Borrowed fromFrenchalcool(“alcohol”).Doublet ofalcohol andkohl.
alcool (uncountable)
- (Canada)grainalcohol,everclear
Borrowed fromMedieval Latinalcohol, fromArabicاَلْكُحْل(al-kuḥl,“kohl”).
alcool m (pluralalcools)
- alcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated spirits
- spirits,hard liquor (strong alcoholic beverage, excludes wine, cider, beer)
1951,Georges Simenon,Maigret en meublé:Il n’y a jamais une goutte d’alcool, ni même de vin dans la maison.- There is never a drop ofalcohol, not even (one of) wine in the house.
- IPA(key): /ˈal.kol/,(traditional, careful style)/ˈal.ko.ol/[1]
- Rhymes:-alkol,(traditional, careful style)-alkool
- Hyphenation:(traditional, careful style)àl‧co‧ol
alcool m (invariable)
- Alternative form ofalcol;alcohol
Borrowed fromFrenchalcool.
alcool m (pluralalcools)
- (Jersey)alcohol
Borrowed fromFrenchalcool, fromLatinalcohol, fromArabicاَلْكُحْل(al-kuḥl,“kohl”).
- IPA(key): [al.koˈol],[al.ˈkoːl]
alcool n (pluralalcooluri)
- alcohol(intoxicating beverage)
- alcohol(chemical compound containing ethanol)
