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)

• 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, relational 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), 2008–2025

Kiribati

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

• kiribatier
• kiribatisk

• IPA^(key): /ˌki.ri.ˈbɑs/
• Rhymes: -ɑs
• 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)

Declension of Kiribati (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Kiribati	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Kiribati
genitive			—
partitive		Kiribatit	—
illative		Kiribatti Kiribatisse	—
inessive		Kiribatis	—
elative		Kiribatist	—
allative		Kiribatile	—
adessive		Kiribatil	—
ablative		Kiribatilt	—
translative		Kiribatiks	—
terminative		Kiribatini	—
essive		Kiribatina	—
abessive		Kiribatita	—
comitative		Kiribatiga	—

• 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
• Hyphenation^(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)

• 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)

• Gilberto
• gilbertês

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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

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)