kiwi

Borrowed from Maori kiwi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiːwi/

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kiwi (plural kiwis)

1. A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (person from New Zealand).
3. (informal) A New Zealand dollar.
4. A kiwi fruit.
5. A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi flesh (also called kiwi green).

   kiwi colour:  

6. (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 […]

• When used to describe people, Kiwi is usually capitalised.
• The plural is usually kiwis; sometimes, kiwi is found as an (invariant) plural form.

• (flightless bird): apteryx
• (kiwi fruit): Chinese gooseberry (dated), kiwi fruit

• Kiwi

• kiwi (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• kiwifruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Wiki, wiki

From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

• Hyphenation: ki‧wi

kiwi

1. a kiwi fruit
2. a kiwi; a flightless bird of the genus Apteryx

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪvɪ/

kiwi n

1. kiwi, kiwi fruit

Indeclinable.

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

• IPA^(key): /kiːvi/, [ˈkʰiːvi]

kiwi c (singular definite kiwien, plural indefinite kiwier)

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

• (kiwi fruit): kiwifrugt

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

• wiki

Borrowed from English kiwi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.ʋi/

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• Hyphenation: ki‧wi

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

1. kiwi (bird of the genus Apteryx)
2. kiwi fruit, kiwi

• wiki

• IPA^(key): /ki.wi/

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kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. kiwi; kiwi fruit

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

• wiki

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. kiwi fruit

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kiwi m (invariable)

1. kiwi fruit
2. kiwi

• kiwi australe
• kiwi bruno

kiwi

1. Rōmaji transcription of キウィ

An onomatopoeia of the bird's call.

kiwi

1. kiwi (bird)

• IPA^(key): /kiːʋi/

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

1. kiwi fruit

• IPA^(key): /kiːʋi/

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

1. kiwi fruit

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʲi.vʲi/

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kiwi m anim (indeclinable)

1. kiwi (bird)

kiwi n (indeclinable)

1. kiwi (fruit)

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. (Brazil) Alternative form of quivi

From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiwi/

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

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