mentol

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch menthol.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mèntol (plural mentol-mentol, first-person possessive mentolku, second-person possessive mentolmu, third-person possessive mentolnya)

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, 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, informal 1st possessive mentolku, 2nd possessive mentolmu, 3rd possessive mentolnya)

1. (~ lampu) light bulb

   Synonyms: mentol lampu, mentol

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English menthol

Noun

mentol (informal 1st possessive mentolku, 2nd possessive mentolmu, 3rd possessive mentolnya)

1. (organic chemistry) menthol

References

• “mentol” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Norwegian Bokmål

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)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French menthol.

Noun

mentol n (uncountable)

1. menthol

Declension

declension of mentol (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) mentol	mentolul
genitive/dative	(unui) mentol	mentolului
vocative	mentolule

Spanish

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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28