menthol

menthol

See also: Menthol

English

Etymology

From Latin mentha (“mint”) +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛnθɒl/

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Noun

menthol (countable and uncountable, plural menthols)

1. (chemistry) 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. A menthol cigarette.

Derived terms

• dextromenthol
• isomenthol
• levomenthol
• neomenthol
• racementhol

Translations

cyclic monoterpene alcohol

Catalan: mentol m Chinese: Mandarin: 薄荷醇 (zh) (bòhé chún) Czech: mentol m Danish: mentol Esperanto: mentolo Finnish: mentoli (fi) German: Menthol (de) n Greek: μινθόλη n (minthóli), μενθόλη (menthóli), μεντόλ (mentól) Italian: mentolo (it) m Japanese: メントール (mentōru), 薄荷脳 (hakkanō) Norwegian: Bokmål: mentol m Nynorsk: mentol m Polish: mentol (pl) m Portuguese: mentol m Russian: менто́л (ru) m (mentól) Spanish: mentol (es) m Swedish: mentol (sv) c

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑ̃.tɔl/

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Noun

menthol m (plural menthols)

1. menthol

Further reading

• “menthol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.