karen
French, noun\ka.ʁɛn\
karen is spelled K-A-R-E-N (5 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written French, the 12,736th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Karen is a French feminine noun meaning “Karen (member of an ethnic group in Burma)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “(Antonomase) Femme blanche d’âge moyen et de classe moyenne qui s’insurge de tout et qui revendique des…”.
What does karen mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineKaren (member of an ethnic group in Burma)
adjective
- 1
Karen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Antonomase) Femme blanche d’âge moyen et de classe moyenne qui s’insurge de tout et qui revendique des droits supérieurs aux autres, souvent en perpétuant un racisme systémique.
noun: 1. Membre du peuple Karens.
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte aux Karens, peuple de la Birmanie et de la Thaïlande.
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 karen
- karens plural
- Karens plural
- karen
- karène
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce karen?
- \ka.ʁɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to karen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is karen in French?
karen appears 4.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).