kayak
French, noun/ka.jak/
kayak is spelled K-A-Y-A-K (5 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,330th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kayak is a French masculine noun meaning “kayak” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite embarcation qui peut être monoplace, biplace, triplace ou quadriplace”.
What does kayak mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekayak
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite embarcation qui peut être monoplace, biplace, triplace ou quadriplace. 2. Sport nautique qui se pratique à l’aide d’une pagaie double (à deux pales).
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 kayak
- kayaks plural
- kayac alternative rare
- kaïak
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kayak?
- /ka.jak/
- \ka.jak\
- [ka.jak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kayak
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kayak in French?
kayak appears 3.2 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).