koi
/kɔɪ/
koi noun: ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring.
Noun (1)
koi (plural koi)
- Ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring.
- We sense that while it might be wonderful for Krystle and Alexis to have a catfight in a koi pond, it would be inappropriate for Joan to smack Linda with a koi.1985 September 2, Joe Klein, quoting Douglas S. Cramer, “The Real Star of ‘Dynasty’”, in New York, page 34
- Synonyms:
- koi carp
Noun (2) capitalized: KOI
KOI (plural KOIs)
koi meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
koi in Tamil
- variety of carp
- கொய் koy, கொய் மீன் koy mīṉ
koi in Urdu
- کوی
koi in Bengali
- কোই
koi in Telugu
- కోయి, కోయ్, కొయ్
More languagesFewer languages
- koi in Malayalam
- കോയി, കോയ്
- koi in Kannada
- ಕೋಯಿ, ಕೊಯ್, ಕೋಯ್
- koi in Punjabi
- ਕੋਇ
- koi in Indonesian
- koi
Synonyms of koi
Forms of koi
| plural | koi |
|---|---|
| plural | KOIs |
Origin of koi
Borrowed from Japanese 鯉 (koi).
Phrases with koi
Words that rhyme with koi
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- JOI
- joy
- alloy
- Amoy
- cloy
- convoy
- deploy
- goy
- oi
- overjoy
- ploy
- travois
- ahoy
- annoy
- catboy
- Choi
- foxboy
- foy
- Hanoi
- hoi polloi
- kathoey
- poi
- Saint Croix
- soy
- Sukhoi
- accoy
- bok choy
- cocky's joy
- diaperboy
- doy
- Floy
- hoi
- hoo, boy
- hoy
- killjoy
- Kilroy
- loy
- man and boy
- noy
- oe
- oy
- pick-me boy
- ploye
- po' boy
- puppyboy
- Savoie
- stroy
- sugoi
Questions about koi
- What does koi mean?
- Koi means ornamental domesticated varieties of the Amur carp (Cyprinus rubrofuscus), of Japan and eastern Asia with red-gold or white coloring.
- What is koi in Tamil?
- Koi in Tamil is கொய் (koy), கொய் மீன் (koy mīṉ). See Koi meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is koi?
- Koi is a noun.
- How do you pronounce koi?
- Koi is pronounced /kɔɪ/.
- What is the plural of koi?
- The plural of koi is koi.
Words near koi in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: koi (page history and authors); KOI (page history and authors); koi (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); koi (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); koi (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); koi (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); koi (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); koi (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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