relating to molecules
French:
moléculaire
— relating to molecules
Galician:
molecular
— relating to molecules
Georgian:
მოლეკულური
(moleḳuluri)
— relating to molecules
German:
molekular
— relating to molecules
Hindi:
आणविक
(āṇvik)
— relating to molecules
Hungarian:
molekuláris
— relating to molecules
Ido:
molekulala
— relating to molecules
Indonesian:
molekuler
— relating to molecules
Irish:
móilíneach
— relating to molecules
Italian:
molecolare
— relating to molecules
Kazakh:
молекулалық
(molekulalyq)
— relating to molecules
Latvian:
molekulārs
— relating to molecules
Malay:
molekul
— relating to molecules
Manx:
co-vreneenagh
— relating to molecules
Norman:
molétchulaithe
— relating to molecules
Norwegian Bokmål:
molekylær
— relating to molecules
Norwegian Nynorsk:
molekylær
— relating to molecules
Persian:
مولکولی
(molekuli)
— relating to molecules
Polish:
cząsteczkowy
— relating to molecules
Polish:
molekularny
— relating to molecules
Portuguese:
molecular
— relating to molecules
Romanian:
molecular
— relating to molecules
Russian:
молекуля́рный
(molekuljárnyj)
— relating to molecules
Spanish:
molecular
— relating to molecules
Swedish:
molekylär
— relating to molecules
Tagalog:
mulatlin
— relating to molecules
Turkish:
moleküler
— relating to molecules
Ukrainian:
молекуля́рний
(molekuljárnyj)
— relating to molecules
