caqui

See also: cáqui

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈka.ki]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English khaki.

Adjective

caqui

1. khaki (dust-coloured)

Noun

caqui m (plural caquis)

1. khaki (the colour of dust)
2. khaki (a strong cloth of wool or cotton)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 柿 (kaki) or from the Linnean name (Diospyros) kaki, from the same origin.

Noun

caqui m (plural caquis)

1. persimmon (Diospyros kaki (Asian) or Diospyros virginiana (North America))

Derived terms

• caquier

Further reading

• “caqui”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaki/

Verb

caqui

1. (transitive) hear; listen to
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 113r:

     Eſcuchar como quiera. nitla,caqui. nino,nacazquetza.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • ibid., f. 183v

     Oyr como quiera. nitla,caqui.

2. (transitive) understand
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca un vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 106v:

     Entender algo. nitla,ca qui.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• Wolgemuth, Carl et al. (2002), Diccionario náhuatl de los municipios de Mecayapan y Tatahuicapan de Juárez, Veracruz‎^[1], 2nd electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 118, 168, 217, 232, 233, 249

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaki/ [ˈkɑ.ki]
• Rhymes: -aki
• Hyphenation: ca‧qui

Noun

caqui m (plural caquis)

1. persimmon

Muzo

Adjective

caqui

1. great, large

References

• Napoleón Peralta Barrera, El país de los muzos (1998)
• Noticias culturales, issues 144-179 (1973), page 15

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 柿 (kaki).

Alternative forms

• cáqui
• caquí (1931 spelling)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈki/

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ca‧qui

Noun

caqui m (plural caquis)

1. (Brazil) persimmon (fruit)

   Synonym: (Portugal) dióspiro

Related terms

• caquizeiro

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Kacki

Etymology 2

Adjective

caqui m or f (plural caquis)

1. Portugal form of cáqui

Noun

caqui m (plural caquis)

1. Portugal form of cáqui

Further reading

• “caqui”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “caqui”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaki/ [ˈka.ki]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: ca‧qui

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 柿 (kaki).

Noun

caqui m (plural caquis)

1. persimmon (fruit)
2. persimmon (tree)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English khaki.

Noun

caqui m (plural caquis)

1. khaki (color)

Further reading

• “caqui”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025