lugol
French, noun\ly.ɡɔl\
lugol is spelled L-U-G-O-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lugol is a French masculine noun meaning “an antiseptic solution of iodine and potassium iodide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “, Solution aqueuse d’iodure de potassium et d’iode utilisée principalement comme colorant, comme réactif dans…”.
What does lugol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinean antiseptic solution of iodine and potassium iodide
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. , Solution aqueuse d’iodure de potassium et d’iode utilisée principalement comme colorant, comme réactif dans la détection de l’amidon ou comme inhibiteur de la sécrétion des hormones thyroïdiennes.
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 lugol?
- \ly.ɡɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lugol in French?
lugol appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).