OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# lengthen
## English
### Etymology

From length +‎ -en.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛŋ(k)θən/
* Audio (New Jersey):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛŋkθən

### Verb

lengthen (third-person singular simple present lengthens, present participle lengthening, simple past and past participle lengthened)
* (transitive) To make longer, to extend the length of.
    You need to lengthen the story if you want to have it published.
** 1950 September, “Central London Railway Jubilee”, in Railway Magazine, page 622:The platforms of all stations from Shepherds Bush to Liverpool Street have been lengthened from 325 ft. to 427 ft. between tunnel headwalls, to take longer trains.
* (intransitive) To become longer.
    The shadows on the lawn lengthened as the sun began to set.

#### Antonyms

* shorten

#### Derived terms

* compensatorily lengthen
* lengthen down
* lengthened
* lengthened grade
* lengthener
* lengthen out
* lengthen up
# väsentligen
## Swedish
### Etymology

väsentlig +‎ -en

### Adverb

väsentligen
* essentially

#### Synonyms

* väsentligt

### Further reading

* väsentligen in Svensk ordbok.
# capitation
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin capitātiōnem, from caput (“head”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kapɪˈteɪʃən/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

capitation (countable and uncountable, plural capitations)
* Performing a headcount; the counting of people.
* A head tax.
    Synonym: poll tax
* A system of remuneration for providers of health care, in which providers enroll patients as permanent clients and receive a fixed periodic payment for each enrollee.
** 1996 The Capitation Sourcebook: a practical guide to managing at-risk arrangements ed. Peter Boland ISBN: 0-9652717-0-6
    Capitation started out as a popular method for reimbursing primary care physicians/gatekeepers. Now capitated contracts can be seen in every area of healthcare... ... because of varying volumes, not all specialty care providers should be capitated at the same time. For example, higher volume services (e.g., laboratory, radiology, orthopedics, and cardiology) are usually first to be capitated. Specialists and other medical services that are used infrequently (e.g., neonatologists, neurosurgeons) or "high ticket" specialists (e.g., open heart surgeons) are usually capitated last, if at all. The cost of their services is relatively high and a miscalculation in projected membership or actual utilization can have a large financial impact.
* (India, euphemistic) A donation made to an educational institution to obtain admission.

#### Related terms

* capitated
* per capita

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* antipatico

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin capitātiōnem.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

capitation f (plural capitations)
* capitation (tax)
* (medicine) capitation

### References

* “capitation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
# ټول
## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʈol/

### Pronoun

ټول • (ṭol)
* all, everyone

### References

Pashtoon, Z. A. (2009:230). Pashto-English Dictionary. Dunwoody Press.
# Michailas
## Lithuanian
### Proper noun

Michailas m
* A transliteration of the Russian male given name Михаи́л (Mixaíl), equivalent to Michael

#### Related terms

* Mykolas
# fastetid
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

faste +‎ tid

### Noun

fastetid f or m (definite singular fastetida or fastetiden, indefinite plural fastetider, definite plural fastetidene)
* A period of time during which one abstains from food, either totally or in part; a fast.
* (Christianity) The season of fasting which lasts from Ash Wednesday until Holy Saturday; Lent.

#### Synonyms

* (Cct of fasting): faste
* (Christian season): langfaste

### References

* “fastetid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

faste +‎ tid

### Noun

fastetid f (definite singular fastetida, indefinite plural fastetider, definite plural fastetidene)
* A period of time during which one abstains from food, either totally or in part; a fast.

#### Synonyms

* faste

### References

* “fastetid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

fasta +‎ tid

### Noun

fastetid c
* (especially religion, often in the definite) a fasting period
** Lent
    Synonyms: påskfastan, fastan

#### Declension
### References

* fastetid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* fastetid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* fastetid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* stiftade
# ճառագայթում
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian ճառագայթումն (čaṙagaytʻumn).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /t͡ʃɑrɑɡɑjˈtʰum/, [t͡ʃɑrɑɡɑjtʰúm]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /d͡ʒɑɾɑkɑjˈtum/, [d͡ʒɑɾɑkʰɑjtʰúm]

### Noun

ճառագայթում • (čaṙagaytʻum)
* radiation

#### Declension

*the singular locative is seldom used
# miljardär
## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French milliardaire, equivalent to miljard +‎ -är.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -æːr

### Noun

miljardär c
* billionaire

#### Related terms

* dollarmiljardär
* mångmiljardär
* oljemiljardär

### Further reading

* miljardär in Svensk ordbok.
# kommitté
## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Gotland):(file)
* Rhymes: -eː

