khan
French, noun\kɑ̃\
khan is spelled K-H-A-N (4 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Khan is a French masculine noun meaning “khan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prince commandant chez les Mongols (autrefois appelés Tartares), les chefs d’État de Perse d’origine mongole…”.
What does khan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekhan
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prince commandant chez les Mongols (autrefois appelés Tartares), les chefs d’État de Perse d’origine mongole, etc. Qagan (qaganus en latin) pour l’empereur déjà chez les Huns vers 450.
noun: 1. Lieu où les caravanes se reposent.
noun: 1. Vingt-deuxième lettre de l’alphabet géorgien, ka.
noun: 1. Lieu où les caravanes se reposent.
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 khan
- chan alternative obsolete
- cham alternative obsolete
- kan alternative obsolete
- khans plural
- khân
- khâns plural
- khan
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce khan?
- \kɑ̃\
- [kan]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to khan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is khan in French?
khan appears 5.4 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).