ko
French, noun/ki.lo.ɔk.tɛ/
ko is spelled K-O (2 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written French, the 9,803rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ko is a French masculine noun meaning “abbreviation of kilooctet (“kilobyte”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Configuration cyclique de pions, si fréquente que des règles spécifiques la traitent”.
What does ko mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of kilooctet (“kilobyte”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Configuration cyclique de pions, si fréquente que des règles spécifiques la traitent.
adjective: 1. Fatigué.
noun: 1. Knock-out.
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 ko
- kos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ko?
- /ki.lo.ɔk.tɛ/
- \ko\
- \ka.o\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ko
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ko in French?
ko appears 6.0 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).