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kaki

Spanish, noun/ˈkaki/

kaki is spelled K-A-K-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 74,340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kaki is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “rare form of caqui (“persimmon”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Color pardusco, similar al del polvo o más verdoso, habitual en la indumentaria de camuflaje”.

What does kaki mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerarerare form of caqui (“persimmon”)

  2. 2

    masculinerarerare form of caqui (“khaki”)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Color pardusco, similar al del polvo o más verdoso, habitual en la indumentaria de camuflaje.

adjective: 1. De este color

noun: 1. (Diospyros kaki) Árbol frutal de origen asiático, de la familia de las ebenáceas. Su fruto, el persimonio, es una baya comestible de sabor muy dulce, aunque entre las variedades silvestres su contenido en tanino lo hace incomestible. 2. Fruto de este árbol, apreciado en gastronomía.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

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

Forms of kaki

  • kakis plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce kaki?

  • /ˈkaki/
  • [ˈka.ki]
  • [ˈkaki]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to kaki

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

How common is kaki in Spanish?

kaki appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

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

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