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álcool

Portuguese, noun

álcool is spelled Á-L-C-O-O-L (6 letters) and appears 27 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,261st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Álcool is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alcohol (ethanol)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, alcool is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “líquido incolor produzido pela fermentação de diversas plantas”.

What does álcool mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealcohol (ethanol)

    Esterilizei os instrumentos com álcool.

  2. 2

    masculinealcohol (beverages containing ethanol, collectively)

    O álcool destruiu-lhe a vida.

  3. 3

    masculinealcohol (any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl functional group)

    Etanol e metanol são álcoois.

noun

as alcool
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of álcool

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. líquido incolor produzido pela fermentação de diversas plantas 2. denominação genérica dos compostos orgânicos resultantes da substituição de um ou mais átomos de hidrogênio dos hidrocarbonetos por um ou mais oxidrilos 3. álcool ordinário 4. bebida alcoólica

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of álcool

  • alcooes plural
  • alcools informal plural
  • álcoois plural
  • alcoóis plural proscribed sometimes
  • álcools informal nonstandard plural
  • alcool alternative
  • alcohol alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to álcool

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is álcool in Portuguese?

álcool appears 27 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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

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