tornasol
Spanish, noun/toɾnaˈsol/
tornasol is spelled T-O-R-N-A-S-O-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 82,716th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tornasol is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “litmus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Girasol”.
What does tornasol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelitmus
- 2
masculineiridescence
noun
- 1
masculinesunflower
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Girasol. 2. Cambiante, reflejo o viso que hace la luz en algunas telas o en otras cosas muy tersas. 3. Materia colorante azul violácea producida en la fermentación de algunos líquenes y de otras plantas y cuya tintura sirve de reactivo para reconocer los ácidos, que la tornan roja. 4. Papel de tornasol.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tornasol
- tornasoles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tornasol?
- /toɾnaˈsol/
- [t̪oɾ.naˈsol]
- [t̪oɾnaˈsol]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tornasol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tornasol in Spanish?
tornasol appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).