kikuyu
French, noun/ki.ku.ju/
kikuyu is spelled K-I-K-U-Y-U (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kikuyu is a French masculine noun meaning “Kikuyu” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue parlée au Kenya et appartenant aux langues bantoues”.
What does kikuyu mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Kikuyu
noun
- 1
masculineKikuyu
- 2
masculineKikuyu grass
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue parlée au Kenya et appartenant aux langues bantoues.
noun: 1. Herbe de pâturage des régions chaudes ^([1]). → voir kikouyou
adjective: 1. Qui est relatif aux Kikuyus, à leur culture, à leur territoire, etc.
noun: 1. Peuple d’Afrique, de la région des Grands Lacs.
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 kikuyu
- kikuyus plural
- kikouyou
- Kikuyus plural
- Kikouyou
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kikuyu?
- /ki.ku.ju/
- \ki.ku.ju\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kikuyu in French?
kikuyu appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).