kiwi
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkiːwi/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -iːwi
Noun
[edit]kiwi (countable and uncountable, plural kiwi or kiwis)
- A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
- Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“person from New Zealand”).
- (informal) A New Zealand dollar.
- A kiwi fruit.
- (uncountable) A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi fruit flesh (also called kiwi green).
- kiwi:
- (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 […]
- (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
- 1995, “Wynona's Big Brown Beaver”, performed by Primus:
- Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans and he travelled with the carnival shows
He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars and he candied up his nose
He got wind of the big brown beaver so he thought he'd take himself a peek
But the beaver was quick and he grabbed him by the kiwis
And he ain't pissed for a week (and a half)
Usage notes
[edit]- When used to describe people, Kiwi is usually capitalised.
- The plural is usually kiwis; sometimes, kiwi is found as an (invariant) plural form.
Synonyms
[edit]- (flightless bird): apteryx
- (kiwi fruit): Chinese gooseberry (dated), kiwi fruit
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: kiwi
- → Dutch: kiwi
- → French: kiwi
- → German: Kiwi
- → Korean: 키위 (kiwi)
- → Polish: kiwi
- → Portuguese: quivi, quiuí, kiwi (unadapted)
Translations
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- kiwi (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- kiwifruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi m (plural kiwis)
Further reading
[edit]- “kiwi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: ki‧wi
Noun
[edit]kiwi
- a kiwi fruit
- a kiwi; a flightless bird of the genus Apteryx
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Maori kiwi. The fruit is named after the bird.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi n (indeclinable)
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Maori kiwi. The fruit is named after the bird.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi c (singular definite kiwien, plural indefinite kiwier)
- kiwi (bird)
- kiwi, kiwi fruit
Inflection
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (kiwi fruit): kiwifrugt
Further reading
[edit]- kiwi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Kiwier on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Kiwi (frugt) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi m (plural kiwi's, diminutive kiwietje n)
- kiwi (bird of the genus Apteryx)
- kiwi plant, Actinidia deliciosa syn. Actinidia chinensis var. hispida
- kiwi fruit, kiwi
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- kiwi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi m (plural kiwis)
Further reading
[edit]- “kiwi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
[edit]Galician
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi m (plural kiwis)
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi m (invariable)
Derived terms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]kiwi
Maori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *kiu, from Proto-Oceanic *kiuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk (“cheep, peep”), probably onomatopoeic for the bird's cry.
Noun
[edit]kiwi
- kiwi (bird)
Descendants
[edit]- → English: kiwi
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwier, definite plural kiwiene)
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwiar, definite plural kiwiane)
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi m animal (indeclinable)
- kiwi (any ratite of the order Apterygiformes)
Noun
[edit]kiwi n (indeclinable)
- kiwi (any tree of the genus Actinidia)
- kiwi, kiwi fruit (fruit of the kiwi)
Further reading
[edit]- kiwi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kiwi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- kiwi in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]kiwi m (plural kiwis)
- Alternative form of quivi
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi f (plural kiwi)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | kiwi | kiwiul | kiwi | kiwile | |
genitive-dative | kiwi | kiwii | kiwi | kiwilor |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi m (plural kiwis)
Further reading
[edit]- “kiwi”, 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
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi class IX (plural kiwi class X)
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]kiwi c
Declension
[edit]See also
[edit]- kivi (bird)
References
[edit]- English terms borrowed from Maori
- English terms derived from Maori
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/iːwi
- Rhymes:English/iːwi/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- English informal terms
- en:Military
- English slang
- English terms with quotations
- en:New Zealand
- en:People
- en:Ratites
- Catalan terms borrowed from English
- Catalan terms derived from English
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan terms spelled with K
- Catalan terms spelled with W
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Fruits
- ca:Ratites
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Maori
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Ratites
- ceb:Fruits
- Czech terms borrowed from Maori
- Czech terms derived from Maori
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech indeclinable nouns
- Czech terms spelled with W
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Ericales order plants
- cs:Fruits
- Danish terms derived from Maori
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish terms spelled with W
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Birds
- da:Fruits
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Ratites
- nl:Ericales order plants
- nl:Fruits
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French terms spelled with K
- French terms spelled with W
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Fruits
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician terms spelled with K
- Galician terms spelled with W
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Fruits
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/iwi
- Rhymes:Italian/iwi/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian terms spelled with K
- Italian terms spelled with W
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Ratites
- it:Fruits
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori onomatopoeias
- Maori lemmas
- Maori nouns
- mi:Ratites
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with W
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with W
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Polish terms derived from Maori
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ivi
- Rhymes:Polish/ivi/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish animal nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Ericales order plants
- pl:Fruits
- pl:Ratites
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese terms spelled with W
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian terms spelled with K
- Romanian terms spelled with W
- Romanian feminine nouns
- ro:Ratites
- Spanish terms borrowed from English
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish terms derived from Maori
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/iwi
- Rhymes:Spanish/iwi/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- Spanish terms spelled with W
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Birds
- es:Fruits
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class IX nouns
- sw:Fruits
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish terms spelled with W
- Swedish common-gender nouns