metanol
Portuguese, noun/me.taˈnɔw/
metanol is spelled M-E-T-A-N-O-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,234th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Metanol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “methanol (the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mesmo que álcool metílico”.
What does metanol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemethanol (the simplest aliphatic alcohol, CH₃OH)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mesmo que álcool metílico
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of metanol
- metanóis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce metanol?
- Brazil /me.taˈnɔw/
- Brazil [me.taˈnɔʊ̯]
- Portugal /mɨ.tɐˈnɔl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to metanol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is metanol in Portuguese?
metanol appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).