kiwi

Borrowed from Maori kiwi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːwi/

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• Rhymes: -iːwi

kiwi (countable and uncountable, plural kiwi or kiwis)

1. A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“person from New Zealand”).
3. (informal) A New Zealand dollar.
4. A kiwi fruit.
5. (uncountable) A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi fruit flesh (also called kiwi green).

   kiwi:  

6. (military, slang) A member of the air force who does not fly.
   • 1953, Air Force: Official Service Journal of the U.S. Army Air Forces:

     And as its role grew in importance, ground commanders, or kiwis as they were called, made many mistakes in judgment […]

• When used to describe people, Kiwi is usually capitalised.
• The plural is usually kiwis; sometimes, kiwi is found as an (invariant) plural form.

• (flightless bird): apteryx
• (kiwi fruit): Chinese gooseberry (dated), kiwi fruit

• Kiwi

• → Catalan: kiwi
• → Dutch: kiwi
• → French: kiwi
• → German: Kiwi
• → Korean: 키위 (kiwi)
• → Polish: kiwi
• → Portuguese: quivi, quiuí, kiwi (unadapted)

• roroa
• rowi
• tokoeka

• kiwi (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kiwifruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Wiki, wiki

Borrowed from English kiwi.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈki.wi]

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. kiwi (bird)
2. kiwi (fruit)

   Synonym: actinídia

• “kiwi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

• Hyphenation: ki‧wi

kiwi

1. a kiwi fruit
2. a kiwi; a flightless bird of the genus Apteryx

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪvɪ]

kiwi n (indeclinable)

1. kiwi, kiwi fruit

From Maori kiwi. The fruit is named after the bird.

• IPA^(key): /kiːvi/, [ˈkʰiːvi]

kiwi c (singular definite kiwien, plural indefinite kiwier)

1. kiwi (bird)
2. kiwi, kiwi fruit

• (kiwi fruit): kiwifrugt

• kiwi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Kiwier on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Kiwi (frugt) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• wiki

Borrowed from English kiwi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ʋi/

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• Hyphenation: ki‧wi

kiwi m (plural kiwi's, diminutive kiwietje n)

1. kiwi (bird of the genus Apteryx)
2. kiwi plant, Actinidia deliciosa syn. Actinidia chinensis var. hispida
3. kiwi fruit, kiwi

• kiwi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

• wiki

• IPA^(key): /ki.wi/

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kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. kiwi; kiwi fruit

• “kiwi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• wiki

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. kiwi fruit

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.wi/

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• Rhymes: -iwi
• Hyphenation: kì‧wi

kiwi m (invariable)

1. kiwi fruit
2. kiwi

• kiwi australe
• kiwi bruno

kiwi

1. Rōmaji transcription of キウィ

From Proto-Polynesian *kiu, from Proto-Oceanic *kiuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk (“cheep, peep”), probably onomatopoeic for the bird's cry.

kiwi

1. kiwi (bird)

• → English: kiwi
  • → Catalan: kiwi
  • → Dutch: kiwi
  • → French: kiwi
  • → German: Kiwi
  • → Korean: 키위 (kiwi)
  • → Polish: kiwi
  • → Portuguese: quivi, quiuí, kiwi (unadapted)

• IPA^(key): /kiːʋi/

kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwier, definite plural kiwiene)

1. kiwi fruit

• IPA^(key): /kiːʋi/

kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwiar, definite plural kiwiane)

1. kiwi fruit

Borrowed from English kiwi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.vi/

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• Rhymes: -ivi
• Syllabification: ki‧wi

kiwi m animal (indeclinable)

1. kiwi (any ratite of the order Apterygiformes)

kiwi n (indeclinable)

1. kiwi (any tree of the genus Actinidia)
2. kiwi, kiwi fruit (fruit of the kiwi)

• kiwi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kiwi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• kiwi in PWN's encyclopedia

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. Alternative form of quivi

Borrowed from French kiwi.

kiwi f (plural kiwi)

1. kiwi

Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiwi/ [ˈki.wi]
• Rhymes: -iwi
• Syllabification: ki‧wi

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. kiwi (bird)
2. kiwi (fruit)

• “kiwi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• Audio (Kenya)

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kiwi (n class, plural kiwi)

1. kiwi fruit

kiwi c

1. a kiwi (fruit)

   Synonym: kiwifrukt

• kivi (bird)

• kiwi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kiwi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)