crésol
French, noun/kʁe.zɔl/
crésol is spelled C-R-É-S-O-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written French, the 219,133rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crésol is a French masculine noun meaning “cresol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mélange des trois isomères, ortho-, méta- et para-, du méthylphénol (C₇H₈O), liquide toxique d’odeur forte…”.
What does crésol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecresol
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mélange des trois isomères, ortho-, méta- et para-, du méthylphénol (C₇H₈O), liquide toxique d’odeur forte qui fut utilisé comme antiseptique et conservateur des bois.
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 crésol
- crésols plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce crésol?
- /kʁe.zɔl/
- \kʁe.zɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to crésol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crésol in French?
crésol appears about once in every 48 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).