Kiwi
A New ZealanderA New Zealander.
» Pass me the small kiwi and a knife, please.
Передайте, будь ласка, маленьке ківі та ніж. — Ahha
Передай, будь ласка, маленьке ківі та ніж. — Ahha
Luornu · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(informal)A New Zealander.
a native or inhabitant of New Zealand
Examples
29 sentencesPass me the small kiwi and a knife, please.
Передайте, будь ласка, маленьке ківі та ніж. — Ahha
Have you never eaten a kiwi?
ruТы никогда не ел киви? — shanghainese
deHast du noch nie eine Kiwi gegessen? — Yorwba
Have you never eaten a kiwi fruit?
ruТы никогда не ел киви? — shanghainese
deHast du noch nie eine Kiwi gegessen? — Yorwba
John is going to eat some kiwi.
Can you eat the skin of a kiwi?
ruМожно ли есть кожуру киви? — Wezel · CC BY 2.0 FR
Origin
From kiwi, a flightless bird native to and a national symbol of New Zealand.From kiwi, a flightless bird native to and a national symbol of New Zealand.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: KiwisSynonyms
7 synonyms- nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes:apteryx
- fuzzy brown egg-shaped fruit with slightly tart green flesh:kiwi fruitChinese gooseberry
- a native or inhabitant of New Zealand:New Zealander
- climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat:Chinese gooseberrykiwi vineActinidia chinensisActinidia deliciosa
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.