LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

mōlēcula

mōlēcula f (genitive mōlēculae)
Classical[moːˈɫeː.kʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[moˈlɛː.ku.la]

Meaning

  1. New Latinmolecule

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemōlēculamōlēculae
mōlecolae
genitivemōlēculae
mōlecolae		mōlēculārum
mōlecolārum
dativemōlēculae
mōlecolae		mōlēculīs
mōlecolīs
accusativemōlēculam
mōlecolam		mōlēculās
mōlecolās
ablativemōlēculāmōlēculīs
mōlecolīs
vocativemōlēculamōlēculae
mōlecolae

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Latin molecula From mōlēs (“mass”) + -cula (diminutive suffix). Coined by Pierre Gassendi in 1641. Modern meaning first used by Amedeo Avogadro in 1811.

Elsewhere
  • Englishmolecule
  • Catalanmolècula
  • Frenchmolécule
  • GermanMolekülfrom French molécule
  • Italianmolecola
  • Portuguesemolécula
  • Romanianmoleculă
  • Spanishmolécula
  • Armenianմոլեկուլ
  • Asturianmolécula
Serbo-Croatian
  • Cyrillic scriptмолѐкула
  • Latin scriptmolekula

In English words that came into English from mōlēcula

  • moleculemōlēcula
  • moleculamōlēcula

Quick answers

What does mōlēcula mean in Latin?
mōlēcula, a noun, means “molecule”.
What is the genitive of mōlēcula?
The genitive singular is mōlēculae. mōlēcula is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce mōlēcula?
In classical Latin, [moːˈɫeː.kʊ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [moˈlɛː.ku.la].