kiwi
See also: Kiwi
English

A brown kiwi (Apteryx australis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiːwi/
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
kiwi (plural kiwis)
- A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
- Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (person from New Zealand).
- (informal) A New Zealand dollar.
- A kiwi fruit.
- A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi flesh (also called kiwi green).
- kiwi colour:
- (military, slang) A member of the air force who does not fly.
- 1953, Air Force: Official Service Journal of the U.S. Army Air Forces
- And as its role grew in importance, ground commanders, or kiwis as they were called, made many mistakes in judgment […]
- 1953, Air Force: Official Service Journal of the U.S. Army Air Forces
Usage notes
- When used to describe people, Kiwi is usually capitalised.
- The plural is usually kiwis; sometimes, kiwi is found as an (invariant) plural form.
Synonyms
- (flightless bird): apteryx
- (kiwi fruit): Chinese gooseberry (dated), kiwi fruit
Related terms
Translations
bird
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kiwi fruit — see kiwi fruit
Further reading
kiwi (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia kiwifruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ki‧wi
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiːvi/, [ˈkʰiːvi]
Inflection
Synonyms
- (kiwi fruit): kiwifrugt
Further reading
kiwi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da Kiwier on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da Kiwi (frugt) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈki.ʋi/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ki‧wi
French
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Des kiwis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.wi/
Audio (Montreal, Canada) (file) Audio (file)
Further reading
- “kiwi” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Italian
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Derived terms
- kiwi australe
- kiwi bruno
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiːʋi/
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kiːʋi/
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʲi.vʲi/
audio (file)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiwi/
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