stérol
French, noun/ste.ʁɔl/
stérol is spelled S-T-É-R-O-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stérol is a French masculine noun meaning “sterol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Alcool polycyclique complexe présent dans les organismes animaux, végétaux et les champignons”.
What does stérol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesterol
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alcool polycyclique complexe présent dans les organismes animaux, végétaux et les champignons.
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 stérol
- stérols plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stérol?
- /ste.ʁɔl/
- \ste.ʁɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is stérol in French?
stérol appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).