cocktail
French, noun/kɔk.tɛl/
cocktail is spelled C-O-C-K-T-A-I-L (8 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cocktail is a French masculine noun meaning “cocktail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boisson composée notamment de plusieurs boissons dont certaines sont alcoolisées”.
What does cocktail mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecocktail
- 2
masculinecocktail party
- 3
masculinea mixture or combination of things
Un cocktail de médicaments
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Boisson composée notamment de plusieurs boissons dont certaines sont alcoolisées. 2. Boisson composée notamment de plusieurs boissons non alcoolisées. 3. Mélange. 4. Réception plutôt informelle.
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 cocktail
- cocktails plural
- coquetel rare
- coquetèle
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cocktail?
- /kɔk.tɛl/
- \kɔk.tɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cocktail
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cocktail in French?
cocktail appears 6.6 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).