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haïk

French, noun/a.ik/

haïk is spelled H-A-Ï-K (4 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haïk is a French masculine noun meaning “haik” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manteau de laine qui se porte dans les pays du Maghreb”.

What does haïk mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinehaik

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Manteau de laine qui se porte dans les pays du Maghreb.

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 haïk

  • haïks plural
  • ^((h aspiré))\a.ik\ singular plural
  • haïck
  • heyque

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce haïk?

  • /a.ik/
  • ^((h aspiré))\a.ik\

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

How common is haïk in French?

haïk appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.

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

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