canaque
French, adjective/ka.nak/
canaque is spelled C-A-N-A-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written French, the 200,689th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Canaque is a French adjective meaning “Kanak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux Canaques, habitants autochtones de la Nouvelle-Calédonie”.
What does canaque mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Kanak
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Canaques, habitants autochtones de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 2. Sauvage, malappris
noun: 1. Couleur mêlant bordeaux et jaune.
noun: 1. Habitant autochtone de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 2. Sauvage
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 canaque
- canaques plural
- kanak
- Canaques plural masculine feminine
- Kanak
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce canaque?
- /ka.nak/
- \ka.nak\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to canaque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is canaque in French?
canaque appears about once in every 40 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).