### Noun

kommitté c
* a committee

#### Derived terms

* ansvarskommitté
* förvaltningskommitté
* kommittédirektiv
* kommittéform
* kommittéförordning
* kommitterad
* organisationskommitté
* ungdomskommitté

### References

* ↑ Government terms, Government Offices of Sweden

### Further reading

* kommitté in Svensk ordbok.
# זיקוק
## Hebrew
### Noun

זיקוק / זִקּוּק • (ziqúq) m [pattern: קִטּוּל]
* distillation, refining
* flare, flash, firework, rocket

#### Related terms

* זִיקּוּקֵי דִּי-נוּר (zikuké di-nur)

### References

* “זקוק” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

### Further reading

* זיקוק on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{he}$
# tyreless
## English
### Alternative forms

* tireless (US)

### Etymology

From tyre +‎ -less.

### Adjective

tyreless (not comparable)
* Without a tyre or tyres.
** 1921, W. F. Grew, The Cycle Industry, London, page 54:As at Dublin, owing to the special handling that the tyres required, the cycle makers had to send their wheels to the tyre factory to be fitted, and the Dunlop carts were soon careering about Coventry collecting the tyreless wheels and delivering them, fitted, to the various factories.

### Anagrams

* Esterlys, restyles
# forty-eight
## English
### Number

forty-eight
* The cardinal number immediately following forty-seven and preceding forty-nine.

#### Synonyms

* Arabic numerals: 48
* Roman numerals: XLVIII

#### Derived terms

* forty-eighter
* forty-eightmo

#### Translations
### Noun

forty-eight (plural forty-eights)
* (US, military) A period of 48 hours' leave, i.e. two days.
** 1919, Our Navy, the Standard Publication of the U.S. Navy:They had their ten-day leaves and regular forty-eights from behind the nets of Bantry Bay and Scapa Flow […]
# утеча
## Ukrainian
### Alternative forms

* вте́ча (vtéča)

### Etymology

Deverbal from утекти́ (utektý). From утекти́ (utektý) +‎ -а (-a)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʊˈtɛt͡ʃɐ]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

уте́ча • (utéča) f inan (genitive уте́чі, nominative plural уте́чі, genitive plural уте́ч)
* flight, escape, getaway (act of fleeing)

#### Usage notes

* The forms уте́ча (utéča) (used after consonants or at the beginning of a clause) and вте́ча (vtéča) (used after vowels) differ in pronunciation but are considered variants of the same word.

#### Related terms

* втіка́ти impf (vtikáty), втекти́ pf (vtektý)
* втіка́ч m (vtikáč), втіка́чка f (vtikáčka)
* утіка́ти impf (utikáty), утекти́ pf (utektý)
* утіка́ч m (utikáč), утіка́чка f (utikáčka)

### Further reading

* Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “уте́ча”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “утеча”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “втеча”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
* “утеча”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
# لداں
## Punjabi
### Verb

لَدّاں • (laddāṉ)
* first-person singular future subjunctive of لَدّݨا (laddṇā)

### Verb

لُدّاں • (luddāṉ)
* first-person singular future subjunctive of لُدّݨا (luddṇā)
# لدیں
## Punjabi
### Verb

لَدّیْں • (laddeṉ)
* second-person singular familiar future subjunctive of لَدّݨا (laddṇā)

### Verb

لَدِّیں • (laddiīṉ)
* second-person singular polite imperative of لَدّݨا (laddṇā)

### Verb

لُدّیْں • (luddeṉ)
* second-person singular familiar future subjunctive of لُدّݨا (luddṇā)

### Verb

لُدِّیں • (luddiīṉ)
* second-person singular polite imperative of لُدّݨا (luddṇā)
# لد
## Arabic
### Verb

لِدْ • (lid) (form I) /lid/
* second-person masculine singular imperative of وَلَدَ (walada)

## Punjabi
### Verb

لَدّ • (ladd)
* inflection of لَدّݨا (laddṇā):
** stem
** second-person singular familiar imperative

### Verb

لُدّ • (ludd)
* inflection of لُدّݨا (luddṇā):
** stem
** second-person singular familiar imperative
# раба
## Old Church Slavonic
### Noun

раба • (raba) f
* female servant

#### Declension
## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rɐˈba]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

