KD
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kd"
English
Noun
KD (countable and uncountable, plural KDs)
- Abbreviation of khaki drill, a form of British military uniform made of cotton.
- (dated, British India) Initialism of known depredator: a category of criminal.
- Hypernyms: depredator < criminal < person
- (Unicode) Initialism of compatibility decomposition.
- (Canada, informal) Initialism of Kraft Dinner: a packaged dry macaroni and cheese mix.
- 2010, Margaret Meikle, How Much Does Your Head Weigh?, page 159:
- Lots of people who grew up eating KD keep a box in their cupboard just in case. You never know when you'll need comfort and convenience.
- (manufacturing, business, law) Initialism of knockdown (“collection of parts to assemble a product”).
- Hyponym: CKD
- Initialism of kidney disease.
Hypernyms
(food product):
Derived terms
- (Compatibility Decomposition): NFKD
See also
References
- Unicode Consortium, Unicode Standard Annex #15, revision 41 (2014-06-05), § 1.2, table 1: “Normalization Forms”
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
KD c
- (in titles) abbreviation of kommandør
Esperanto
Noun
KD
- initialism of kompakta disko
Finnish
Etymology
The K from kristillis- (see kristillinen) and the D from demokraatit.
Proper noun
KD
- abbreviation of Kristillisdemokraatit (in Finland) the Christian Democrats (a political party).
German
Noun
KD m (strong, genitive KDs or KD, plural KD, feminine KD'in)
- (Germany) abbreviation of Kriminaldirektor
Declension
Declension of KD [masculine, strong]
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Johor) IPA(key): /ˈkejdi/ [ˈkei̯.di]
- (Bahasa Baku) IPA(key): /ˈkejdi/ [ˈkei̯.di]
Proper noun
KD