illico
French, adverb/i.li.ko/
illico is spelled I-L-L-I-C-O (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Illico is a French adverb meaning “pronto, right away” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sur-le-champ, immédiatement”.
What does illico mean in English?
adverb
- 1
colloquialpronto, right away
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Sur-le-champ, immédiatement.
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.
How do you pronounce illico?
- /i.li.ko/
- \i.li.kɔ\
- \i.li.ko\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to illico
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is illico in French?
illico appears 1.5 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).