kava
French, noun\ka.va\
kava is spelled K-A-V-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kava is a French masculine noun meaning “kava” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Piper methysticum, plante originaire du Pacifique occidental, de la même famille que le poivrier et dont les…”.
What does kava mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekava
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Piper methysticum, plante originaire du Pacifique occidental, de la même famille que le poivrier et dont les racines servent à faire une boisson éponyme. 2. Boisson légèrement psychotrope élaborée avec des racines de kava, parfois fermentée et donc légèrement alcoolisée. 3. Nom vernaculaire en Polynésie du pometier (Pometia pinnata) et de son fruit.
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 kava
- kavas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kava?
- \ka.va\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kava
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kava in French?
kava appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).