combi

See also: Combi and combi-

English

Etymology

Clipping of combination.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmbi/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmbi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒmbi

Noun

combi (plural combis or combies)

1. (aviation) An aircraft adapted to carry either cargo or passengers, or both at once.
2. (attributively) Combination.

   My old combi boiler broke down.

3. A combination boiler.
   • 2013 July 9, Adrian, “Re: OT Are all heating engineers touchy?”, in uk.d-i-y‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The combi at our last place was just fine for rads and showers. The biggest restriction was the speed of filling the bath...

4. (South Africa) Alternative form of kombi

Derived terms

• combi deck

Dutch

police combi in Belgium

Etymology

Either shortened from combinatiewagen or combinatie, or borrowed from German Kombi, used in Volkswagen Kombi (whence also Afrikaans kombi and South African English kombi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔm.bi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: com‧bi

Noun

combi m (plural combi's, diminutive combieke n)

1. combination, combi
2. minivan, kombi

   Synonym: combinatiewagen

3. (Belgium) police van

References

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kombi.

Noun

combi n (uncountable)

1. station wagon

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	combi	combiul
genitive-dative	combi	combiului
vocative	combiule

Spanish

Noun

combi m (plural combis)

1. (Latin America) minivan

Further reading

• “combi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10