kawi
French, noun/ka.wi/
kawi is spelled K-A-W-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kawi is a French masculine noun meaning “Old Javanese (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue ancienne littéraire employée en Indonésie, de la famille des langues malayo-polynésiennes”.
What does kawi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineOld Javanese (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue ancienne littéraire employée en Indonésie, de la famille des langues malayo-polynésiennes.
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.
How do you pronounce kawi?
- /ka.wi/
- \ka.wi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kawi in French?
kawi appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).