haiku

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• UK: /ˈhaɪkuː/
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• US: /haɪˈku/
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• US: /ˈhaɪku/
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• rhymes with -aɪkuː
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AY1 K UW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Hawaiian Haʻikū.

Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (beaj, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kɨoH, “line”).

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Hawaiian: Haʻikū — Translations
• Arabic: هَايْكُو (haykū) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Chinese Cantonese: 俳句 (paai4 geoi3) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Chinese Mandarin: 俳句 (páijù) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Danish: haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Esperanto: hajko — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Finnish: haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• French: haïku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Georgian: ჰაიკუ (haiḳu) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• German: Haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Gujarati: હાઇકુ (hāiku) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Gujarati: સત્તરાક્ષરી (sattarākṣarī) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Hebrew: הַיְקוּ /הייקו (haykú) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Hindi: हाइकु (hāiku) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Icelandic: hæka — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Ido: haiko — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Indonesian: haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Japanese: 俳句 (haiku) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Korean: 하이쿠 (haiku) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Lithuanian: haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Malay: haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Marathi: हाइकु (hāiku) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Norwegian: haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Polish: haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Portuguese: haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Portuguese: haicai — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Russian: ха́йку (xájku) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Russian: хо́кку (xókku) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Spanish: haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Spanish: haikú — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Swedish: haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Tagalog: hayku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Turkish: haiku — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Ukrainian: ха́йку (xájku) — Japanese poem of a specific form
• Arabic: هَايْكُو (haykū) — poem of similar structure
• Chinese Mandarin: 俳句 (páijù) — poem of similar structure
• Danish: haiku — poem of similar structure
• Esperanto: hajko — poem of similar structure
• Finnish: haiku — poem of similar structure
• French: haïku — poem of similar structure
• Georgian: ჰაიკუ (haiḳu) — poem of similar structure
• German: Haiku — poem of similar structure
• Hindi: हाइकु (hāiku) — poem of similar structure
• Icelandic: hæka — poem of similar structure
• Indonesian: haiku — poem of similar structure
• Japanese: 俳句 (haiku) — poem of similar structure
• Korean: 하이쿠 (haiku) — poem of similar structure
• Malay: haiku — poem of similar structure
• Marathi: हाइकु (hāiku) — poem of similar structure
• Norwegian: haiku — poem of similar structure
• Polish: haiku — poem of similar structure
• Portuguese: haiku — poem of similar structure
• Portuguese: haicai — poem of similar structure
• Russian: ха́йку (xájku) — poem of similar structure
• Russian: хо́кку (xókku) — poem of similar structure