kawa
French, noun/ka.wa/
kawa is spelled K-A-W-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kawa is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of caoua: coffee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de caoua, café”.
What does kawa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of caoua: coffee
noun
- 1
masculinekava plant (Piper methysticum)
- 2
masculinekava, beverage made from Piper methysticum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de caoua, café.
noun: 1. Variante de kava.
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 kawa
- kawas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kawa?
- /ka.wa/
- \ka.wa\
- [ka.wa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kawa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kawa in French?
kawa appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).