rancio
French, noun/ʁɑ̃.sjo/
rancio is spelled R-A-N-C-I-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rancio is a French masculine noun meaning “the soft, mellow quality acquired by brandy as it is aged” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité douce et moelleuse que l'eau-de-vie acquiert en vieillissant, à mesure qu'elle diminue en force et en…”.
What does rancio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe soft, mellow quality acquired by brandy as it is aged
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité douce et moelleuse que l'eau-de-vie acquiert en vieillissant, à mesure qu'elle diminue en force et en quantité. 2. Oxydation recherchée pour donner un caractère spécifique au banyuls, vin doux naturel, produit traditionnellement dans le vignoble de Banyuls.
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 rancio
- rancios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rancio?
- /ʁɑ̃.sjo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rancio in French?
rancio appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).