KFC

See also: kfc

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: kā ĕf sē
• IPA^(key): /keɪ ɛf siː/, [kʰeɪ ɛf siː]

Proper noun

KFC (countable and uncountable, plural KFCs)

1. KFC Corporation, an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken.
   • 2025 February 19, Jordan Valinsky, “KFC is leaving Kentucky”, in CNN Business‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 March 2025:

     Yum also recently announced that Taco Bell’s president will move over to KFC and serve as its CEO beginning next month.

2. (Vanuatu) Initialism of Kaikai Fried Chicken.
3. Initialism of Karipúna French Creole.

Noun

KFC (uncountable)

1. Initialism of Korean fried chicken.

Derived terms

• chickens for KFC

Translations

KFC Corporation

• Arabic: دِجَاجٌ كِنْتَاكِي (dijājun kintākī), كي إف سي, كي.ايف.سي. (Brunei, Malaysia)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 肯德基 (zh) (Kěndéjī)

• French: (Europe, Africa, New Brunswick, New England, Louisiana, Missouri) KFC, (Quebec) PFK
• Hindi: केएफसी (keephsī)
• Japanese: ケンタッキーフライドチキン (Kentakkī Furaido Chikin), ケンタッキー (Kentakkī), ケンタ (Kenta)
• Korean: 켄터키 프라이드 치킨 (Kenteoki peuraideu chikin), 켄터키 (Kenteoki)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کەی ئێف سی (key êf sî), مریشکی کنتاکی (mrîşkî kintakî)

• Lao: ເຄເອຟຊີ (khē ʼēp sī)
• Polish: KFC (pl) n
• Thai: เคเอฟซี (Khe Aef Sī)
• Uyghur: كېنتاكىي (këntakiy)
• Vietnamese: Gà Rán Kentucky

Further reading

• KFC Corporation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Karipúna French Creole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• KFC (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• f*ck, fck, CFK, FCK