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Yes. The word kiwi is a Scrabble US word. The word kiwi is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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4-letter words (2 found)

KIWI,WIKI,

3-letter words (1 found)

IWI,

2-letter words (1 found)

KI,

You can make 4 words from kiwi according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of kiwi

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Definitions and meaning of kiwi

kiwi

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːwi/
  • Rhymes: -iːwi

Noun

kiwi (countable and uncountable, plural kiwi or kiwis)

  1. A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (person from New Zealand).
  3. (informal) A New Zealand dollar.
  4. A kiwi fruit.
  5. (uncountable) A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi fruit flesh (also called kiwi green).
  6. (military, slang) A member of the air force who does not fly.

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

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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • Wiki, wiki

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈki.wi]

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. kiwi (bird)
  2. 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

  1. a kiwi fruit
  2. a kiwi; a flightless bird of the genus Apteryx

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪvɪ]

Noun

kiwi n (indeclinable)

  1. kiwi, kiwi fruit

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiːvi/, [ˈkʰiːvi]

Noun

kiwi c (singular definite kiwien, plural indefinite kiwier)

  1. kiwi (bird)
  2. kiwi, kiwi fruit

Inflection

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(key): /ˈki.ʋi/
  • Hyphenation: ki‧wi

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwi's, diminutive kiwietje n)

  1. kiwi (bird of the genus Apteryx)
  2. kiwi plant, Actinidia deliciosa syn. Actinidia chinensis var. hispida
  3. kiwi fruit, kiwi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kiwi on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

Anagrams

  • wiki

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.wi/

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. 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)

  1. kiwi fruit

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈki.wi/
  • Rhymes: -iwi
  • Hyphenation: kì‧wi

Noun

kiwi m (invariable)

  1. kiwi fruit
  2. kiwi

Derived terms

  • kiwi australe
  • kiwi bruno

Japanese

Romanization

kiwi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of キウィ

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kiu, from Proto-Oceanic *kiuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kiuk (cheep, peep).

Noun

kiwi

  1. 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(key): /kiːʋi/

Noun

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

  1. kiwi fruit

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiːʋi/

Noun

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

  1. kiwi fruit

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈki.vi/
  • Rhymes: -ivi
  • Syllabification: ki‧wi

Noun

kiwi m animal (indeclinable)

  1. kiwi (any ratite of the order Apterygiformes)

Noun

kiwi n (indeclinable)

  1. kiwi (any tree of the genus Actinidia)
  2. 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

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. Alternative form of quivi

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French kiwi.

Noun

kiwi f (plural kiwi)

  1. kiwi

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiwi/ [ˈki.wi]
  • Rhymes: -iwi
  • Syllabification: ki‧wi

Noun

kiwi m (plural kiwis)

  1. kiwi (bird)
  2. kiwi (fruit)

Further reading

  • “kiwi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

kiwi (n class, plural kiwi)

  1. kiwi fruit

Swedish

Noun

kiwi c

  1. a kiwi (fruit)
    Synonym: kiwifrukt

Declension

See also

  • kivi (bird)

References

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

Source: wiktionary.org