calomel
French, noun/ka.lɔ.mɛl/
calomel is spelled C-A-L-O-M-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 173,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Calomel is a French masculine noun meaning “calomel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancien nom du protochlorure de mercure sublimé, encore usité en termes de pharmacie”.
What does calomel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecalomel
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ancien nom du protochlorure de mercure sublimé, encore usité en termes de pharmacie.
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 calomel
- calomels plural
- calomelas
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce calomel?
- /ka.lɔ.mɛl/
- \ka.lɔ.mɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to calomel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is calomel in French?
calomel appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).