kanak
French, adjective
kanak is spelled K-A-N-A-K (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kanak is a French adjective meaning “Kanak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kanak is a different word: “Kanak”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif aux Kanaks, habitants autochtones de la Nouvelle-Calédonie”.
What does kanak mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Kanak
noun
- 1
femininemasculineKanak
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif aux Kanaks, habitants autochtones de la Nouvelle-Calédonie.
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 kanak
- kanake feminine
- kanaks masculine plural
- kanakes feminine plural
- Kanaks plural
- Kanake feminine
- Canaque alternative
- canaque
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kanak
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kanak in French?
kanak 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).