kikongo
French, noun\ki.kɔ̃.ɡo\
kikongo is spelled K-I-K-O-N-G-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written French, the 135,114th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kikongo is a French masculine noun meaning “Kikongo (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue du peuple et des ethnies kongos”.
What does kikongo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineKikongo (language)
adjective
- 1
Kikongo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au kikongo, la langue.
noun: 1. Langue du peuple et des ethnies kongos.
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 kikongo
- kikongos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kikongo?
- \ki.kɔ̃.ɡo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kikongo in French?
kikongo appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).