molí

See also: moli, Moli, móli, and mòlì

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan molí, from Late Latin molīnum (“mill”), a noun derived from Latin molere (“grind”). Compare Occitan molin, French moulin, Spanish molino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [muˈli]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈli]

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Noun

molí m (plural molins)

1. mill

Derived terms

• molí de vent
• molinar
• moliner
• molinet

Related terms

• mola
• moldre

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Verb

molí

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of molar

Czech

Etymology

From mol +‎ -í.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmoliː]

Adjective

molí

1. (relational) moth

Declension

Declension of molí (soft)

singular
	masculine		feminine	neuter
	animate	inanimate
nominative	molí		molí	molí
genitive	molího		molí	molího
dative	molímu		molí	molímu
accusative	molího	molí	molí	molí
locative	molím		molí	molím
instrumental	molím		molí	molím
plural
	masculine		feminine	neuter
	animate	inanimate
nominative	molí	molí		molí
genitive	molích
dative	molím
accusative	molí			molí
locative	molích
instrumental	molími

Further reading

• “molí”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “molí”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “molí”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Slovak

Etymology

From moľ +‎ -í and moľa +‎ -í.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔʎiː]

Adjective

molí (not comparable, no adverb)

1. (relational) moth

Declension

Declension of molí (soft-long)

singular
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
nominative	molí		molia	molie
genitive	molieho		molej	molieho
dative	moliemu		molej	moliemu
accusative	molieho	molí	moliu	molie
locative	moľom		molej	moľom
instrumental	molím		moľou	molím
plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
nominative	molí	molie
genitive	molích
dative	molím
accusative	molích	molie
locative	molích
instrumental	molími

Further reading

• “molí”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Spanish

Verb

molí

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of moler