"haiku" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈhaɪ.kuː/ [UK], /ˈhaɪ.ku/ [US], /haɪˈku/ [US] Audio: en-us-haiku.ogg Forms: haiku [plural], haikus [plural]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (bˠɛi, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kɨoᴴ, “line”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|俳%句|はい%く}} 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku), {{der|en|ltc|俳||paralleled 􂀿writing􂁀}} Middle Chinese 俳 (bˠɛi, “paralleled [writing]”) Head templates: {{en-noun|haiku|s}} haiku (plural haiku or haikus)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Poetry Translations (Japanese poem of a specific form): هَايْكُو (haykū) [masculine] (Arabic), 俳句 (paai⁴ geoi³) (Chinese Cantonese), 俳句 (páijù) (Chinese Mandarin), haiku [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), hajko (Esperanto), haiku (Finnish), haïku [masculine] (French), ჰაიკუ (haiḳu) (Georgian), Haiku [neuter] (German), હાઇકુ (hāiku) (Gujarati), સત્તરાક્ષરી (sattarākṣarī) (Gujarati), हाइकु (hāiku) [masculine] (Hindi), hæka [feminine] (Icelandic), haiko (Ido), haiku (Indonesian), 俳句 (haiku) (alt: はいく) (Japanese), 하이쿠 (haiku) (Korean), haiku [masculine] (Lithuanian), haiku (Malay), हाइकु (hāiku) [feminine] (Marathi), haiku [masculine] (Norwegian), haiku [neuter] (Polish), haiku [masculine] (Portuguese), haicai [masculine] (Portuguese), ха́йку (xájku) [neuter] (Russian), хо́кку (xókku) [neuter] (Russian), haiku [masculine] (Spanish), haikú [masculine] (Spanish), haiku [common-gender] (Swedish), hayku (Tagalog), haiku (Turkish), ха́йку (xájku) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-haiku-en-noun-FhIXK1pW Disambiguation of Poetry: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gujarati translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 15 entries: 21 18 2 2 1 16 0 0 17 10 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 15 2 1 1 18 0 0 19 9 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Gujarati translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'Japanese poem of a specific form': 70 30
  2. 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. Categories (topical): Poetry
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hokku Derived forms: haikuish, haikuist, haikulike, mathemaku, pseudohaiku Related terms: haikai, senryū: a short humorous poem similar to the haiku Translations (poem of similar structure): هَايْكُو (haykū) [masculine] (Arabic), 俳句 (páijù) (Chinese Mandarin), haiku [common-gender, neuter] (Danish), hajko (Esperanto), haiku (Finnish), haïku [masculine] (French), ჰაიკუ (haiḳu) (Georgian), Haiku [neuter] (German), हाइकु (hāiku) [masculine] (Hindi), hæka [feminine] (Icelandic), haiku (Indonesian), 俳句 (haiku) (alt: はいく) (Japanese), 하이쿠 (haiku) (Korean), haiku (Malay), हाइकु (hāiku) [feminine] (Marathi), haiku [masculine] (Norwegian), haiku [masculine] (Portuguese), haicai [masculine] (Portuguese), ха́йку (xájku) [neuter] (Russian), хо́кку (xókku) [neuter] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'poem of similar structure': 47 53

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "word": "haiku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haïku"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "haiḳu",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "word": "ჰაიკუ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Haiku"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "hāiku",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "हाइकु"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hæka"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "word": "haiku"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はいく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "haiku",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "word": "俳句"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "haiku",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "word": "하이쿠"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "word": "haiku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "hāiku",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "हाइकु"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haiku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haiku"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haicai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xájku",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ха́йку"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xókku",
      "sense": "poem of similar structure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хо́кку"
    }
  ],
  "word": "haiku"
}

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