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gooseberry
English
Etymology
From goose +? berry. It is possible that the first element was originally something related to the gros- of French groseille and/or the kruis- of Dutch kruisbes but has been altered by folk etymology.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??us?b??i/
- (UK) IPA(key): /???zb(?)?i/, /??u?sb(?)?i/
Noun
gooseberry (plural gooseberries)
- A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
- We had a good haul of gooseberries from our bushes this year.
- Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus Grossularia, distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum, the American gooseberry.
- Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
- the Chinese gooseberry or kiwifruit, the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia
- the Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica), emblic, amla.
- the Ceylon gooseberry, a species of Dovyalis native to Sri Lanka and southern India
- the Barbados gooseberry (Pereskia aculeata), an unusual cactus
- The Long Key locustberry or shiny locustberry (Byrsonima lucida)
- Jamaican gooseberry tree (Phyllanthus acuminatus), a herb-like plant
- star gooseberry
- Otaheite gooseberry (Phyllanthus acidus)
- Katuk (Sauropus androgynus), a shrub grown in some tropical regions as a leaf vegetable
- Physalis angulata, also called balloon cherry and cutleaf groundcherry
- Cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana), indigenous to South America
- poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)
- (dated, British slang) A chaperone.
- (chiefly Britain) An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
- (dated, British slang) A fool.
- (dated, British slang) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
- (dated, British slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) A testicle.
Synonyms
- (fruit): goosegog (UK informal)
- (additional person): third wheel, fifth wheel
- (fool): see Thesaurus:fool
- (testicle): see Thesaurus:testicles
Derived terms
Translations
References
gooseberry From the web:
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kiwi
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori kiwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ki?wi/
Noun
kiwi (plural kiwi or 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).
- (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
- Kiwi
Translations
Further reading
- kiwi (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- kiwifruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Wiki, wiki
Cebuano
Etymology
From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ki?wi
Noun
kiwi
- a kiwi fruit
- a kiwi; a flightless bird of the genus Apteryx
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?v?/
Noun
kiwi n
- kiwi, kiwi fruit
Indeclinable.
Danish
Etymology
From Maori kiwi. The fruit is named after the bird.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki?vi/, [?k?i?vi]
Noun
kiwi c (singular definite kiwien, plural indefinite kiwier)
- kiwi (bird)
- kiwi, kiwi fruit
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
Anagrams
- wiki
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English kiwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ki.?i/
- Hyphenation: ki?wi
Noun
kiwi m (plural kiwi's, diminutive kiwietje n)
- kiwi (bird of the genus Apteryx)
- kiwi fruit, kiwi
Anagrams
- wiki
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.wi/
Noun
kiwi m (plural kiwis)
- kiwi; kiwi fruit
Further reading
- “kiwi” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- wiki
Galician
Noun
kiwi m (plural kiwis)
- kiwi fruit
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ki.wi/
Noun
kiwi m (invariable)
- kiwi fruit
- kiwi
Derived terms
- kiwi australe
- kiwi bruno
Japanese
Romanization
kiwi
- R?maji transcription of ???
Maori
Etymology
An onomatopoeia of the bird's call.
Noun
kiwi
- kiwi (bird)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki??i/
Noun
kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwier, definite plural kiwiene)
- kiwi fruit
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki??i/
Noun
kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwiar, definite plural kiwiane)
- kiwi fruit
Polish
Etymology
From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?i.v?i/
Noun
kiwi m anim (indeclinable)
- kiwi (bird)
Noun
kiwi n (indeclinable)
- kiwi fruit
Further reading
- kiwi in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- kiwi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Noun
kiwi m (plural kiwis)
- (Brazil) Alternative form of quivi
Romanian
Etymology
From French kiwi
Noun
kiwi f (plural kiwi)
- kiwi
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kiwi/, [?ki.wi]
Noun
kiwi m (plural kiwis)
- kiwi (bird)
- kiwi (fruit)
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- what kiwi birds eat
- what kiwi fruit good for
- what kiwi means
- what kiwi do to your body
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