kiwi
Portuguese, noun/kiˈwi/
kiwi is spelled K-I-W-I (4 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,685th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kiwi is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of quivi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruto comestível de arbusto de mesmo nome de casca acastanhada e polpa verde”.
What does kiwi mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of quivi
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fruto comestível de arbusto de mesmo nome de casca acastanhada e polpa verde 2. ave da família Apterygidae nativa da Nova Zelândia 3. pessoa natural da Nova Zelândia 4. Dólar de Kiribati
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kiwi
- kiwis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kiwi?
- Brazil /kiˈwi/
- Brazil /kiˈvi/
- Portugal /kiˈwi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kiwi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kiwi in Portuguese?
kiwi appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).