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koi

French, pronoun

koi is spelled K-O-I (3 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Koi is a French neuter pronoun meaning “alternative spelling of quoi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, koï is a different word: “koi (domesticated varieties of the common carp)”.

What does koi mean in English?

pronoun

  1. 1

    neuteralternative spelling of quoi

noun

as koï
  1. 1

    masculinekoi (domesticated varieties of the common carp)

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Autre orthographe de koï (race de carpe du Japon, aussi appelée carpe japonaise).

adverb: 1. Quoi.

adjective: 1. Race de carpe du Japon.

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 koi

  • koïs plural
  • coi alternative
  • coï alternative
  • koi alternative
  • koï

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

English words that translate to koi

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

How common is koi in French?

koi appears 1.1 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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