haiku

See also haïku, haikú, and Haiku

English

WOTD – 23 October 2009    

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Etymology

From Japanese 俳句 (はいく, haiku).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhaɪ.kuː/
• (US) IPA: /ˈhaɪ.ku/, /haɪˈku/

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Noun

haiku (plural haiku or haikus)

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Plural form of haiku

Derived terms

• mathemaku (rare)
• pseudohaiku

Translations

Japanese poem of a specific form

• Arabic: هايكو (ar) (hayku) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俳句 (cmn) (páijù)

• Danish: haiku (da) n and c
• Finnish: haiku (fi)
• French: haïku (fr) m
• German: Haiku (de) n
• Icelandic: hæka (is) f

• Ido: haiko (io)
• Japanese: 俳句 (ja) (はいく, haiku)
• Korean: 하이쿠 (ko) (haiku)
• Malay: haiku (ms)
• Marathi: हाइकु (mr) (hāiku) f
• Norwegian: haiku (no) m
• Polish: haiku (pl)
• Russian: хайку (ru) (xájku) n, хокку (ru) (xókku) n
• Spanish: haiku (es) m, haikú (es) m

poem of similar structure

• Arabic: هايكو (ar) (hayku) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俳句 (cmn) (páijù)

• Danish: haiku (da) n and c
• Finnish: haiku (fi)
• French: haïku (fr) m

• German: Haiku (de) n
• Icelandic: hæka (is) f
• Japanese: 俳句 (ja) (はいく, haiku)
• Korean: 하이쿠 (ko) (haiku)
• Malay: haiku (ms)
• Norwegian: haiku (no) m
• Russian: хайку (ru) (xájku) n, хокку (ru) (xókku) n

Synonyms

• hokku

See also

• A senryū is a short humorous poem that is similar to the haiku.

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

haiku

1. A puff, whiff (act of inhaling tobacco smoke); often used in plural in this sense.
2. 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.
3. (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.

Declension

Declension of haiku (type valo) singular plural nominative haiku haiut genitive haiun haikujen partitive haikua haikuja accusative haiku haiun haiut inessive haiussa haiuissa elative haiusta haiuista illative haikuun haikuihin adessive haiulla haiuilla ablative haiulta haiuilta allative haiulle haiuille essive haikuna haikuina translative haiuksi haiuiksi instructive – haiuin abessive haiutta haiuitta comitative – haikuineen

Synonyms

• savu, savut

Etymology 2

From Japanese 俳句 (haiku).

Noun

haiku

1. A haiku (type of Japanese poem; any poem written in haiku style).

Declension

Declension of haiku (type valo) singular plural nominative haiku haikut genitive haikun haikujen partitive haikua haikuja accusative haiku haikun haikut inessive haikussa haikuissa elative haikusta haikuista illative haikuun haikuihin adessive haikulla haikuilla ablative haikulta haikuilta allative haikulle haikuille essive haikuna haikuina translative haikuksi haikuiksi instructive – haikuin abessive haikutta haikuitta comitative – haikuineen

Anagrams

• hauki, hiuka, kuhia, uhkia

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Italian

Etymology

Japanese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

haiku m (invariable)

1. haiku

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• haikú

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From English haiku, from Japanese 俳句 (はいく (haiku)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈai̯.ku/

Noun

haiku m (plural haikus)

1. haiku