kir

See also: KIR and kir.

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French kir, named after Félix Kir, mayor of Dijon.

Noun

kir (plural kirs)

1. A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine.

Derived terms

• kir royal

Anagrams

• IKR, Kri, irk, rik

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

kir

1. first-person singular present indicative of kirren
2. imperative of kirren

Anagrams

• Rik

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Finnish

Etymology

From French kir

Noun

kir

1. kir

Declension

Inflection of kir (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		kir	kirit
genitive		kirin	kirien
partitive		kiriä	kirejä
illative		kiriin	kireihin
		singular	plural
nominative		kir	kirit
accusative	nom.	kir	kirit
	gen.	kirin
genitive		kirin	kirien
partitive		kiriä	kirejä
inessive		kirissä	kireissä
elative		kiristä	kireistä
illative		kiriin	kireihin
adessive		kirillä	kireillä
ablative		kiriltä	kireiltä
allative		kirille	kireille
essive		kirinä	kireinä
translative		kiriksi	kireiksi
instructive		—	kirein
abessive		kirittä	kireittä
comitative		—	kireineen

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French

Noun

kir m (plural kirs)

1. kir (beverage)

Further reading

• “kir” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Lojban

Rafsi

kir

1. rafsi of ckire.

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Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit कीट (kīṭa, “insect”). Compare कीड़ा (kīṛā, “bug, insect”).

Noun

kir f

1. ant

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Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic kir, from Proto-Turkic *kir (“dirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ciɾ]

Noun

kir (definite accusative kiri, plural kirler)

1. dirt

Declension

declension of kir

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	kir	kirler
definite accusative (belirtme)	kiri	kirleri
dative (yönelme)	kire	kirlere
locative (bulunma)	kirde	kirlerde
ablative (ayrılma)	kirden	kirlerden
genitive (tamlayan)	kirin	kirlerin

Synonyms

• pislik
• pasak

Derived terms

• kirlenmek
• kirletmek