kine
noun
kine is spelled K-I-N-E: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, kine means “Clipping of kinescope (“type of recording”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of kine is kines.
How many letters and syllables are in kine?
| Letters | 4: K-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words; the 83,271st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is kine?
Kine appears about once in every 8 million words in written English, the 83,271st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of kine
- kines plural
- cine-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does kine mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Clipping of kinescope (“type of recording”).
- 2
In kinesics, any of the individual movements composing a kineme.
- 3
obsoleteA proposed unit of velocity in the CGS system, equal to one centimeter per second.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).