kir

See also: KIR and kir.

English

Etymology

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

Noun

kir (countable and uncountable, plural kirs)

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

kir

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

Anagrams


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

French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

kir m (plural kirs)

  1. kir (beverage)

Further reading


Kurdish

Noun

kir m

  1. (vulgar) cock, penis

Derived terms

  • kir seru

Polish

Etymology

From German Kern.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲir/

Noun

kir m inan

  1. black armband

Declension

  • kirowy

Further reading

  • kir in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romani

Etymology

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

Noun

kir f

  1. ant

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قیر, from Old Turkic kir (kir), from Proto-Turkic *kir (dirt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ciɾ]

Noun

kir (definite accusative kiri, plural kirler)

  1. dirt

Declension

Inflection
Nominative kir
Definite accusative kiri
Singular Plural
Nominative kir kirler
Definite accusative kiri kirleri
Dative kire kirlere
Locative kirde kirlerde
Ablative kirden kirlerden
Genitive kirin kirlerin

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References

  • Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), kir”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3823
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