Meaning

2 senses
  1. A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

    Haiku, Haiku

    ха́йкуxájku, хо́ккуxókku, ха́йкуxájku

    ха́йкуxájku

    an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines

  2. A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme.

    Haiku, a poem

    five beats, then seven, then five

Examples

33 sentences
  1. This is a sentence that has the syllable count of a haiku.

    ruЭтих строк размер соответствует точно стандартам хайку.

    deDas hier ist ein Satz, dessen Silbenanzahl die, eines Haikus ist.

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  2. This is a sentence that has the syllable count of a good haiku.

    ruВ сём предложенье столько слогов, как должно быть в хорошем хайку.

    deDas hier ist ein Satz, dessen Silbenanzahl die, eines Haikus ist.

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  3. A haiku is one type of poem.

    ruХайку — это одна из разновидностей стихотворения.

    deEin Haiku ist eine Gedichtform.

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  4. It's not a haiku; it's a senryu.

    deEs ist kein Haiku, sondern ein Senryū.

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  5. This is a very famous haiku by Basho.

    Це дуже відоме хайку Басьо.

    deDies ist ein sehr berühmtes Haiku-Gedicht von Basho.

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Translations

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Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (beaj, “paralleled [writin

Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (beaj, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kɨoᴴ, “line”).

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Forms

plural: haiku / haikus
Singularhaiku
Pluralhaiku / haikus

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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