haiku

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 俳句 (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (bɛj, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kjù, “line”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.kuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ.ku/, /haɪˈku/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

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.
   • 2009, January 25, “Colin Moynihan”, in A Project Documents Inauguration Day, in Washington and Across the Globe‎:

     Some of the results resemble haikus.

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.

Anagrams

• Ukiah

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 俳句 (haiku).

Anagrams

• hauki, hiuka, kuhia, uhkia

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

haiku m (invariable)

1. haiku

Noun

haiku m (plural haikus)

1. (poetry) haiku (type of poem used in Japanese poetry)

Alternative forms

• haikú

Etymology

Borrowed from English haiku, from Japanese 俳句 (はいく, haiku).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaiku/, [ˈai̯ku]

Noun

haiku m (plural haikus)

1. haiku

Further reading

• “haiku” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.