combi
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of combination.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɒmbi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒmbi
Noun
[edit]combi (plural combis or combies)
- (aviation) An aircraft adapted to carry either cargo or passengers, or both at once.
- (attributively) Combination.
- My old combi boiler broke down.
- A combination boiler.
- (South Africa) Alternative form of kombi
Derived terms
[edit]Dutch
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Volkswagen_T5_-_Belgian_Police.jpg/220px-Volkswagen_T5_-_Belgian_Police.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Either shortened from combinatiewagen or combinatie, or borrowed from German Kombi, used in Volkswagen Kombi (whence also Afrikaans kombi and South African English kombi).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]combi m (plural combi's, diminutive combieke n)
- combination, combi
- minivan, kombi
- Synonym: combinatiewagen
- (Belgium) police van
References
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]combi n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit] declension of combi (singular only)
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]combi m (plural combis)
Further reading
[edit]- “combi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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