keffieh
French, noun/kɛ.fje/
keffieh is spelled K-E-F-F-I-E-H (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Keffieh is a French masculine noun meaning “keffiyeh (cloth worn on head)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coiffe traditionnelle des paysans arabes et des Bédouins”.
What does keffieh mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekeffiyeh (cloth worn on head)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coiffe traditionnelle des paysans arabes et des Bédouins.
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 keffieh
- keffiehs plural
- kéfié alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce keffieh?
- /kɛ.fje/
- /ke.fje/
- \kɛ.fje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to keffieh
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is keffieh in French?
keffieh appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).