kief
French, noun/kjɛf/
kief is spelled K-I-E-F (4 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kief is a French masculine noun meaning “siesta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Repos, sieste, observé au milieu de la journée chez les orientaux”.
What does kief mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesiesta
- 2
masculineecstasy, stupor
- 3
masculinealternative form of kif
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Repos, sieste, observé au milieu de la journée chez les orientaux. 2. Extase, bien-être physique et intellectuel. 3. Kif, plaisir procuré par une drogue. 4. Cette drogue elle-même.
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 kief
- kiefs plural
- kif
- kiff
- kieff
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kief?
- /kjɛf/
- \kjɛf\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kief in French?
kief appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).