caïd
French, noun/ka.id/
caïd is spelled C-A-Ï-D (4 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caïd is a French masculine noun meaning “caid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gouverneur de province ou de ville chez les Arabes”.
What does caïd mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecaid
- 2
colloquialmasculinebig shot, big man; boss
- 3
colloquialmasculinehardman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gouverneur de province ou de ville chez les Arabes. 2. Chef d’une bande de voyous. 3. Homme ou femme s’imposant par la dureté, par sa force.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caïd
- caïds plural
- kaïd
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caïd?
- /ka.id/
- \ka.id\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caïd
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caïd in French?
caïd appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).