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English

A brown kiwi (Apteryx australis).
Kiwi fruit.

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːwi/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːwi

Noun

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 […]

Usage notes

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

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Descendants

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

Translations

kiwi fruit — see kiwi fruit

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Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi.

Pronunciation

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. kiwi (bird)
  2. kiwi (fruit)
    Synonym: actinídia

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ki‧wi

Noun

kiwi

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

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

kiwi n (indeclinable)

  1. kiwi, kiwi fruit

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

kiwi c (singular definite kiwien, plural indefinite kiwier)

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

Inflection

Declension of kiwi
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kiwi kiwien kiwier kiwierne
genitive kiwis kiwiens kiwiers kiwiernes

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Further reading

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Dutch

Actinidia deliciosa

Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈki.ʋi/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ki‧wi

Noun

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr
Des kiwis.

Pronunciation

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. kiwi; kiwi fruit

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. kiwi fruit

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Pronunciation

Noun

kiwi m (invariable)

  1. kiwi fruit
  2. kiwi

Derived terms

Japanese

Romanization

kiwi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of キウィ

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kiu, from Proto-Oceanic *kiuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk (“cheep, peep”).

Noun

kiwi

  1. kiwi (bird)

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. kiwi fruit

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. kiwi fruit

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
kiwi (#1.1)
kiwi (#2.2)

Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi.

Pronunciation

Noun

kiwi m animal (indeclinable)

  1. kiwi (any ratite of the order Apterygiformes)

Noun

kiwi n (indeclinable)

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

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. Alternative form of quivi

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French kiwi.

Noun

kiwi f (plural kiwi)

  1. kiwi

Declension

Declension of kiwi
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) kiwi kiwiul (niște) kiwi kiwile
genitive/dative (unei) kiwi kiwii (unor) kiwi kiwilor
vocative — —

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiwi/
  • Rhymes: -iwi
  • Syllabification: ki‧wi

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

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

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kiwi (n class, plural kiwi)

  1. kiwi fruit

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun

kiwi c

  1. a kiwi (fruit)
    Synonym: kiwifrukt

Declension

Declension of kiwi 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kiwi kiwin kiwier kiwierna
Genitive kiwis kiwins kiwiers kiwiernas

See also

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia