kapok
French, noun\ka.pɔk\
kapok is spelled K-A-P-O-K (5 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written French, the 187,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kapok is a French masculine noun meaning “kapok” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fibre végétale, très légère, fine et soyeuse, imperméable et imputrescible, constituée des poils recouvrant…”.
What does kapok mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekapok
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fibre végétale, très légère, fine et soyeuse, imperméable et imputrescible, constituée des poils recouvrant les graines du kapokier ou fromager.
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 kapok
- kapoks plural
- capuk
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kapok?
- \ka.pɔk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kapok in French?
kapok 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).