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terpinéol

French, noun\tɛʁ.pi.ne.ɔl\

terpinéol is spelled T-E-R-P-I-N-É-O-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written French, the 253,038th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Terpinéol is a French masculine noun meaning “terpineol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Alcool monoterpénique de formule C₁₀H₁₈O, existant sous plusieurs isomères, présent dans certaines huiles…”.

What does terpinéol mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineterpineol

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Alcool monoterpénique de formule C₁₀H₁₈O, existant sous plusieurs isomères, présent dans certaines huiles essentielles et utilisé en parfumerie ; il peut être obtenu par hydratation de la terpine ou de monoterpènes tels que le limonène.

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 terpinéol?

  • \tɛʁ.pi.ne.ɔl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is terpinéol in French?

terpinéol appears about once in every 65 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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