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🇫🇷 French Word of the Day

kiffer

v.

[kife] kee-FAY

to love, to get a real kick out of something

Je kiffe trop cette chanson !I’m totally loving this song!
Il kiffe son nouveau quartier depuis le déménagement.He’s loved his new neighbourhood since the move.
Related words
  • adorer — to adore
  • le kif — pure pleasure, a treat
  • plaire — to appeal to

Borrowed from the Arabic ‘kif’ (pleasure) and popularised through French hip-hop, ‘kiffer’ means you don’t merely like something — you are properly delighted by it.

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