kiwi
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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 […]
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
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- → Catalan: kiwi
- → Dutch: kiwi
- → French: kiwi
- → German: Kiwi
- → Korean: 키위 (kiwi)
- → Polish: kiwi
- → Portuguese: quivi, quiuí, kiwi (unadapted)
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- kiwi (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- kiwifruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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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
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kiwi n (indeclinable)
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From Maori kiwi. The fruit is named after the bird.
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kiwi c (singular definite kiwien, plural indefinite kiwier)
- kiwi (bird)
- kiwi, kiwi fruit
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- (kiwi fruit): kiwifrugt
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- kiwi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Kiwier on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Kiwi (frugt) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
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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
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- kiwi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
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kiwi m (plural kiwis)
Further reading edit
- “kiwi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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kiwi m (plural kiwis)
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kiwi m (invariable)
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kiwi
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *kiu, from Proto-Oceanic *kiuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk (“cheep, peep”).
Noun edit
kiwi
- kiwi (bird)
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kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwier, definite plural kiwiene)
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kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwiar, definite plural kiwiane)
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kiwi m animal (indeclinable)
- kiwi (any ratite of the order Apterygiformes)
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kiwi n (indeclinable)
- kiwi (any tree of the genus Actinidia)
- kiwi, kiwi fruit (fruit of the kiwi)
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kiwi m (plural kiwis)
- Alternative form of quivi
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kiwi f (plural kiwi)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.
Pronunciation edit
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kiwi m (plural kiwis)
Further reading edit
- “kiwi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
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kiwi (n class, plural kiwi)
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kiwi c
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Declension of kiwi | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kiwi | kiwin | kiwier | kiwierna |
Genitive | kiwis | kiwins | kiwiers | kiwiernas |
See also edit
- kivi (bird)