haiku
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Japanese 俳句 (はいく, haiku).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
haiku (plural haiku or haikus)
- A Japanese poem of a specific form, consisting of three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
- 2009 January 25, Colin Moynihan, “A Project Documents Inauguration Day, in Washington and Across the Globe”:
- Some of the results resemble haikus.
- 2009 January 25, Colin Moynihan, “A Project Documents Inauguration Day, in Washington and Across the Globe”:
- A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.
- Haiku, a poem
- five beats, then seven, then five
- ends as it began.
- Plural form of haiku
Derived terms [edit]
- mathemaku (rare)
- pseudohaiku
Translations [edit]
Japanese poem of a specific form
poem of similar structure
Synonyms [edit]
See also [edit]
- A senryū is a short humorous poem that is similar to the haiku.
Finnish [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Noun [edit]
haiku
- A puff, whiff (act of inhaling tobacco smoke); often used in plural in this sense.
- A puff, whiff, puff of smoke, whiff of smoke (small quantity of smoke in the air).
- Ilmassa on vähän haikua.
- There's a whiff of smoke in the air.
- Ilmassa on vähän haikua.
- (poetic) smoke
- Tänne ihminen katoaa huomaamattomaksi, kuin tuo nuotion mitätön haiku iltataivaalle.
- Here a man vanishes into nothingness, like that tiny strand of smoke from the campfire to the evening sky.
- Tänne ihminen katoaa huomaamattomaksi, kuin tuo nuotion mitätön haiku iltataivaalle.
Declension [edit]
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Declension of haiku (type valo)
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Synonyms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From Japanese 俳句 (haiku).
Noun [edit]
haiku
- A haiku (type of Japanese poem; any poem written in haiku style).
Declension [edit]
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Declension of haiku (type valo)
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Anagrams [edit]
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Japanese
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -u
Noun [edit]
haiku m (invariable)
Spanish [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English haiku, from Japanese 俳句 (はいく (haiku)).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈai̯.ku/
Noun [edit]
haiku m (plural haikus)