# kiwi
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkiːwi/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːwi

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Maori kiwi.

#### Noun

kiwi (countable and uncountable, plural kiwi or kiwis)
* A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.
* Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“person from New Zealand”).
* (informal) A New Zealand dollar.
* A kiwi fruit.
* (uncountable) A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi fruit flesh (also called kiwi green).
    kiwi:
* (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 […]
* (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle.
** 1995, “Wynona's Big Brown Beaver”, performed by Primus:Now Rex he was a Texan out of New Orleans and he travelled with the carnival shows He ran bumper cars, sucked cheap cigars and he candied up his nose He got wind of the big brown beaver so he thought he'd take himself a peek But the beaver was quick and he grabbed him by the kiwis And he ain't pissed for a week (and a half)

##### 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

##### Derived terms

* common kiwi
* great spotted kiwi
* hardy kiwi
* kiwi berry
* kiwirita
* kiwitini
* little spotted kiwi
* North Island brown kiwi
* Okarito brown kiwi
* Okarito kiwi
* southern brown kiwi

##### Related terms

* Kiwi

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: kiwi
* → Dutch: kiwi
* → French: kiwi
* → German: Kiwi
* → Korean: 키위 (kiwi)
* → Polish: kiwi
* → Portuguese: quivi, quiuí, kiwi (unadapted)

##### Translations
#### See also

* roroa
* rowi
* tokoeka

### Etymology 2

Genericized trademark from the brand of shoe polish originating in Australia, from Maori kiwi.

#### Noun

kiwi (uncountable)
* (Singapore, military, slang) Any kind of black shoe polish.

#### Verb

kiwi (third-person singular simple present kiwis, present participle kiwiing or kiwi-ing, simple past and past participle kiwied)
* (Singapore, military, slang) To polish (boots) with black shoe polish.
** 1987, Michael Chiang, Army Daze, Landmark Books, →ISBN:Johari Salleh: Ya, ya. Better not waste time. Must prepare, tomorrow morning got inspection. Teo Ah Beng: Ya lah, must kiwi the boots. Can borrow [lend] me your cloth? Krishnamoorthy: Ya, no problem. You better kiwi quickly. 11 pm lights off. […]

### Further reading

* kiwi (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* kiwifruit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Wiki, wiki

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈki.wi]

### Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)
* kiwi (bird)
* kiwi (fruit)
    Synonym: actinídia

### Further reading

* “kiwi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ki‧wi

### Noun

kiwi
* a kiwi fruit
* a kiwi; a flightless bird of the genus Apteryx

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kiwi. The fruit is named after the bird.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɪvɪ]

### Noun

kiwi n (indeclinable)
* kiwi, kiwi fruit

## Danish
### Etymology

From Maori kiwi. The fruit is named after the bird.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːvi/, [ˈkʰiːvi]

### Noun

kiwi c (singular definite kiwien, plural indefinite kiwier)
* kiwi (bird)
* kiwi, kiwi fruit

#### 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: /ˈki.ʋi/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ki‧wi

### Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwi's, diminutive kiwietje n)
* kiwi (bird of the genus Apteryx)
* kiwi plant, Actinidia deliciosa syn. Actinidia chinensis var. hispida
* kiwi fruit, kiwi

#### Derived terms

* kiwiplant
* zuidereilandkiwi

### Further reading

* kiwi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

### Anagrams

* wiki

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ki.wi/
* Audio (Quebec, Montreal):(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)
* kiwi; kiwi fruit

### Further reading

* “kiwi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* wiki

## Galician
### Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)
* kiwi fruit

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈki.wi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iwi
* Hyphenation: kì‧wi

### Noun

kiwi m (invariable)
* kiwi fruit
* kiwi

#### Derived terms

* kiwi australe
* kiwi bruno

## Japanese
### Romanization

kiwi
* Rōmaji transcription of キウィ

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kiu, from Proto-Oceanic *kiuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk (“cheep, peep”), probably onomatopoeic for the bird's cry.

### Noun

kiwi
* kiwi (bird)

#### Descendants

* → English: kiwi
** → Catalan: kiwi
** → Dutch: kiwi
** → French: kiwi
** → German: Kiwi
** → Korean: 키위 (kiwi)
** → Polish: kiwi
** → Portuguese: quivi, quiuí, kiwi (unadapted)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːʋi/

### Noun

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kiːʋi/

### Noun

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

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈki.vi/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ivi
* Syllabification: ki‧wi

### Noun

kiwi m animal (indeclinable)
* kiwi (any ratite of the order Apterygiformes)

### Noun

kiwi n (indeclinable)
* kiwi (any tree of the genus Actinidia)
* kiwi, kiwi fruit (fruit of the kiwi)

### Further reading

* kiwi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kiwi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* kiwi in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kiˈwi/, /kiˈvi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kiˈwi/, /kiˈvi/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kiˈwi/, /kiˈvi/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kiˈwi/, /kiˈbi/ [kiˈβi]

### Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)
* Alternative form of quivi

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French kiwi.

### Noun

kiwi f (plural kiwi)
* kiwi

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkiwi/ [ˈki.wi]
* Rhymes: -iwi
* Syllabification: ki‧wi

### Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)
* kiwi (bird)
* kiwi (fruit)

### Further reading

* “kiwi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

kiwi class IX (plural kiwi class X)
* kiwi fruit

## Swedish
### Noun

kiwi c
* a kiwi (fruit)
    Synonym: kiwifrukt

#### See also

* kivi (bird)

### References

* kiwi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* kiwi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)