cayes
French, noun\kaj\
cayes is spelled C-A-Y-E-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 69,707th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cayes is a French feminine noun meaning “plural of caye” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Îles basses, rochers, bancs formés de vase, de corail et de madrépores”.
What does cayes mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplural of caye
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Îles basses, rochers, bancs formés de vase, de corail et de madrépores.
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 cayes
- caye singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cayes?
- \kaj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cayes in French?
cayes appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).