butanol
French, noun/by.ta.nɔl/
butanol is spelled B-U-T-A-N-O-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Butanol is a French masculine noun meaning “butanol (any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “L’un des quatre alcools isomères aliphatiques de formule chimique C₄H₉-OH”.
What does butanol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebutanol (any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. L’un des quatre alcools isomères aliphatiques de formule chimique C₄H₉-OH.
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 butanol
- butanols plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce butanol?
- /by.ta.nɔl/
- \by.ta.nɔl\
- [by.ta.nɔl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to butanol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is butanol in French?
butanol appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).