kidnapping
French, noun/kid.na.piŋ/
kidnapping is spelled K-I-D-N-A-P-P-I-N-G (10 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 30,103rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kidnapping is a French masculine noun meaning “a kidnapping” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enlèvement généralement accompagné de demande de rançon”.
What does kidnapping mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea kidnapping
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enlèvement généralement accompagné de demande de rançon.
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 kidnapping
- kidnappings plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kidnapping?
- /kid.na.piŋ/
- \kid.na.piŋ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kidnapping
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kidnapping in French?
kidnapping appears 1.1 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).