alcool
French, noun/al.kɔl/
alcool is spelled A-L-C-O-O-L (6 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written French, the 1,772nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcool is a French masculine noun meaning “alcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated spirits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Poudre très fine”.
What does alcool mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated spirits
- 2
masculinespirits, hard liquor (strong alcoholic beverage, excludes wine, cider, beer)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Poudre très fine. 2. Liquide incolore, très fluide, d’une saveur brûlante, qui s’obtient en distillant le vin, le cidre et toutes les liqueurs fermentées provenant de matières sucrées ou féculentes. Éthanol. 3. Boisson alcoolisée comme le vin, la bière ou les spiritueux. 4. Alcoolisme ; ivrognerie, ivresse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alcool
- alcools plural
- alcohol alternative obsolete
- alkohol archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alcool?
- /al.kɔl/
- \al.kɔl\
- \al.kɔ.ɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alcool
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alcool in French?
alcool appears 47 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).