Kuwait

English

Etymology

From Arabic الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt), diminutive of اَلْكُوت (al-kūt).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kjuːˈweɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kuːˈweɪt/, IPA(key): /kʊˈweɪt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪt

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. Country in the Middle East. Official name: State of Kuwait.
  2. Alternative form of Kuwait City

Translations

See also

  • Countries of the world

Danish

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. Kuwait

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuʋɑi̯t/, [ˈkuʋɑi̯t̪]
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧wait

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. Kuwait

Declension

Inflection of Kuwait (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Kuwait
genitive Kuwaitin
partitive Kuwaitia
illative Kuwaitiin
singular plural
nominative Kuwait
accusative nom. Kuwait
gen. Kuwaitin
genitive Kuwaitin
partitive Kuwaitia
inessive Kuwaitissa
elative Kuwaitista
illative Kuwaitiin
adessive Kuwaitilla
ablative Kuwaitilta
allative Kuwaitille
essive Kuwaitina
translative Kuwaitiksi
instructive
abessive Kuwaititta
comitative

Derived terms


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːvaɪ̯t/
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːvɛɪ̯t/, /kuˈvɛɪ̯t/, /kuˈvaɪ̯t/ (less common)
  • (file)

Proper noun

Kuwait n (genitive Kuwaits)

  1. Kuwait

Derived terms


Italian

Proper noun

Kuwait m

  1. Kuwait

Derived terms


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. Kuwait

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. Kuwait

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Kuwait m

  1. Kuwait (a country in the Middle East, Asia, Asia)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈwait/, [kuˈwai̯t̪]

Proper noun

Kuwait m

  1. Kuwait

Swedish

Proper noun

Kuwait n (genitive Kuwaits)

  1. Kuwait

Tatar

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. Kuwait

Declension

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.