раба́ • (rabá) f anim (genitive рабы́, nominative plural рабы́, genitive plural раб, masculine раб)
* female equivalent of раб (rab): female slave
    Synonym: (the same, alternative spelling) рабы́ня f (rabýnja)

#### Declension
### Noun

раба́ • (rabá) m anim
* genitive/accusative singular of раб (rab)

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic раба (raba). Doublet of ро́ба (róba, “hardworking woman”). Reanalyze as раб (rab) +‎ -а (-a)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [rɐˈba]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

раба́ • (rabá) f pers (genitive раби́, nominative plural раби́, genitive plural раб, masculine раб)
* female slave

#### Synonyms

* раби́ня f (rabýnja) (the same, alternative spelling)

### Noun

раба́ • (rabá) m pers
* genitive/accusative singular of раб (rab)

### References

* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “раба”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* “раба”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
# aliputong
## Hanunoo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaliˈputuŋ/ [ʔa.liˈpu.toŋ]
* Rhymes: -utuŋ
* Syllabification: a‧li‧pu‧tong

### Noun

aliputong (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜲᜩᜳᜦᜳᜥ᜴)
* a piece of burning firewood; firewood actually on the fire

#### See also

* agipo
* dupong

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 26
# دلسرد
## Persian
### Etymology

From دل (del, “heart”) +‎ سرد (sard, “cold”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [dil.ˈsaɾð]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ɪl.sǽɹd̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ɪl.sǽɹd̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪ɪl.sǽɹd̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪il.sǽɹd̪̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪el.sǽɹd̪̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪il.sǽɹd̪]

### Adjective

دلسرد • (delsard)
* disheartened, discouraged

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دلسرد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
# 全国紙
## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 全 | 国 | 紙 |
| ぜん Grade: 3 | こく Grade: 2 | し Grade: 2 |
| goon | on'yomi | on'yomi |
* Alternative spelling
* 全國紙 (kyūjitai)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡zẽ̞ŋko̞kɯ̟ɕi]

### Noun

全(ぜん)国(こく)紙(し) • (zenkokushi)
* national newspaper

### References

* “全国紙”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* “全国紙” in Weblio Dictionary.
# कुल्व
## Sanskrit
### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kl̥Hwás ~ *kalHwás, from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H- (“bald”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀 (ka$^u$ruua, “bald”), Persian کل (kal, “bald”), Latin calvus (“bald”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kul.ʋɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /kul̪.ʋɐ/

### Adjective

कुल्व • (kulvá) stem
* bald

#### Descendants

* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (kulla)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “कुल्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 296/2.
# CURB-65
## English
### Etymology

Acronym of confusion, urea, respiratory rate, blood pressure, 65 years.

### Noun

CURB-65 (uncountable)
* (medicine) A severity score validated for predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia, often used to determine the need for hospital admission. It comprises five risk factors: confusion of new onset; blood urea nitrogen > 7 mmol/L; respiratory rate ≥ 30/minute; systolic blood pressure < 90 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≤ 60 mmHg; age ≥ 65 years.
# eṣu
## Yoruba
### Etymology

Probably from e- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ ṣú (“to darken; to move towards something in a massive form”), literally “That which swarms; That which darkens the sky”

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ē.ʃú/

### Noun

eṣú
* (in the plural) locust
    Ọlọ́mọ bí eṣú, Èyé Ògbòó káreYou the one who has children as numerous as locusts, Ògbòó my mother I greet you!
* devil; demon; evil spirit
# carpetshark
## English
### Etymology

From carpet +‎ shark.

### Noun

carpetshark (plural carpetsharks)
* Alternative form of carpet shark
# godpa
## English
### Etymology

From god- +‎ pa.

### Noun

godpa (plural godpas)
* (Singapore, informal) Godfather; a male guideparent and trusted family friend or relative who is invited to mentor or help raise a child.
    Coordinate term: godma
# fryolator
## English
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From a trademark?”)

