kachina
French, noun\ka.ʃi.na\
kachina is spelled K-A-C-H-I-N-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written French, the 261,491st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kachina is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of katchina (“kachina”) (spirit being)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Objet en bois sculpté, appelé poupée indienne hopi”.
What does kachina mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of katchina (“kachina”) (spirit being)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objet en bois sculpté, appelé poupée indienne hopi.
noun: 1. Esprit des Indiens Hopis.
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 kachina
- kachinas plural
- katchina
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kachina?
- \ka.ʃi.na\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kachina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kachina in French?
kachina appears about once in every 69 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).