kiwi
English[edit]


Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi (plural kiwi or kiwis)
- A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
- Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (person from New Zealand).
- (informal) A New Zealand dollar.
- A kiwi fruit.
- A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi fruit flesh (also called kiwi green).
- kiwi:
- (military, slang) A member of the air force who does not fly.
- 1953, Air Force: Official Service Journal of the U.S. Army Air Forces:
- And as its role grew in importance, ground commanders, or kiwis as they were called, made many mistakes in judgment […]
Usage notes[edit]
- When used to describe people, Kiwi is usually capitalised.
- The plural is usually kiwis; sometimes, kiwi is found as an (invariant) plural form.
Synonyms[edit]
- (flightless bird): apteryx
- (kiwi fruit): Chinese gooseberry (dated), kiwi fruit
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: kiwi
- → Dutch: kiwi
- → French: kiwi
- → German: Kiwi
- → Korean: 키위 (kiwi)
- → Polish: kiwi
- → Portuguese: quivi, quiuí, kiwi (unadapted)
Translations[edit]
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
kiwi (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
kiwifruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi m (plural kiwis)
Further reading[edit]
- “kiwi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ki‧wi
Noun[edit]
kiwi
- a kiwi fruit
- a kiwi; a flightless bird of the genus Apteryx
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi n (indeclinable)
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Maori kiwi. The fruit is named after the bird.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi c (singular definite kiwien, plural indefinite kiwier)
- kiwi (bird)
- kiwi, kiwi fruit
Inflection[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- (kiwi fruit): kiwifrugt
Further reading[edit]
kiwi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Kiwier on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Kiwi (frugt) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi m (plural kiwi's, diminutive kiwietje n)
- kiwi (bird of the genus Apteryx)
- kiwi plant, Actinidia deliciosa syn. Actinidia chinensis var. hispida
- kiwi fruit, kiwi
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
kiwi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi m (plural kiwis)
Further reading[edit]
- “kiwi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi m (plural kiwis)
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi m (invariable)
Derived terms[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
kiwi
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *kiu, from Proto-Oceanic *kiuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk (“cheep, peep”).
Noun[edit]
kiwi
- kiwi (bird)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: kiwi
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwier, definite plural kiwiene)
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwiar, definite plural kiwiane)
Polish[edit]


Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi m anim (indeclinable)
- kiwi (any ratite of the order Apterygiformes)
Noun[edit]
kiwi n (indeclinable)
- kiwi (any tree of the genus Actinidia)
- kiwi, kiwi fruit (fruit of the kiwi)
Further reading[edit]
- kiwi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kiwi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- kiwi in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi m (plural kiwis)
- Alternative form of quivi
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi f (plural kiwi)
Declension[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiwi m (plural kiwis)
Further reading[edit]
- “kiwi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun[edit]
kiwi (n class, plural kiwi)
- English terms borrowed from Maori
- English terms derived from Maori
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/iːwi
- Rhymes:English/iːwi/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English informal terms
- en:Military
- English slang
- English terms with quotations
- en:New Zealand
- en:People
- en:Ratites
- Catalan terms borrowed from English
- Catalan terms derived from English
- Catalan 2-syllable words
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan terms spelled with K
- Catalan terms spelled with W
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Fruits
- ca:Ratites
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano terms derived from Maori
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano nouns
- ceb:Ratites
- ceb:Fruits
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech indeclinable nouns
- Czech terms spelled with W
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Ericales order plants
- cs:Fruits
- Danish terms derived from Maori
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish terms spelled with W
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Birds
- da:Fruits
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- Dutch masculine nouns
- nl:Ratites
- nl:Ericales order plants
- nl:Fruits
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French terms spelled with K
- French terms spelled with W
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Fruits
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician terms spelled with K
- Galician terms spelled with W
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Fruits
- Italian 2-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Italian/iwi
- Rhymes:Italian/iwi/2 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian indeclinable nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian terms spelled with K
- Italian terms spelled with W
- Italian masculine nouns
- it:Birds
- it:Fruits
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Maori terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Maori lemmas
- Maori nouns
- mi:Ratites
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms spelled with W
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms spelled with W
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Polish terms derived from Maori
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ivi
- Rhymes:Polish/ivi/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish animate nouns
- Polish neuter nouns
- pl:Ericales order plants
- pl:Fruits
- pl:Ratites
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese terms spelled with K
- Portuguese terms spelled with W
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian terms spelled with K
- Romanian terms spelled with W
- Romanian feminine nouns
- Spanish terms borrowed from English
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish terms derived from Maori
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/iwi
- Rhymes:Spanish/iwi/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish terms spelled with K
- Spanish terms spelled with W
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Birds
- es:Fruits
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili n class nouns
- sw:Fruits