el
masculine
/moˈlaɾ/
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Translation
molar
Word origin
From Latin molaris ('molar tooth, millstone'), from mola ('millstone'), because molars grind food. English 'molar' comes from the same Latin word.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- molaris
- English cognates
- molar
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralmolares
Examples
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The dentist took out one of my molars this morning.
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My upper molar hurts a lot.
caries primer .
You have a cavity in your first molar.
sirven triturar .
Molars are used to grind up food.
primer .
The boy lost his first milk molar.
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