Kiribati

From Gilbertese Kiribati, from English Gilberts adapted to Gilbertese phonotactics, a shortening of Gilbert Islands. First entry in the Dictionnaire gilbertin-français of Ernest Sabatier (1954).

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪrəbɑːti/, /ˈkɪrəbæs/
• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈkiː.ɹɪ.bæs/, /kiː.ɹɪˈbæs/, /ˌkiː.ɹɪˈbɑs/, /ˌkiː.ɹɪˈbɑ.ti/

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Kiribati

2. A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania. Official name: Republic of Kiribati. Capital and largest city: South Tarawa.
3. The Micronesian language spoken in Kiribati.

• (language): Gilbertese

• I-Kiribati

• → Japanese: キリバス (Kiribasu)

• (countries of Oceania) country of Oceania; Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
• South Tarawa
• Countries of the world

• Ethnologue entry for Kiribati, gil  ⁠

Kiribati

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania; capital: Suid-Tarawa)

• Kiribatiër
• Kiribaties

Borrowed from Spanish Kiribati.

Kiribati

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪrɪbatɪ]

Kiribati n (indeclinable, related adjective kiribatský, demonym Kiribaťan)

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• “Kiribati”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Kiribati

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• kiribatier
• kiribatisk

• IPA^(key): /ˌki.ri.ba.ˈti/

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• Hyphenation: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti

Kiribati n

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

From Gilbertese Kiribati, based on the Gilbertese pronunciation of English Gilberts, a shortening of Gilbert Islands.

• IPA^(key): /kiriˈb̥ɑˑti/, [kiriˈb̥ɑˑtʲˑi]
• Rhymes: -ɑˑti
• Hyphenation: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti

Kiribati (genitive Kiribati, partitive Kiribatit)

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• Kiribati in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

From Gilbertese Kiribati, based on the Gilbertese pronunciation of English Gilberts, a shortening of Gilbert Islands.

• IPA^(key): /ˌki.ɹiˈpɑː.ti/

Kiribati n

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

From Gilbertese Kiribati.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkiribɑti/, [ˈk̟iriˌbɑ̝t̪i]
• Rhymes: -ɑti
• Syllabification^(key): Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti

Kiribati

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• kiribatilainen

• IPA^(key): /ki.ʁi.ba.ti/

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Kiribati f pl (plural only)

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

Although many scholarly resources argue that this is a feminine plural noun, popular usage often refers to this noun in the masculine singular.

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Kiribati n (proper noun, genitive Kiribatis or (optionally with an article) Kiribati)

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• kiribatisch

Borrowed from English Gilberts, a shortened name of the Gilbert Islands, adapted to Gilbertese phonotactics.

• IPA^(key): /ki.ɾi.bæ.si/

i-Kiribati

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiribɒti]
• Hyphenation: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti
• Rhymes: -ti

Kiribati

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania; official name: Kiribati Köztársaság)

• kiribati (“Kiribatian”)

• IPA^(key): /ki.riˈba.ti/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ati
• Hyphenation: Ki‧ri‧bà‧ti

Kiribati f pl (plural only)

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• gilbertino

Kiribati

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• kiribatier
• kiribatisk

Kiribati

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• kiribatiar
• kiribatisk

Unadapted borrowing from Gilbertese Kiribati.

• IPA^(key): /ki.riˈba.ti/

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• Rhymes: -ati
• Syllabification: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti

Kiribati n (indeclinable, related adjective kiribatyjski or kiribacki)

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• (countries of Oceania) kraje Oceanii; Australia, Fidżi, Kiribati, Mikronezja, Nauru, Niue, Nowa Zelandia, Palau, Papua-Nowa Gwinea, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu/Tuwalu, Vanuatu, Wyspy Cooka, Wyspy Marshalla, Wyspy Salomona

• Kiribati in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Quiribati, Quiribáti

Kiribati m

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

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Kiribati n

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• IPA^(key): /kiɾiˈbati/ [ki.ɾiˈβ̞a.t̪i]

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• Rhymes: -ati
• Syllabification: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti

Kiribati ?

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

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Kiribati n (genitive Kiribatis)

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• kiribatier
• kiribatisk
• kiribatiska

• Kiribati in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

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Kiribati

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

• Kiribatili

• (countries of Oceania) Okyanusya ülkesi; Avustralya, Cook Adaları, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Adaları, Mikronezya, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua Yeni Gine, Samoa, Solomon Adaları, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Yeni Zelanda

Kiribati

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)

Borrowed from English Kiribati.

• IPA^(key): /kī.ɾī.bá.tì/

Kiribátì

1. Kiribati (A country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania)