krak
French, noun/kʁak/
krak is spelled K-R-A-K (4 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written French, the 121,051st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Krak is a French masculine noun meaning “crusader castle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forteresse des croisés en Palestine ou en Syrie”.
What does krak mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrusader castle
Le krak de Montréal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forteresse des croisés en Palestine ou en Syrie.
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 krak
- kraks plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce krak?
- /kʁak/
- \kʁak\
- [kʁak]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is krak in French?
krak appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).