kinois
French, adjective
kinois is spelled K-I-N-O-I-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kinois is a French adjective meaning “Kinshasan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kinois is a different word: “Kinshasan (native or inhabitant of Kinshasa)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif à Kinshasa ou à ses habitants”.
What does kinois mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Kinshasan
noun
- 1
masculineKinshasan (native or inhabitant of Kinshasa)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à Kinshasa ou à ses habitants.
noun: 1. Habitant ou originaire de Kinshasa (capitale de la République démocratique du Congo) ^([1]) ^([2]).
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 kinois
- kinoise feminine
- kinoises feminine plural
- Kinoise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is kinois in French?
kinois appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).