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knock-out

French, noun/knok.a.ut/

knock-out is spelled K-N-O-C-K-O-U-T (8 letters). Knock-out is a French masculine noun meaning “knockout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mise hors combat”.

What does knock-out mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineknockout

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Mise hors combat. 2. Modification génétique pratiquée sur les cellules souches embryonnaires.

adjective: 1. Mis hors combat. 2. Très fatigué.

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 knock-out

  • knock-outs plural

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

How do you pronounce knock-out?

  • /knok.a.ut/
  • dated /nɔk.awt/
  • \nɔk.awt\

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

English words that translate to knock-out

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

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