Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

    Kaki, Khaki

    ха́киxáki, цвет ха́киcvet xáki

    ха́кіxáki

    a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms

  2. (countable, uncountable)Khaki green, a dull green colour.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

  4. (countable, rare, uncountable)A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.

  5. (South Africa, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A British person.

  6. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)Khaki clothing or uniform.

    1915 Out West magazine The porter in going through the rear coach, which was almost empty, noticed one of the occupants, a muscular, soldierly man in khakies to be apparently asleep in his seat.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Tom was wearing khaki pants the last time I saw him.

  2. Tom was wearing khaki pants the last time that I saw him.

  3. Tom wore khaki pants yesterday.

  4. Yanni was wearing khaki shorts and boots.

  5. The car's not orange, it's khaki-coloured.

    deDas Auto ist nicht orange, es ist khakifarben. — MisterTrouser

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
yellowish-brown colour:
Русский
By meaning 1
yellowish-brown colour:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
yellowish-brown colour:

Origin

Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī,

Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).

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Forms

plural: khakis / khakies
Singularkhaki
Pluralkhakis / khakies

regular

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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