Kiribati
See also: kiribatí
English
Etymology
From Gilbertese Kiribati, from English Gilberts adapted to Gilbertese phonotactics, a shortening of Gilbert Islands. First entry in the Dictionnaire gilbertin-français of Ernest Sabatier (1954).
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɪrəbɑːti/, /ˈkɪrəbæs/
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkiː.ɹɪ.bæs/, /kiː.ɹɪˈbæs/, /ˌkiː.ɹɪˈbɑs/, /ˌkiː.ɹɪˈbɑ.ti/
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Proper noun
Kiribati
- A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Kiribati. Capital and largest city: South Tarawa.
- The Micronesian language spoken in Kiribati.
Synonyms
- (language): Gilbertese
Related terms
Translations
Republic of Kiribati
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language — see Gilbertese
See also
- South Tarawa
- Countries of the world
Further reading
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania; capital: Suid-Tarawa)
Derived terms
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɪrɪbatɪ]
Proper noun
Kiribati n (indeclinable, related adjective kiribatský, demonym Kiribaťan)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Further reading
- Kiribati in Internetová jazyková příručka
Danish
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Related terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌki.ri.ba.ˈti/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti
Proper noun
Kiribati n
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiriˈb̥ɑˑti/, [kiriˈb̥ɑˑtʲi]
- Rhymes: -ɑˑti
- Hyphenation: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti
Proper noun
Kiribati (genitive Kiribati, partitive Kiribatit)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
| Declension of Kiribati (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Kiribati | — | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | Kiribati | ||
| genitive | — | ||
| partitive | Kiribatit | — | |
| illative | Kiribatti Kiribatisse |
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| inessive | Kiribatis | — | |
| elative | Kiribatist | — | |
| allative | Kiribatile | — | |
| adessive | Kiribatil | — | |
| ablative | Kiribatilt | — | |
| translative | Kiribatiks | — | |
| terminative | Kiribatini | — | |
| essive | Kiribatina | — | |
| abessive | Kiribatita | — | |
| comitative | Kiribatiga | — | |
Derived terms
- kiribati soomuskukk
Faroese
Etymology
From Gilbertese Kiribati, based on the Gilbertese pronunciation of English Gilberts, a shortening of Gilbert Islands.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌki.ɹiˈpɑː.ti/
Proper noun
Kiribati n
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Finnish
Etymology
From Gilbertese Kiribati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiribɑti/, [ˈk̟iriˌbɑ̝t̪i]
- Rhymes: -ɑti
- Syllabification(key): Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
| Inflection of Kiribati (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Kiribati | — | ||
| genitive | Kiribatin | — | ||
| partitive | Kiribatia | — | ||
| illative | Kiribatiin | — | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | Kiribati | — | ||
| accusative | nom. | Kiribati | — | |
| gen. | Kiribatin | |||
| genitive | Kiribatin | — | ||
| partitive | Kiribatia | — | ||
| inessive | Kiribatissa | — | ||
| elative | Kiribatista | — | ||
| illative | Kiribatiin | — | ||
| adessive | Kiribatilla | — | ||
| ablative | Kiribatilta | — | ||
| allative | Kiribatille | — | ||
| essive | Kiribatina | — | ||
| translative | Kiribatiksi | — | ||
| abessive | Kiribatitta | — | ||
| instructive | — | — | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Derived terms
- kiribatilainen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.ʁi.ba.ti/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Kiribati f pl (plural only)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Usage notes
Although many scholarly resources argue that this is a feminine plural noun, popular usage often refers to this noun in the masculine singular.
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Kiribati n (proper noun, genitive Kiribatis or (optionally with an article) Kiribati)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
Derived terms
Gilbertese
Etymology
Borrowed from English Gilberts, a shortened name of the Gilbert Islands, adapted to Gilbertese phonotactics.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.ɾi.bæ.si/
Proper noun
i-Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkiribɒti]
- Hyphenation: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti
- Rhymes: -ti
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania; official name: Kiribati Köztársaság)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Kiribati | — |
| accusative | Kiribatit | — |
| dative | Kiribatinak | — |
| instrumental | Kiribatival | — |
| causal-final | Kiribatiért | — |
| translative | Kiribativá | — |
| terminative | Kiribatiig | — |
| essive-formal | Kiribatiként | — |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Kiribatiban | — |
| superessive | Kiribatin | — |
| adessive | Kiribatinál | — |
| illative | Kiribatiba | — |
| sublative | Kiribatira | — |
| allative | Kiribatihoz | — |
| elative | Kiribatiból | — |
| delative | Kiribatiról | — |
| ablative | Kiribatitól | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
Kiribatié | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
Kiribatiéi | — |
| Possessive forms of Kiribati | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Kiribatim | — |
| 2nd person sing. | Kiribatid | — |
| 3rd person sing. | Kiribatija | — |
| 1st person plural | Kiribatink | — |
| 2nd person plural | Kiribatitok | — |
| 3rd person plural | Kiribatijuk | — |
Derived terms
- kiribati (“Kiribatian”)
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.riˈba.ti/[1]
- Rhymes: -ati
- Hyphenation: Ki‧ri‧bà‧ti
Proper noun
Kiribati f pl (plural only)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
See also
References
- Kiribati in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Related terms
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Gilbertese Kiribati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.riˈba.ti/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ati
- Syllabification: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti
Proper noun
Kiribati n (indeclinable)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
adjective
- kiribatyjski
nouns
- Kiribatyjczyk
- Kiribatyjka
Further reading
- Kiribati in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Quiribati, Quiribáti
Proper noun
Kiribati m
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Romanian
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Kiribati n
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiɾiˈbati/ [ki.ɾiˈβ̞a.t̪i]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ati
- Syllabification: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti
Proper noun
Kiribati ?
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Derived terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Kiribati n (genitive Kiribatis)
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Turkish
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Declension
declension of Kiribati
Possession of Kiribati
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| benim (my) | Kiribati'm | Kiribatilerim / Kiribati'lerim |
| senin (your) | Kiribati'n | Kiribatilerin / Kiribati'lerin |
| onun (his/her/its) | Kiribati'si | Kiribatileri / Kiribati'leri |
| bizim (our) | Kiribati'miz | Kiribatilerimiz / Kiribati'lerimiz |
| sizin (your) | Kiribati'niz | Kiribatileriniz / Kiribati'leriniz |
| onların (their) | Kiribati'si / Kiribatileri / Kiribati'leri | Kiribatileri / Kiribati'leri |
Derived terms
- Kiribatili
See also
- (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda
Turkmen
Proper noun
Kiribati
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
Yoruba
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kī.ɾī.bá.tì/
Proper noun
Kiribátì
- Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)
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