vitriol
French, noun/vi.tʁi.jɔl/
vitriol is spelled V-I-T-R-I-O-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vitriol is a French masculine noun meaning “vitriol (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné, jadis, aux divers sulfates”.
What does vitriol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevitriol (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom donné, jadis, aux divers sulfates. 2. Huile de vitriol (acide sulfurique concentré). 3. Remarque, considération, parole, vive et blessante. 4. Eau-de-vie, mauvaise eau-de-vie, eau-de-vie forte et de basse qualité.
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 vitriol
- vitriols plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vitriol?
- /vi.tʁi.jɔl/
- \vi.tʁi.jɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vitriol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vitriol in French?
vitriol appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).