kiwi

See also: Kiwi

English

A brown kiwi (Apteryx australis).

Kiwi fruit.

Etymology

From Maori kiwi.

Noun

kiwi (plural kiwis)

1. A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
2. A person from New Zealand - (preferably Kiwi).
3. A New Zealand dollar.
4. A kiwi fruit - not used in New Zealand where the full name is used.

Usage notes

• Spelling of the word Kiwi, when used to describe the people, is capitalised, and takes the plural form 'Kiwis'. The bird's name is spelled with a lower-case k and given the standard plural 'kiwis' in dictionaries. Thus, 'two Kiwis' refers to two people, whereas 'two kiwis' refers to two birds. Some people prefer to use 'kiwi', on the basis that the word originates from Maori. This is dubious because the vast majority of the words in English coming from foreign languages have standard plurals.

Synonyms

• (kiwi fruit): Chinese gooseberry (dated), kiwi fruit

Translations

bird

• Arabic: كيوي m (kiwi)

  Egyptian Arabic: كيوي m (kiwi)

• Catalan: kiwi m
• Cherokee: ᎩᏫ-ᏥᏍᏆ (giwi-tsisqua)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無翼鳥, 无翼鸟 (zh) (wúyìniǎo), 鷸鴕, 鹬鸵 (yùtuó), 幾維鳥, 几维鸟 (zh) (jī wéi niǎo)

• Czech: kivi (cs) n
• Danish: kiwi
• Dutch: kiwi (nl) m
• Esperanto: apterigedo
• Finnish: kiivi (fi)
• French: kiwi (fr) m
• German: Kiwi (de) m

• Irish: cíobhaí m
• Italian: kiwi (it) m
• Japanese: キーウィ (ja) (kiwi)
• Lithuanian: kivis
• Macedonian: киви n (kívi)
• Navajo: tsídii biyęęzhtsohígíí
• Norwegian: kivi

  Nynorsk: kivi

• Polish: kiwi (pl)
• Portuguese: quivi (pt) m, kiwi (pt) m
• Romanian: kiwi (ro) m
• Russian: киви (ru) f (kívi)
• Spanish: kiwi (es) m
• Swedish: kivi (sv) n
• Turkish: kivi (tr)

kiwi fruit — see kiwi fruit

Related terms

• Kiwi

References

• Wikipedia article on the kiwi (bird)
• Wikipedia article on the kiwi fruit

Anagrams

• wiki

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Czech

Noun

kiwi n

1. kiwi, kiwi fruit

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Danish

Etymology

From Maori kiwi. The fruit is named after the bird.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːvi/, [ˈkʰiːvi]

Noun

kiwi c (singular definite kiwien, plural indefinite kiwier)

1. kiwi (bird)
2. kiwi, kiwi fruit

Inflection

Inflection of kiwi

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kiwi	kiwien	kiwier	kiwierne
genitive	kiwis	kiwiens	kiwiers	kiwiernes

Synonyms

• (kiwi fruit): kiwifrugt

External links

• Kiwi on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
• Kiwier on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Kiwier
• Kiwi (frugt) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:Kiwi (frugt)

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwi's, diminutive kiwietje n)

1. kiwi (bird)
2. kiwi fruit, kiwi

Anagrams

• wiki

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Des kiwis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Montreal, Canada)

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Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. kiwi; kiwi fruit

Anagrams

• wiki

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Galician

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. kiwi fruit

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

kiwi m (invariable)

1. kiwi fruit
2. kiwi

Derived terms

• kiwi australe
• kiwi bruno

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Maori

Etymology

An onomatopœia of the birds' call

Noun

kiwi

1. kiwi (bird)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːʋi/

Noun

kiwi m (definite singular kiwien; indefinite plural kiwier; definite plural kiwiene)

1. kiwi fruit

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːʋi/

Noun

kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwiar, definite plural kiwiane)

1. kiwi fruit

Polish

Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA^(key): [ˈcivi]

Noun

kiwi m

1. kiwi (bird)

kiwi n

1. kiwi (fruit)

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiwi/

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. kiwi (bird)
2. kiwi (fruit)