Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

menthol

/ˈmɛnθɒl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: men-thol
IPA: /ˈmɛnθɒl/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A menthol cigarette.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin mentha (“mint”) + -ol.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: mentha
Suffix: ol

Usage

Inflected Forms

menthols (plural)

Derived Forms

dextromenthol isomenthol levomenthol mentholate mentholation menthyl neomenthol nonmenthol racementhol

Questions

How do you pronounce menthol?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɛnθɒl/.
What does menthol mean?: 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.
Where does menthol come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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