Khaki in Scrabble and Meaning

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Definitions and meaning of khaki

khaki

English

Alternative forms

• carkee, carky, karkey, khakee, kharkee, kharki (all obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خاکی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).

Sense 5 was coined in reference to the colour of the uniform of British troops during the Second Boer War; compare rooinek.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, New Zealand, UK) enPR: kä-k'ē, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.ki/
• (General American) enPR: kă-k'ē, IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.ki/
• (Canada) enPR: kär-k'ē, kä-k'ē, kă-k'ē, IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.ki/, /ˈkɑː.ki/, /ˈkæki/
• Homophone: cocky (some accents with the father-bother merger)
• Rhymes: -ɑːki, -æki, -ɑː(ɹ)ki

Noun

khaki (countable and uncountable, plural khakis or (especially sense 5) khakies)

1. A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

2. Khaki green, a dull green colour.
   • 1921, War work of the Bureau of Standards, no. 46, page 54.

     The English Government for a long time has used a type of pigmented dope cover, khaki colored by iron pigments and lampblack, which is called P. C. 10.

   • 2007, Yuji Matsuki, American Fighters Over Europe: Colors & Markings of USAAF Fighters in WWII, page 4, →ISBN.

     At the end of World War I, the U.S. Army Air Service painted everything khaki. This khaki was practically the same as British PC10 and can be considered the basis of the later olive drab color.

   • Op. cit., page 56

     The very loose seroual trousers were made in both sand-khaki drill, and in winter-weight khaki wool for wear with the M1946 battledress blouse.

3. A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.
4. (rare) A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.
6. (South Africa, derogatory, slang) A British person.
7. (chiefly in the plural) Khaki clothing or uniform.
   • 1915 Out West magazine

     The porter in going through the rear coach, which was almost empty, noticed one of the occupants, a muscular, soldierly man in khakies to be apparently asleep in his seat.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

khaki (comparative more khaki, superlative most khaki)

1. Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

Derived terms

• khaki green

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

Finnish

Etymology

From English khaki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkhɑki/, [ˈkhɑ̝k̟i]
• Rhymes: -ɑki
• Syllabification^(key): kha‧ki
• Hyphenation^(key): kha‧ki

Noun

khaki

1. khaki (cloth)

   Synonym: khakikangas

2. khaki (beige colour)

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

khaki (comparative khakimpi, superlative khakein)

1. khaki (beige colour)

Declension

Further reading

• “khaki”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

From English khaki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ki/

Adjective

khaki (plural khakis)

1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of kaki

German

Alternative forms

• kaki

Etymology

Borrowed from English khaki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːki/
• Hyphenation: kha‧ki

Adjective

khaki (indeclinable)

1. khaki (color)

References

• “khaki” in Duden online
• “khaki” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• kaki

Etymology

From English khaki, from Hindi ख़ाकी (xākī) / Urdu خاکی (xākī), from Persian خاکی (xâki, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈxaki/ [ˈxa.ki]
• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: kha‧ki

Noun

khaki (plural khaki-khaki)

1. khaki (a dull, yellowish-brown color, the colour of dust)

Further reading

• “khaki” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English khaki.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ki/
• Rhymes: -aki
• Syllabification: kha‧ki
• Homophone: kaki

Adjective

khaki (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. khaki

   Synonym: szarozielony

Noun

khaki n (indeclinable)

1. khaki (color)

See also

Further reading

• khaki in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• khaki in Polish dictionaries at PWN