different between kiwi vs crow

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)

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???/
• (US) enPR: kr?, IPA^(key): /k?o?/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English crowe, from Old English cr?we, from Proto-Germanic *kr?w? (compare West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from *kr?han? ‘to crow’. See below.

Noun

crow (plural crows)

1. A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
2. The cry of the rooster.

   Synonym: cock-a-doodle-doo

3. Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
4. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

   Synonym: crowbar

5. (historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
6. (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
7. (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A black person.
8. (military, slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.
   • 2002, Ed Goodrich, Riggers that Dive (page 46)

     A young petty officer that must have just received his “crow” (a single chevron, with an eagle over it) was showing off to several seamen.

   • 2003, Jonathan T. Malay, Seraphim Sky (page 106)

     The young man had been threatened with loss of his third class rank, his “crow,” the eagle in a petty officer's sleeve insignia.

Derived terms

Related terms

• crow eater
• eat crow

Translations

See also

• caw
• murder of crows (“flock of crows”)
• raven

Further reading

• Corvus (boarding device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Middle English crowen, from Old English cr?wan (past tense cr?ow, past participle cr?wen), from Proto-Germanic *kr?an?, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen, Lithuanian gróti, Russian ??????? (grájat?)). Related to croak.

Verb

crow (third-person singular simple present crows, present participle crowing, simple past crowed or (UK) crew, past participle crowed or (archaic) crown)

1. (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
2. (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
3. (intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.

Usage notes

The past tense crew in modern usage is confined to literary and metaphorical uses, usually with reference to the story of Peter in Luke 22.60. The past participle crown is similarly poetical.

Translations

• Tashelhiyt: uddn,sqiqqiy

References

Further reading

• crow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Worc

Middle English

Noun

crow

1. Alternative form of crowe