mescaline
French, noun/mɛs.ka.lin/
mescaline is spelled M-E-S-C-A-L-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 107,057th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mescaline is a French feminine noun meaning “mescaline” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Alcaloïde extrait, entre autre, d'un cactus nommé peyotl (Lophophora williamsii). C'est une substance…”.
What does mescaline mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemescaline
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alcaloïde extrait, entre autre, d'un cactus nommé peyotl (Lophophora williamsii). C'est une substance psychodysleptique, hallucinogène. En 1919 Ernst Späth en a réalisé la synthèse.
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 mescaline
- mescalines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mescaline?
- /mɛs.ka.lin/
- \mes.ka.lin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mescaline in French?
mescaline appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).