kimchi
French, noun/kimt.ʃi/
kimchi is spelled K-I-M-C-H-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 75,533rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kimchi is a French masculine noun meaning “kimchi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mets traditionnel coréen composé de piments et de légumes fermentés à l’ail, souvent à base de chou chinois”.
What does kimchi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekimchi
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mets traditionnel coréen composé de piments et de légumes fermentés à l’ail, souvent à base de chou chinois.
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 kimchi
- kimchis plural
- gimchi
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kimchi?
- /kimt.ʃi/
- \kim.ʃi\
- \kim.tʃi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kimchi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kimchi in French?
kimchi appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).