kânoun
French, noun\ka.nun\
kânoun is spelled K-Â-N-O-U-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kânoun is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative form of qanûn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de qanûn”.
What does kânoun mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of qanûn
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de qanûn.
noun: 1. Texte du droit coutumier de certains peuples musulmans. 2. Agent de la police militaire de l'Empire ottoman. 3. Sorte de fourneau en terre.→ voir canoun 4. Sorte de cithare à cordes pincées, proche du luth. → voir kânoun et qanûn
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 kânoun
- kânouns plural
- kanouns plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kânoun?
- \ka.nun\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kânoun in French?
kânoun appears about once in every 35 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).