katangais
French, adjective
katangais is spelled K-A-T-A-N-G-A-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 100,007th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Katangais is a French adjective meaning “of Katanga (all senses); Katangese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Katangais is a different word: “Katangese, resident or native of Katanga (all senses)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au Katanga ou à ses habitants”.
What does katangais mean in English?
adjective
- 1
of Katanga (all senses); Katangese
noun
- 1
masculineKatangese, resident or native of Katanga (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Habitant du Katanga. 2. Surnom des anciens mercenaires ayant combattu au Katanga entre 1960 et 1963, et revenus en France.
adjective: 1. Relatif au Katanga ou à ses habitants.
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 katangais
- katangaise feminine
- katangaises feminine plural
- Katangaise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is katangais in French?
katangais appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).