different between kakapo vs kiwi

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori k?k?p?.

Noun

kakapo (plural kakapos)

1. A large flightless parrot, Strigops habroptilus, with greenish plumage, that is nocturnal and native to New Zealand.

Translations

Cebuano

Etymology

From English kakapo, from Maori k?k?p?.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?ka?po

Noun

kakapo

1. the kakapo (Strigops habroptilus)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kakapo]

Noun

kakapo m anim

1. kakapo

Declension

Finnish

Noun

kakapo

1. kakapo, Strigops habroptilus

Declension

Hypernyms

• papukaija

Anagrams

• pakkoa

Italian

Noun

kakapo m (plural kakapi)

1. kakapo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki?wi/

Noun

kiwi (plural kiwi or kiwis)

1. A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (person from New Zealand).
3. (informal) A New Zealand dollar.
4. A kiwi fruit.
5. A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi flesh (also called kiwi green).

6. (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 […]

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

1. a kiwi fruit
2. a kiwi; a flightless bird of the genus Apteryx

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?v?/

Noun

kiwi n

1. 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)

1. kiwi (bird)
2. 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)

1. kiwi (bird of the genus Apteryx)
2. kiwi fruit, kiwi

Anagrams

• wiki

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.wi/

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. 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)

1. kiwi fruit

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ki.wi/

Noun

kiwi m (invariable)

1. kiwi fruit
2. kiwi

Derived terms

• kiwi australe
• kiwi bruno

Japanese

Romanization

kiwi

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Maori

Etymology

An onomatopoeia of the bird's call.

Noun

kiwi

1. kiwi (bird)

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki??i/

Noun

kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwier, definite plural kiwiene)

1. kiwi fruit

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki??i/

Noun

kiwi m (definite singular kiwien, indefinite plural kiwiar, definite plural kiwiane)

1. kiwi fruit

Polish

Etymology

From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?i.v?i/

Noun

kiwi m anim (indeclinable)

1. kiwi (bird)

Noun

kiwi n (indeclinable)

1. 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)

1. (Brazil) Alternative form of quivi

Romanian

Etymology

From French kiwi

Noun

kiwi f (plural kiwi)

1. kiwi

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kiwi/, [?ki.wi]

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

1. kiwi (bird)
2. kiwi (fruit)