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Etymology

From Japanese 俳句 (haiku).

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular haiku

Plural haiku or haikus

haiku (plural haiku or haikus)

  1. A Japanese poem of a specific form, consisting of 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.
  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.
    Haiku, a poem
    five beats, then seven, then five
    ends as it began.
  3. (Can we verify() this sense?) A short poem in the style of a translation of a Japanese haiku.

See also

Finnish

Etymology 1

Noun

haiku

  1. A puff, whiff (act of inhaling tobacco smoke); often used in plural in this sense.
  2. A puff, whiff, puff of smoke, whiff of smoke (small quantity of smoke in the air).
    • Ilmassa on vähän haikua.
      • There's a whiff of smoke in the air.
  3. (poetic) smoke
    • Tänne ihminen katoaa huomaamattomaksi, kuin tuo nuotion mitätön haiku iltataivaalle.
      • Here a man vanishes into nothingness, like that tiny strand of smoke from the campfire to the evening sky.
Declension
Declension of haiku (type valo)
singular plural
nominative haiku haiut
genitive haiun haikujen
partitive haikua haikuja
accusative haiku haiun haiut
inessive haiussa haiuissa
elative haiusta haiuista
illative haikuun haikuihin
adessive haiulla haiuilla
ablative haiulta haiuilta
allative haiulle haiuille
essive haikuna haikuina
translative haiuksi haiuiksi
instructive – haiuin
abessive haiutta haiuitta
comitative – haikuineen
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From Japanese 俳句 (haiku).

Noun

haiku

  1. A haiku (type of Japanese poem; any poem written in haiku style).
Declension
Declension of haiku (type valo)
singular plural
nominative haiku haikut
genitive haikun haikujen
partitive haikua haikuja
accusative haiku haikun haikut
inessive haikussa haikuissa
elative haikusta haikuista
illative haikuun haikuihin
adessive haikulla haikuilla
ablative haikulta haikuilta
allative haikulle haikuille
essive haikuna haikuina
translative haikuksi haikuiksi
instructive – haikuin
abessive haikutta haikuitta
comitative – haikuineen

Italian

Etymology

Japanese

Noun

haiku m. inv.

  1. haiku

 

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