German

Alternative forms

• Haikai
• Hokku

Noun

Haiku n, m ‎(genitive Haikus or Haiku, plural Haikus or Haiku)

1. haiku (Japanese poem of a specific form: 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables)
2. haiku (poem in any language of the same form)

English

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.

Derived terms

• mathemaku (rare)
• pseudohaiku

Translations

Synonyms

• hokku

See also

• A senryū is a short humorous poem that is similar to the haiku.

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

Synonyms

• savu, savut

Etymology 2

From Japanese 俳句 (haiku).

Noun

haiku

1. A haiku (type of Japanese poem; any poem written in haiku style).

Declension

Anagrams

• hauki, hiuka, kuhia, uhkia

Italian

Etymology

Japanese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u

Noun

haiku m ‎(invariable)

1. haiku

Portuguese

Noun

haiku m (plural haikus)

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• haikú

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈai̯.ku/

Noun

haiku m ‎(plural haikus)

1. haiku