chloral
French, noun/klɔ.ʁal/
chloral is spelled C-H-L-O-R-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 138,201st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chloral is a French masculine noun meaning “chloral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance incolore, d’odeur pénétrante, qui est un des produits de l’action du chlore sur l’éthanol et qui…”.
What does chloral mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechloral
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Substance incolore, d’odeur pénétrante, qui est un des produits de l’action du chlore sur l’éthanol et qui s’employait, ainsi que son hydrate, en médecine comme soporifique et anesthésique.
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 chloral
- chloraux plural
- chlorals plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chloral?
- /klɔ.ʁal/
- \klɔ.ʁal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is chloral in French?
chloral appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).