how to pronounce kiwi

/ˈkiːwiː/

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the above transcription of kiwi is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

kiwi is pronounced in two syllables

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iː

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iː

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An example use of kiwi in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… venture beyond kiwi to new crops and new …”

meanings of kiwi

noun:

A kiwi fruit.
A flightless bird of the genus Apteryx native to New Zealand.
A New Zealand dollar.
A New Zealander.
Alternative letter-case form of Kiwi (person from New Zealand).
A green-yellow colour, like that of kiwi flesh (also called kiwi green).
A member of the air force who does not fly.

adjective:

Of or from New Zealand.

kiwi frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word kiwi occurs in english on average 2.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics kiwi can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that kiwi can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;