haiku

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (beaj, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kɨoH, “line”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪkuː/ (US) IPA(key): /haɪˈku/, /ˈhaɪku/ Rhymes: -aɪkuː, -uː === Noun === haiku (plural haiku or haikus) A Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme. A three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme. Haiku, a poem five beats, then seven, then five ends as it began. ==== Synonyms ==== hokku ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== haikai ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== senryū: a short humorous poem similar to the haiku === Anagrams === Ukiah == Catalan == === Pronunciation === === Noun === haiku a haiku == Cebuano == === Etymology === From English haiku, from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (bˠɛi, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kɨoH, “line”). === Noun === haiku a haiku === Anagrams === kuhai == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑi̯ku/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯ku] Rhymes: -ɑiku Syllabification(key): hai‧ku Hyphenation(key): hai‧ku === Etymology 1 === From dialectal haika +‎ -u, from Proto-Finnic *haika, from Proto-Finno-Permic *šajka; cognates include Estonian haige (~ haikea) and Lule Sami suoikē. ==== Noun ==== haiku (usually in the plural) puff, whiff (act of inhaling tobacco smoke) puff, whiff, puff of smoke, whiff of smoke (small quantity of smoke in the air) (poetic) smoke ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== savu, savut ===== Related terms ===== haikea ==== Further reading ==== “1. haiku”, 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 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku). ==== Noun ==== haiku A haiku (type of Japanese poem; any poem written in haiku style). ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “2. haiku”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Anagrams === hauki, hiuka, kuhia, uhkia == French == === Noun === haiku m (plural haikus) alternative spelling of haïku == Hungarian == === Etymology === From Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhɒjiku] Hyphenation: ha‧i‧ku Rhymes: -ku === Noun === haiku (plural haikuk) haiku (a Japanese form of poetry consisting of seventeen syllables: five for the first line, seven for the second, and five for the third) ==== Declension ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (bˠɛi, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kɨoH, “line”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhai̯ku/ [ˈhai̯.ku] Rhymes: -ai̯ku Syllabification: hai‧ku === Noun === haiku (plural haiku-haiku) haiku === Further reading === “haiku”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ajˈku/* Rhymes: -u === Noun === haiku m (invariable) haiku == Japanese == === Romanization === haiku Rōmaji transcription of はいく Rōmaji transcription of ハイク == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Ultimately borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑɪ̯.kʉ/ === Noun === haiku m or n (definite singular haikuen or haikuet, indefinite plural haiku, definite plural haikuene) (poetry) a haiku == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Ultimately borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɑɪ̯.kʉ/ === Noun === haiku m or n (definite singular haikuen or haikuet, indefinite plural haikuar or haiku, definite plural haikuane or haikua) (poetry) a haiku == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xaˈi.ku/ Rhymes: -iku Syllabification: ha‧i‧ku === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Japanese 俳句. ==== Noun ==== haiku n (indeclinable) (poetry) haiku (Japanese poem in three lines, the first and last consisting of five morae, and the second consisting of seven morae, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme) (poetry) haiku (three-line poem in any language, with five syllables in the first and last lines and seven syllables in the second, usually with an emphasis on the season or a naturalistic theme) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== haiku m inan genitive singular of haik === References === === Further reading === haiku in Polish dictionaries at PWN haiku in PWN's encyclopedia == Portuguese == === Noun === haiku m (plural haikus) (poetry) haiku (type of poem used in Japanese poetry) === Further reading === “haiku”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French haïku, from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku). === Noun === haiku n (plural haikuuri) haiku ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Alternative forms === haikú === Etymology === Borrowed from English haiku, from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaiku/ [ˈai̯.ku] Syllabification: hai‧ku IPA(key): /ˈxaiku/ [ˈxai̯.ku] Rhymes: -aiku === Noun === haiku m (plural haikus) haiku === Further reading === “haiku”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025