kana
French, noun\ka.na\
kana is spelled K-A-N-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,377th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kana is a French masculine noun meaning “kana” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractère japonais qui note une more (et non pas forcément une syllabe)”.
What does kana mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekana
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractère japonais qui note une more (et non pas forcément une syllabe).
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 kana
- kanas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kana?
- \ka.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 kana
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kana in French?
kana appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).