A brown kiwi (Apteryx australis).
Kiwi fruit .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈkiːwi/
Rhymes: -iːwi
Noun
kiwi (countable and uncountable , 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 .
( uncountable ) 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 [ …]
( slang , usually in the plural ) A testicle .
1995 , “Wynona's Big Brown Beaver ”, performed by Primus :Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans and he travelled with the carnival shows He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars and he candied up his nose He got wind of the big brown beaver so he thought he'd take himself a peek But the beaver was quick and he grabbed him by the kiwis And he ain't pissed for a week (and a half)
Usage notes
When used to describe people, Kiwi is usually capitalised.
The plural is usually kiwis ; sometimes, kiwi is found as an (invariant) plural form.
Translations
bird
Afrikaans: kiwi
Arabic: كِيوِي m ( kiwī )
Egyptian Arabic: كيوي m ( kiwi )
Moroccan Arabic: كيوي ( kiwi )
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܝܼܘܝܼ m ( kīwī )
Azerbaijani: kivi (az)
Basque: kiwi (eu)
Bulgarian: ки́ви ( kívi )
Catalan: kiwi (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎩᏫ-ᏥᏍᏆ ( giwi-tsisqua )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無翼鳥 / 无翼鸟 (zh) ( wúyìniǎo ) , 鷸鴕 / 鹬鸵 (zh) ( yùtuó ) , 幾維鳥 / 几维鸟 (zh) ( jīwéiniǎo ) , 奇異鳥 / 奇异鸟 (zh) ( qíyìniǎo ) , 奇威鳥 / 奇威鸟 ( qíwēiniǎo )
Czech: kivi (cs) n
Danish: kiwi
Dutch: kiwi (nl) m
Esperanto: apterigedo
Finnish: kiivi (fi)
French: kiwi (fr) m
Georgian: კივი ( ḳivi ) , კივისნაირნი ( ḳivisnairni )
German: Kiwi (de) m
Greek: απτέρυξ (el) m ( aptéryx )
Hindi: कीवी m ( kīvī )
Hungarian: kivifélék
Irish: cíobhaí m
Italian: kiwi (it) m
Japanese: キーウィ (ja) ( kīwi )
Kazakh: киви ( kivi )
Korean: 키위 (ko) ( kiwi )
Kriol: kiwi
Lithuanian: kivis
Lombard: perodegh ( western Lombard )
Macedonian: киви n ( kivi )
Maltese: kiwi
Maori: kiwi
Navajo: łeesdísí
Norwegian: kivi
Nynorsk: kivi
Polish: kiwi (pl) n
Portuguese: quivi (pt) m , quiuí (pt) m , kiwi (pt) m
Quechua: kiwi p'isqu
Romanian: kiwi (ro) m
Russian: ки́ви (ru) f ( kívi )
Samoan: kiui
Slovak: kivi (sk) m
Spanish: kiwi (es) m , kivi (es) m
Swedish: kivi (sv) c , kivifågel (sv) c
Turkish: kivi (tr)
Uyghur: كىۋى ( kiwi )
Welsh: ciwi m , ciwïod m pl
Yiddish: קיווי m ( kivi )
Etymology
From Maori kiwi . The fruit is named after the bird.
Noun
kiwi c (singular definite kiwien , plural indefinite kiwier )
kiwi ( bird )
kiwi , kiwi fruit
Inflection
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Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈki.ʋi/
Hyphenation: ki‧wi
kiwi (#1.1)
kiwi (#2.2)
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈki.vi/
Rhymes: -ivi
Syllabification: ki‧wi
Further reading
kiwi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
kiwi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
kiwi in PWN's encyclopedia
Noun
kiwi f (plural kiwi )
kiwi
Declension
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singular
plural
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
indefinite articulation
definite articulation
nominative/accusative
(o) kiwi
kiwiul
(niște) kiwi
kiwile
genitive/dative
(unei) kiwi
kiwii
(unor) kiwi
kiwilor
vocative
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Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈkiwi/ [ˈki.wi]
Rhymes: -iwi
Syllabification: ki‧wi