quai
French, noun/ke/
quai is spelled Q-U-A-I (4 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,565th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quai is a French masculine noun meaning “quay, wharf” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Levée ordinairement revêtue de pierres de taille et faite le long d’une rivière ou d’un canal, pour rendre le…”.
What does quai mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequay, wharf
- 2
masculineplatform (of a station)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Levée ordinairement revêtue de pierres de taille et faite le long d’une rivière ou d’un canal, pour rendre le chemin praticable et pour empêcher le débordement de l’eau. 2. Rivage d’un port de mer, qui sert pour le chargement et le déchargement des marchandises. 3. Trottoir d’embarquement dans une gare de chemin de fer.
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 quai
- quais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quai?
- /ke/
- /kɛ/
- \kɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quai in French?
quai appears 16 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).