haiku
UK/ˈhaɪkuː//haɪˈku/
haiku noun: 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.
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.
- Some of the results resemble haikus.2009 January 25, Colin Moynihan, “A Project Documents Inauguration Day, in Washington and Across the Globe”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
- 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
Proper noun capitalized: Haiku
Haiku
- A village in the census-designated place of Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii, United States.
haiku meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
haiku in Hindi
- poem of similar structure
- हाइकु hāiku
- Japanese poem of a specific form
- हाइकु hāiku
haiku in Tamil
- ஹைக்கூ, ஹைக்கு, ஹைகு
haiku in Marathi
- poem of similar structure
- हाइकु hāiku
- Japanese poem of a specific form
- हाइकु hāiku
haiku in Urdu
- ہائیکو, ہائکو
More languagesFewer languages
- haiku in Bengali
- হাইকু, হায়কু
- haiku in Telugu
- హైకు, హైకూ
- haiku in Malayalam
- ഹൈക്കു, ഹൈക്കൂ
- haiku in Kannada
- ಹೈಕು, ಹೈಕೂ
- haiku in Punjabi
- ਹਾਇਕੂ, ਹਾਈਕੂ, ਹੈਕੂ
- haiku in Gujarati
- હાઇકુ hāiku, સત્તરાક્ષરી sattarākṣarī
- haiku in Odia
- ହାଇକୂ
- haiku in Nepali
- हाइकु hāiku
- haiku in Tagalog
- hayku
- haiku in Arabic
- هَايْكُو haykū
- haiku in Malay
- haiku
- haiku in Indonesian
- haiku
Synonyms of haiku
Forms of haiku
| plural | haiku |
|---|---|
| plural | haikus |
Origin of haiku
Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (beaj, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kɨoᴴ, “line”).
Borrowed from Hawaiian Haʻikū.
Words formed from haiku
Questions about haiku
- What does haiku mean?
- Haiku means 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.
- What is haiku in Hindi?
- Haiku in Hindi is हाइकु (hāiku). See Haiku meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is haiku?
- Haiku can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce haiku?
- Haiku is pronounced /ˈhaɪkuː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of haiku?
- The plural of haiku is haiku.
Words near haiku in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: haiku (page history and authors); Haiku (page history and authors); haiku (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haiku (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haiku (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haiku (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haiku (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haiku (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haiku (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haiku (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); हाइकु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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