ska
French\ska\
ska is a French noun. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Genre musical jamaïcain avec des influences du mento et de R&B apparu à la fin des années 1950”; the English Wiktionary has no entry for it yet.
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Genre musical jamaïcain avec des influences du mento et de R&B apparu à la fin des années 1950.
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 do you pronounce ska?
- \ska\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ska
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ska in French?
ska appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).