kiwi
A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New ZealandA flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
» 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
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
Kiwi
ки́виkívi
nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
(countable, informal, uncountable)A New Zealand dollar.
a native or inhabitant of New Zealand
(countable, uncountable)A kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis var. deliciosa).
(uncountable)A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwifruit flesh (also called kiwi green).
(countable, slang, uncountable)A member of the air force who does not fly.
(countable, usually plural, slang, uncountable)A testicle.
(Singapore, slang, uncountable)Any kind of black shoe polish.
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
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Māori kiwi. Genericized trademark from the brand of shoe polish originatingBorrowed from Māori kiwi.
Genericized trademark from the brand of shoe polish originating in Australia, from Māori kiwi.
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Forms
plural: kiwi / kiwisSynonyms
9 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
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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.