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KFC

/keɪ ɛf siː/

KFC proper noun: KFC Corporation, an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken. Also the initialism of Kaikai Fried Chicken.

Proper noun

KFC (countable and uncountable, plural KFCs)

  1. 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

Also used as

KFC is also the initialism of Kaikai Fried Chicken.

KFC is also the initialism of Karipúna French Creole.

KFC is also the initialism of Korean fried chicken.

KFC meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Thai and Vietnamese

KFC in Hindi

KFC Corporation
केएफसी keephsī

KFC in Arabic

KFC Corporation
دِجَاجٌ كِنْتَاكِي dijājun kintākī, كي إف سي, كي.ايف.سي.

KFC in Thai

KFC Corporation
เคเอฟซี Khe Aef Sī

KFC in Vietnamese

KFC Corporation
Gà Rán Kentucky

Forms of KFC

pluralKFCs

Origin of KFC

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

Words formed from KFC

Questions about KFC

What does KFC mean?
KFC means KFC Corporation, an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken.
What is KFC in Hindi?
KFC in Hindi is केएफसी (keephsī). See KFC meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is KFC?
KFC is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce KFC?
KFC is pronounced /keɪ ɛf siː/.

Words near KFC in the dictionary

  1. KF
  2. KF94
  3. KF94s
  4. Kfar Aza
  5. KFAS
  6. KFC
  7. KFCB
  8. KFCer
  9. KFCers
  10. KFCs
  11. KFer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: KFC (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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