alcool

British  

/ ˈælkuːl /

noun

1. a form of pure grain spirit distilled in Quebec

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Etymology

Origin of alcool

from French: alcohol

Example Sentences

At least one industry in the region is enjoying a bright spot: In Brazil, the 71-year-old Companhia Nacional de Álcool said demand has surged for its hand sanitizer.

From Washington Times

Glencore was the top bidder in a November sale auction for a mill formerly owned by Unialco SA Álcool e Açúcar, which is under bankruptcy protection.

From Reuters

The finger was attached to an eccentric cocktail eminence who published the essential Joy of Mixology as Gary Regan and sometime thereafter changed his nom d’alcool to Gaz Regan, which he stylizes as “gaz regan.”

From Slate

A final money-saving note on rental cars in Brazil: Most have “flex-fuel” engines, meaning you can fill them with either gasoline or ethanol, which is called álcool in Portuguese and is available at virtually all gas stations in Brazil.

From New York Times

The Hebrew term for this mineral was kohl, which subsequently passed into "alcool" and "alkohol" in other languages, and appears in the Spanish Bible in the above passage in Ezekiel as alcoholaste.

From Project Gutenberg