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qat

French, noun\kat\

qat is a French masculine noun meaning “khat; qat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Arbuste (Catha edulis) de l’Afrique orientale et de la péninsule arabique”.

What does qat mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinekhat; qat

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

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Arbuste (Catha edulis) de l’Afrique orientale et de la péninsule arabique. 2. Feuilles de cet arbuste, mâchées pour leur effet stimulant et euphorisant.

noun: 1. Variante de qat.

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 qat

  • qats plural
  • khat alternative
  • cat
  • kat
  • qât
  • qâts plural

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

How do you pronounce qat?

  • \kat\
  • \kɑt\

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

English words that translate to qat

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

How common is qat in French?

qat appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).