kiwi

Syllable Decomposition

kiwi

from Maori kiwi, itself from the onomatopoeia cuicui: "for the first time, in France, the austral apteryx, which is described on p. 210, vol. 2, of our ornithology manual published in 1828, was mentioned under the name of emeu kivi-kivi"

Definitions

oiseaux
fruits

Synonym

groseille de Chine

Plural

kiwis

Translations

  • englishenglish:kiwi
  • spanishspanish:kiwi
  • greekgreek:ακτινίδιο
  • germangerman:Kiwi