Kuwait

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt), diminutive of اَلْكُوت (al-kūt).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kjuːˈweɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kuːˈweɪt/, /kʊˈweɪt/, enPR: ko͝o-wātʹ
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪt
  • enPR: ko͝o-wītʹ

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. A country in Western Asia, in the Middle East. Official name: State of Kuwait.
  2. Alternative form of Kuwait City, the capital city of Kuwait.

Translations

See also


Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kuwait m

  1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms


Danish

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Finnish

Etymology

From Arabic الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuwɑi̯t/, [ˈkuwɑi̯t̪]
  • Rhymes: -uwɑit
  • Syllabification(key): Ku‧wait

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

Inflection of Kuwait (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Kuwait
genitive Kuwaitin
partitive Kuwaitia
illative Kuwaitiin
singular plural
nominative Kuwait
accusative nom. Kuwait
gen. Kuwaitin
genitive Kuwaitin
partitive Kuwaitia
inessive Kuwaitissa
elative Kuwaitista
illative Kuwaitiin
adessive Kuwaitilla
ablative Kuwaitilta
allative Kuwaitille
essive Kuwaitina
translative Kuwaitiksi
instructive
abessive Kuwaititta
comitative
Possessive forms of Kuwait (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person Kuwaitini Kuwaitimme
2nd person Kuwaitisi Kuwaitinne
3rd person Kuwaitinsa

Derived terms


German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːvaɪ̯t/
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːvɛɪ̯t/, /kuˈvɛɪ̯t/, /kuˈvaɪ̯t/ (less common)
  • (file)

Proper noun

Kuwait n (proper noun, genitive Kuwaits or (optionally with an article) Kuwait)

  1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms


Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈwajt/, /kuˈwɛjt/, /kuˈwejt/, /kuˈvajt/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ajt, -ɛjt, -ejt
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧wàit

Proper noun

Kuwait m

  1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms

References

  1. Kuwait in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

A view of the marina in Kuwait.

Etymology

From Arabic الْكُوَيْت (al-kuwayt), diminutive of اَلْكُوت (al-kūt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʉˈʋaɪt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Hyphenation: Ku‧wait

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)
    Kuwait er et ørkenland
    Kuwait is a desert country
  2. Kuwait (the capital city of Kuwait)

Usage notes

The capital city is usually just referred to as Kuwait, but might also be called Kuwait by (Kuwait city) to differentiate it from the name of the country.

Derived terms

See also

References

  • Kuwait” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈaj.t͡ʃi/ [kʊˈaɪ̯.t͡ʃi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈaj.te/ [kʊˈaɪ̯.te]

Proper noun

Kuwait m

  1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈwait/ [kuˈwai̯t̪], /kuˈbait/ [kuˈβ̞ai̯t̪]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ait
  • Syllabification: Ku‧wait

Proper noun

Kuwait m

  1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Derived terms


Swedish

Proper noun

Kuwait n (genitive Kuwaits)

  1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Tatar

Proper noun

Kuwait

  1. Kuwait (a country in Western Asia, in the Middle East)

Declension

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