kiwi

CEFRA2

/ˈkiːwi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small brown fruit with green flesh and tiny black seeds.

  2. 02

    noun

    A flightless bird native to New Zealand.

Examples

  • My uncle had a kiwi vine on his porch. The fruit was delicious.

  • Organic kiwi fruit. Feel free to help yourself.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A New Zealand dollar.

  2. Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (“a person from New Zealand”).

  3. A flightless bird of the order Apterygiformes native to New Zealand.

More examples

In context

  • Have you never eaten a kiwi?

  • And as its role grew in importance, ground commanders, or kiwis as they were called, made many mistakes in judgment […]

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

She peeled the fuzzy brown fruit, a blank, and sliced it for the fruit salad.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Māori kiwi.