kinkajou
French, noun/kɛ̃.ka.ʒu/
kinkajou is spelled K-I-N-K-A-J-O-U (8 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written French, the 267,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kinkajou is a French masculine noun meaning “kinkajou” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom vernaculaire de Proto flavus, petit mammifère de la famille des Procyonidés arboricole et nocturne de la…”.
What does kinkajou mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekinkajou
- 2
masculineobsoletewolverine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom vernaculaire de Proto flavus, petit mammifère de la famille des Procyonidés arboricole et nocturne de la forêt tropicale des Guyanes, de l’Amazonie, des Andes et de l’Amérique centrale..
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 kinkajou
- kinkajous plural
- kincajou alternative
- quincajou alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kinkajou?
- /kɛ̃.ka.ʒu/
- \kɛ̃.ka.ʒu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kinkajou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kinkajou in French?
kinkajou appears about once in every 72 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).