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haiku

noun

  1. short Japanese poem
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪkuː/ / /haɪˈku/ / /ˈhaɪku/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian Haʻikū.

  1. A village in the census-designated place of Haiku-Pauwela, Hawaii, United States.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)句(く) (haiku), from Middle Chinese 俳 (beaj, “paralleled [writing]”) + 句 (kɨoᴴ, “line”).

  1. 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.”

  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”