different between kombi vs kombu

English

Etymology

From the brand name Volkswagen Kombi, borrowed from German Kombi. In South Africa reinforced by Afrikaans kombi.

Noun

kombi (plural kombis)

1. (South Africa, Australia) A minivan.

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kombi, used in Volkswagen Kombi. Cf. English kombi, Dutch combi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m.bi/

Noun

kombi (plural kombi's)

1. A kombi, a minivan.

Esperanto

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kombi/
• Rhymes: -ombi

Verb

kombi (present kombas, past kombis, future kombos, conditional kombus, volitive kombu)

1. to comb

Conjugation

Derived terms

• kombilo

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Kombi, from kombi(niert) (“combined”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kombi]
• Hyphenation: kom?bi
• Rhymes: -bi

Noun

kombi (plural kombik)

1. station wagon, estate car

Declension

References

Polish

Etymology

From German Kombi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m.b?i/

Noun

kombi n

1. station wagon

Declension

Indeclinable.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kõ.bi/, /kom.bi/

Noun

kombi f (plural kombis)

1. (Brazil) Volkswagen Kombi, a very popular van that was manufactured in Brazil between 1950 and 2013.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Kombi.

Noun

k?mbi m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. station wagon

Declension

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English

Etymology

A modified borrowing from Japanese ?? (???, konbu).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?k?mbu?/
• Hyphenation: kom?bu

Noun

kombu (uncountable)

1. Edible kelp (“a type of brown seaweed”) (from the class Phaeophyceae) used in East Asian cuisine.

Alternative forms

• konbu

Hypernyms

• kelp
• tangle

Related terms

• kombucha

Translations

References

Further reading

• kombu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Esperanto

Verb

kombu

1. imperative of kombi

French

Noun

kombu m (plural kombus)

1. kombu

Japanese

Romanization

kombu

1. R?maji transcription of ???