different between kiwi vs dodo

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese doudo, obsolete form of doido (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”). First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?do??do?/
• Rhymes: -??d??
• Hyphenation: do?do

Noun

dodo (plural dodoes or dodos)

1. A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
2. (figuratively) A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• didine
• ratite

Etymology 2

Noun

dodo (plural dodos)

1. (Nigeria) Fried plantain.

Anagrams

• dood

Cebuano

Etymology

From English dodo, borrowed from Portuguese doudo, obsolete form of doido (“fool, simpleton, silly, stupid”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: do?do

Noun

dodo

1. dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?do?do?/
• Hyphenation: do?do

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese dodô.

Noun

dodo m (plural dodo's, diminutive dodootje n)

1. dodo, †Raphus cucullatus

   Synonyms: dodaars, dronte, walgvogel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French dodo.

Noun

dodo m (uncountable)

1. (Belgium, childish) Sleep, nighty night.

   Synonym: dokes

Anagrams

• dood

Esperanto

Alternative forms

• dido

Noun

dodo (accusative singular dodon, plural dodoj, accusative plural dodojn)

1. dodo

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dodo/, [?do?do?]
• Rhymes: -odo
• Syllabification: do?do

Noun

dodo

1. dodo (extinct bird of the family Columbidae)
2. dodo, †Raphus cucullatus (type species of the family)
3. solitaire (two extinct birds of the family Columbidae, more specifically Réunion soilitaire, Raphus solitarius and Rodriques solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria)

Usage notes

• Réunion solitaire has been reclassified taxonomically and is now preferably called Réunion ibis, Threskiornis solitarius.

Declension

Synonyms

• (Raphus cucullatus): mauritiuksendodo

Derived terms

• mauritiuksendodo, Raphus cucullatus (dodo)
• reunionindodo, Raphus solitarius (Réunion solitaire)
• rodriguezindodo, Pezophaps solitaria (Rodrigues solitaire)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do.do/

Etymology 1

Childish reduplication of dormir

Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. (childish) Sleep, kip.

Derived terms

• métro, boulot, dodo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese doudo.

Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. A dodo bird

Further reading

• “dodo” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.do/
• Rhymes: -?do

Noun

dodo m (plural dodi)

1. dodo

Maquiritari

Etymology

From Spanish loro.

Noun

dodo

1. a type of parrot

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).

Mauritian Creole

Etymology 1

From French dodo.

Noun

dodo

1. dodo bird

Etymology 2

From French dodo

Verb

dodo

1. to sleep (childish)

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Old Dutch

Etymology

Substantive form of d?t (“dead”).

Noun

d?do m

1. dead person

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: dôde
  • Dutch: dode

Further reading

• “d?do”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French dodo

Verb

dodo

1. to sleep

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

Noun

dodo m (plural dodos)

1. dodo

   Synonym: (obsolete) dronte

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

dodo (ma class, plural madodo)

1. breast (organ)

Synonyms

• ziwa