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kiné

French, noun/ki.ne/

kiné is spelled K-I-N-É (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,520th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kiné is a French feminine noun meaning “physio (physiotherapist)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Kinésithérapeute”.

What does kiné mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialfemininemasculinephysio (physiotherapist)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Kinésithérapeute. 2. Kinésithérapie.

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 kiné

  • kinés plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce kiné?

  • /ki.ne/
  • \ki.ne\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to kiné

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is kiné in French?

kiné appears 1.7 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).

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