### Noun

fryolator (plural fryolators)
* A kitchen appliance used for deep-frying.
** 2007, Holly Hughes, Best Food Writing 2007, page 271:She works alone at her grill, patting each ample patty lightly as she sets it down. Her masterpiece, the “ghetto burger,” is a two-patty cheeseburger tricked out with bacon that she tends closely in a fryolator.
** 2009, Cheryl Kimball, 55 Surefire Food-Related Businesses You Can Start for Under $5,000, page 200:Healthy lunch selections mean you would have no need for things such as fryolators that take up space and cost a lot to run.
# classifier
## English
### Etymology

From classify +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈklæsɪfaɪɚ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈklæsɪfaɪə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: clas‧si‧fi‧er

### Noun

classifier (plural classifiers)
* Someone who classifies.
** 1995, Leonard Shengold, Delusions of Everyday Life, page 39:He was a model of anal defensiveness: fastidious in his dress and appearance, a collector and putter of things in order, a classifier and labeler.
* (linguistics) A word or morpheme used in some languages (such as CJKV languages and American Sign Language), in certain contexts (such as counting), to indicate the semantic class to which something belongs.
* A machine that separates particles or objects of different size or density.
* (computing) A program or algorithm that classifies.
* (object-oriented programming) A metaclass used to group other entities having common features.
** 2005, Dan Pilone, Neil Pitman, UML 2.0 in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference, page 9:A classifier can have several types of extra information attached to it via a UML mechanism called adornments.
** 2008, S.S.Jadhav B.S.Ainapure, Object Oriented Modeling & Design, page 3-40:The owner scope of a feature specifies whether the feature appears in each instance of the classifier or whether there is just a single instance of the feature for all instances of the classifier.
** 2017, Katalin Popovici, Pieter J. Mosterman, Real-Time Simulation Technologies, page 142:The figure also shows that instances can be associated with a classifier Behavior, which represents the behavior that active objects start executing when created.

#### Derived terms

* autoclassifier
* massifier
* metaclassifier
* multiclassifier
* phyloclassifier
* subclassifier
* subobject classifier
* subset classifier

#### Translations
### See also

* counter
* counting word
* measure word

## French
### Etymology

From classe +‎ -ifier.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

classifier
* to classify

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: klasifiye (via past participle)

### Further reading

* “classifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
# Lim
## English
### Etymology 1

From Korean, including 임 (Im), 林 or 任; 림 (Rim), 林.

#### Alternative forms

* Rhim

#### Proper noun

Lim
* A surname from Korean.
** 2015 June 5, Parija Kavilanz, “His $13 million secret: 'Gloving'”, in CNN‎:"I took $100, bought microlights and made the gloves myself," said Lim.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 林. Doublet of Lin and Lam.

#### Alternative forms

* Lin (via Mandarin)
* Lam (via Cantonese)

#### Proper noun

Lim
* A surname from Hokkien.

### Anagrams

* ILM, Mil, MLI, MIL, mil, mil.

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Hokkien 林 (Lîm).

### Proper noun

Lim
* a surname from Hokkien

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Hakka 林.

### Proper noun

Lim
* a surname from Hakka

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Albanian lymë

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɫim/

### Proper noun

Lim m (Cyrillic spelling Лим)
* Lim (a river in Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina)

### References

* ↑ Dr.Ejup Mushoviq. "Etnički procesi i etnička struktura stanovništva Novog Pazara"

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 林 (Lîm). Doublet of Lam. Compare Indonesian Liem.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlim/ [ˈlim]
* Rhymes: -im
* Syllabification: Lim

### Proper noun

Lim (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋ᜔)
* a Chinese Filipino surname from Hokkien

#### See also

* Lam (from Cantonese)

### Anagrams

* mil
# Pam
## English
### Etymology

Shortening.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -æm

### Proper noun

Pam
* A diminutive of the female given name Pamela.
** 2025 February 4, Shania Shelton and Morgan Rimmer, “Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general”, in CNN‎:The Senate voted Tuesday night to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general, making the tenacious litigator the latest official to help fill out President Donald Trump’s administration.
* (UK, historical, slang) Nickname for Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston.
** 2004, Matthew J. B. Campbell, Jacqueline M. Labbe, Sally Shuttleworth, Memory and Memorials, page 64:In October 1865, the Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, died in office two days before his 81st birthday. 'Old Pam' had been a member of every government since 1807, […]

### Anagrams

* APM, map, MAP, amp, pma, AMP, PMA, MPA, p.m.a.

