# molecular
## English
### Etymology

From molecule +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /məˈlɛkjʊlə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /məˈlɛkjələɹ/, /məˈlɛkjuləɹ/

### Adjective

molecular (not comparable)
* (chemistry) Relating to, or consisting of, or produced by molecules.
** 2012 March-April, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 February 2013, page 106:Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
* (chemistry) (of an element) Combined with itself and with no other element; elemental.
* Relating to a simple or basic structure or organization.
* (food) Relating to molecular gastronomy.
    molecular dishes

#### Derived terms

* bimolecular
* biomolecular
* clinicomolecular
* cytomolecular
* dimolecular
* equimolecular
* extramolecular
* gram-molecular weight
* heteromolecular
* histomolecular
* homomolecular
* immunomolecular
* intermolecular
* intramolecular
* macromolecular
* micromolecular
* molecular assembler
* molecular beam epitaxy
* molecular biologist
* molecular biology
* molecular clock
* molecular cloud
* molecular compound
* molecular core
* molecular dipole
* molecular drive
* molecular dynamics
* molecular engineering
* molecular entity
* molecular formula
* molecular genetics
* molecularity
* molecularization
* molecularize
* molecular knife
* molecularly
* molecular mass
* molecular mechanics
* molecular medicine
* molecular modeling
* molecular orbital
* molecular orbital theory
* molecular oxygen
* molecular pathology
* molecular sieve
* molecular volume
* molecular weight
* molecular-weight
* moletronics
* monomolecular
* morphomolecular
* multimolecular
* nanomolecular
* neuromolecular
* nonmolecular
* orthomolecular
* pathomolecular
* polymolecular
* premolecular
* pseudomolecular
* quadrimolecular
* quasimolecular
* seromolecular
* submolecular
* supermolecular
* supramolecular
* termolecular
* tetramolecular
* thermomolecular
* trimolecular
* turbomolecular
* ultramolecular
* unimolecular

#### Translations
### Noun

molecular (plural moleculars)
* (chemistry) Any compound having a specified (range of) molecular weight(s)

## Catalan
### Etymology

From molècula +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [mu.lə.kuˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [mo.lə.kuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [mo.le.kuˈlaɾ]

### Adjective

molecular m or f (masculine and feminine plural moleculars)
* molecular

### Further reading

* “molecular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “molecular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “molecular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “molecular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From molécula +‎ -ar.

### Adjective

molecular m or f (plural moleculares)
* molecular

### Further reading

* “molecular”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Interlingua
### Adjective

molecular (not comparable)
* molecular

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From molécula +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mo.le.kuˈlaʁ/ [mo.le.kuˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mo.le.kuˈlaʁ/ [mo.le.kuˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mo.le.kuˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /mo.le.kuˈlaʁ/ [mo.le.kuˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mo.le.kuˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mu.lɛ.kuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mu.lɛ.kuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mu.lɛ.kuˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: mo‧le‧cu‧lar

### Adjective

molecular m or f (plural moleculares)
* (chemistry) molecular (relating to molecules)

### Further reading

* “molecular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French moléculaire. By surface analysis, moleculă +‎ -ar.

### Adjective

molecular m or n (feminine singular moleculară, masculine plural moleculari, feminine and neuter plural moleculare)
* molecular

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From molécula +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /molekuˈlaɾ/ [mo.le.kuˈlaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: mo‧le‧cu‧lar

### Adjective

molecular m or f (masculine and feminine plural moleculares)
* molecular

#### Derived terms

* biología molecular
* fórmula molecular (“molecular formula”)
* masa molecular
* molecularmente
* peso molecular
* reloj molecular

### Further reading

* “molecular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10