menthol

See also: Menthol

English

Etymology

From Latin mentha (“mint”) +‎ -ol.

Noun

menthol (countable and uncountable, plural menthols)

(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
A menthol cigarette.

Derived terms

Translations

cyclic monoterpene alcohol

Chinese:
Mandarin: 薄荷醇 (zh) (bòhé chún)
Czech: mentol m
Danish: mentol
Finnish: mentoli (fi)
German: Menthol (de) n
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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