kwaito
French, noun
kwaito is a French masculine noun meaning “kwaito” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Musique typique des townships en Afrique du Sud, mêlant hip-hop, house music et rythmes zoulous, très…”.
What does kwaito mean in English?
noun
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masculinekwaito
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Musique typique des townships en Afrique du Sud, mêlant hip-hop, house music et rythmes zoulous, très populaire dans les années 1990.
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.
How common is kwaito in French?
kwaito appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).