kéfir
French, noun/ke.fiʁ/
kéfir is spelled K-É-F-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 109,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kéfir is a French masculine noun meaning “kefir (fermented milk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Boisson issue de la fermentation du lait (kéfir de lait) ou d’eau sucré avec des fruits (kéfir de fruit)”.
What does kéfir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekefir (fermented milk)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Boisson issue de la fermentation du lait (kéfir de lait) ou d’eau sucré avec des fruits (kéfir de fruit). 2. Grain de micro-organismes servant à ensemencer cette boisson.
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 kéfir
- kéfirs plural
- képhir
- keefir
- kephir
- képhyr
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kéfir?
- /ke.fiʁ/
- \ke.fiʁ\
- [ke.fiʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kéfir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kéfir in French?
kéfir 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).