## Italian
### Proper noun

Pam ?
* Alternative letter-case form of PAM
# BJP
## English
### Proper noun

BJP
* (Indian politics) Initialism of Bharatiya Janata Party, a major political party.
** 2019 April 12, James Griffiths and Manveena Suri, “Outrage over BJP promise to ‘remove every single infiltrator’ from India”, in CNN‎:A Hindu nationalist party, the BJP has long faced accusations of anti-Muslim rhetoric.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* PB&J, PBJ
# choosy
## English
### Alternative forms

* choosey

### Etymology

From choose +‎ -y.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -uːzi
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

choosy (comparative choosier, superlative choosiest)
* Taking care when choosing that what is chosen best suits one's tastes, desires or requirements.
** 2012 March 2, Elizabeth Landau, “Beholding beauty: How it’s been studied”, in CNN‎:Since sexual relationships are more costly for female primates – they bear the kids – females are the choosier sex.
** 2017 November 27, Ahiza Garcia, “How these Millennials are fighting for your holiday dollars”, in CNN‎:Weiss told CNNMoney that Glossier is choosy when it launches a new product.
** 2020 February 3, Chris Dwyer, “20 of the world’s best new restaurants for 2020”, in CNN‎:With more than 800 choices on the wine list, there’s guaranteed to be a bottle for even the choosiest of palates.

#### Synonyms

* discriminating, fussy, particular, picky, selective
* See also Thesaurus:fastidious

#### Derived terms

* choosily
* choosiness
# dostatečný
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdostatɛt͡ʃniː]

### Adjective

dostatečný (comparative dostatečnější, superlative nejdostatečnější, adverb dostatečně)
* sufficient
    Antonym: nedostatečný

#### Usage notes

* In Czech Republic school classification, the term dostatečný corresponds to the mark 4, which is the second worst in the 5-grade scale (thus meaning "only just passed").

#### Coordinate terms

* (academic grade): výborný, chvalitebný, dobrý, nedostatečný

#### Derived terms

* dostatečně
* dostatečnost f

#### Related terms

* dostatek m

### Further reading

* “dostatečný”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “dostatečný”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “dostatečný”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
# kiwi fruit
## English
### Alternative forms

* kiwifruit

### Etymology

Trade name used by exporters for one of several varieties selectively bred in New Zealand; named after the endemic New Zealand bird, the kiwi, because the fruit's fuzzy brown skin resembles the plumage of the bird. From Maori kiwi (“kiwi bird”).

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

kiwi fruit (plural kiwi fruit or kiwi fruits)
* A Chinese gooseberry vine fruit, having a hairy brown skin and dark green (or in the case of the kiwi fruit gold, yellow) flesh with fine black seeds, almost always varieties of Actinidia deliciosa.
** 1968 October 2, “Kroger”, in The Salem News, volume 80, number 246, Salem, Oh., page 12, column 3:LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT? Unusual! Exotic! KIWI FRUITS · PRICKLY PEARS · POMEGRANATES
** 1969, “Guide to Buying Fruit”, in “Buying, Storing, and Preparing”, in Better Homes and Gardens Salad Book, New York, N.Y.; Des Moines, Ia.: Better Homes and Gardens Books, published 1970 (2nd printing), page 146, column 1:Kiwi: Kiwi fruits are imported from New Zealand. Sometimes called Chinese gooseberries, these brown fuzzy-skinned fruits will be soft to the touch, like an avocado, when ripe. To serve this fruit, peel and slice.
** 1969 May 10, Cleveland Amory, “Review: The Galloping Gourmet”, in Merrill Panitt, editor, TV Guide, volume 17, number 19 (841 overall), Radnor, Pa.: Triangle Publications, Inc., →ISSN, page 32, columns 1–2:This particular program, he [Graham Kerr] told us, would be about the finest dish in the world—which turned out to be called Veal Cutlets Yerex. Natch. For this you apparently needed three kiwi fruits, but the idea infuriated him. “It’s not a kiwi fruit,” he told us. “That’s just the stupid, vulgar, idiotic, irresponsible name the New Zealand government has given it. It’s a Chinese gooseberry—obviously.”
** 1985, Samuel Shem [pseudonym; Stephen Joseph Bergman], chapter 8, in Fine: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s/Marek, →ISBN, page 76:Like you? You want me to see the world as you do? Pricks as bananas, twats as tacos, and tits as mangoes, kiwi fruits, and ten different kinds of melon?! At the aquarium, do you see fish? At the funhouse, do you have fun? Making love?—fruit salad!
** 1987, Christina Hardyment, “Picking up Gold and Silver”, in Heidi’s Alp: One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe, Book Club edition, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →OCLC, page 100:A small bottle of sparkling Rhineland wine was the centrepiece; beside it was a large marzipan pastry topped with strawberries. Kiwi fruits, grapes and pears were set around it.

#### Synonyms

* Chinese gooseberry
* kiwi (US and UK informal; rare in New Zealand and Australia)
* yangtao

#### Derived terms

* kiwi

#### Translations
### See also

* kiwi fruit gold