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KFC en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [kʰeɪ ɛf siː]
  • kā ĕf sē
  • /keɪ ɛf siː/

Etymology

* (KFC Corporation): Initialism of Kentucky Fried Chicken, its historical name.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Korean fried chicken.

Deriveds

chickens for KFC

Translations (19)

fr PFK (KFC Corporation) · pl KFC (KFC Corporation) · ko 켄터키 (KFC Corporation) · ar كي.ايف.سي. (KFC Corporation) · hi केएफसी (KFC Corporation) · ar كي إف سي (KFC Corporation) · cmn 肯德基 (KFC Corporation) · ko 켄터키 프라이드 치킨 (KFC Corporation) · ja ケンタッキーフライドチキン (KFC Corporation) · fr KFC (KFC Corporation) · ja ケンタッキー (KFC Corporation) · lo ເຄເອຟຊີ (KFC Corporation) · ckb مریشکی کنتاکی (KFC Corporation) · ug كېنتاكىي (KFC Corporation) · ar دِجَاجٌ كِنْتَاكِي (KFC Corporation) · ja ケンタ (KFC Corporation) · vi Gà Rán Kentucky (KFC Corporation) · ckb کەی ئێف سی (KFC Corporation) · th เคเอฟซี (KFC Corporation)

Source: en.wiktionary, “KFC” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

KFC en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • [kʰeɪ ɛf siː]
  • kā ĕf sē
  • /keɪ ɛf siː/

Etymology

* (KFC Corporation): Initialism of Kentucky Fried Chicken, its historical name.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) KFC Corporation, an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken.
    • Yum also recently announced that Taco Bell’s president will move over to KFC and serve as its CEO beginning next month. 2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2025:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Kaikai Fried Chicken.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Karipúna French Creole.

Forms

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KFCs Number=Plur lexicographic