Kiribati

See also: kiribatí

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English

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English

Flag of Kiribati

Kiribati on a globe

Etymology

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).

"Kiribati" was chosen as the republic's name by Chief Minister Sir Ieremia Tabai and his cabinet to represent his country's modernisation and extent beyond the Gilbert Islands, which are natively known as Tungaru.

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

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.

Synonyms

• (language): Gilbertese

Related terms

• I-Kiribati

Descendants

• → Japanese: キリバス (Kiribasu)

Translations

Republic of Kiribati

• Afrikaans: Kiribati
• Arabic: كِيرِيبَاتِي m (kiribātī), كٍيرٍيبَاس (kiribās)
• Armenian: Կիրիբատի (hy) (Kiribati)
• Asturian: Kiribati (ast)
• Balinese: Kiribati
• Bengali: কিরিবাস (bn) (kiribaś)
• Breton: Kiribati
• Bulgarian: Кирибати (Kiribati)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基里巴斯 (zh) (Jīlǐbāsī)

• Czech: Kiribati (cs) n
• Danish: Kiribati (da)
• Dutch: Kiribati (nl) n
• Esperanto: Kiribato (eo)
• Estonian: Kiribati (et)
• Farefare: Kiribasi
• Faroese: Kiribati n
• Finnish: Kiribati (fi)
• French: Kiribati (fr)
• Galician: Kiribati (gl)
• Georgian: კირიბატი (ka) (ḳiribaṭi)
• German: Kiribati (de) n
• Gilbertese: i-Kiribati
• Greek: Κιριμπάτι (el) (Kirimpáti)
• Hawaiian: Kilepaka
• Hebrew: קִירִיבָּטִי (kiribáti), קיריבס (kiribás)
• Hindi: किरिबाती (hi) m (kiribātī)
• Hungarian: Kiribati (hu)
• Indonesian: Kiribati (id)
• Interlingua: Kiribati
• Irish: Ciribeas m, Cireabaití m, Poblacht Chiribeas f
• Italian: Kiribati (it)
• Japanese: キリバス (ja) (Kiribasu)
• Javanese: Kiribati
• Korean: 키리바시 (ko) (kiribasi), 키리바티 (Kiribati) (North Korea)
• Latvian: Kiribati
• Lithuanian: Kiribatis (lt) m
• Macedonian: Кириба́ти (mk) n (Kiribáti)
• Maltese: il-Kiribati (mt)
• Māori: Kiripati
• Marathi: किरिबाती (kiribātī)
• Navajo: Kílíbas
• Norman: Kiribati
• Norwegian: Kiribati
• Polish: Kiribati (pl)
• Portuguese: Kiribati (pt) m (Brazil), Quiribati (pt) m (Portugal)
• Romanian: Kiribati (ro)
• Russian: Кириба́ти (ru) f or n (Kiribáti)
• Satawalese: Kinipwet
• Scots: Kiribati
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Кирибати m

  Latin: Kiribati (sh) m

• Spanish: Kiribati (es)
• Sundanese: Kiribati
• Swedish: Kiribati (sv)
• Thai: คิริบาส (th) (kí-rí-báas)
• Tibetan: ཀི་རི་བ་ཏི (ki ri ba ti)
• Tongan: Kilipasi
• Turkish: Kiribati (tr)
• Turkmen: Kiribati
• Ukrainian: Кіриба́ті (Kirybáti)
• Urdu: کیریباتی (kiribātī)
• Welsh: Ciribati
• Yoruba: Kiribátì

language — see Gilbertese

See also

countries in Oceania (appendix)edit

• 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

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Kiribati, gil ⁠

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Kiribati

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

Derived terms

• Kiribatiër
• Kiribaties

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Kiribati.

Proper noun

Kiribati

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪrɪbatɪ]

Proper noun

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

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

Further reading

• “Kiribati”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Proper noun

Kiribati

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

Related terms

• kiribatier
• kiribatisk

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌki.ri.ˈbɑs/
• Rhymes: -ɑs
• Hyphenation: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti

Proper noun

Kiribati n

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

Estonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kiribati (genitive Kiribati, partitive Kiribatit)

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

Declension

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	—

Derived terms

• kiribati soomuskukk

References

• Kiribati in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌki.ɹiˈpɑː.ti/

Proper noun

Kiribati n

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Gilbertese Kiribati.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kiribati

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

Declension

Inflection of Kiribati (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Kiribati	—
genitive		Kiribatin	—
partitive		Kiribatia	—
illative		Kiribatiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kiribati	—
accusative	nom.	Kiribati	—
	gen.	Kiribatin
genitive		Kiribatin	—
partitive		Kiribatia	—
inessive		Kiribatissa	—
elative		Kiribatista	—
illative		Kiribatiin	—
adessive		Kiribatilla	—
ablative		Kiribatilta	—
allative		Kiribatille	—
essive		Kiribatina	—
translative		Kiribatiksi	—
abessive		Kiribatitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kiribati (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kiribatini — accusative nom. Kiribatini — gen. Kiribatini genitive Kiribatini — partitive Kiribatiani — inessive Kiribatissani — elative Kiribatistani — illative Kiribatiini — adessive Kiribatillani — ablative Kiribatiltani — allative Kiribatilleni — essive Kiribatinani — translative Kiribatikseni — abessive Kiribatittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kiribatisi — accusative nom. Kiribatisi — gen. Kiribatisi genitive Kiribatisi — partitive Kiribatiasi — inessive Kiribatissasi — elative Kiribatistasi — illative Kiribatiisi — adessive Kiribatillasi — ablative Kiribatiltasi — allative Kiribatillesi — essive Kiribatinasi — translative Kiribatiksesi — abessive Kiribatittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kiribatimme — accusative nom. Kiribatimme — gen. Kiribatimme genitive Kiribatimme — partitive Kiribatiamme — inessive Kiribatissamme — elative Kiribatistamme — illative Kiribatiimme — adessive Kiribatillamme — ablative Kiribatiltamme — allative Kiribatillemme — essive Kiribatinamme — translative Kiribatiksemme — abessive Kiribatittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kiribatinne — accusative nom. Kiribatinne — gen. Kiribatinne genitive Kiribatinne — partitive Kiribatianne — inessive Kiribatissanne — elative Kiribatistanne — illative Kiribatiinne — adessive Kiribatillanne — ablative Kiribatiltanne — allative Kiribatillenne — essive Kiribatinanne — translative Kiribatiksenne — abessive Kiribatittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Kiribatinsa — accusative nom. Kiribatinsa — gen. Kiribatinsa genitive Kiribatinsa — partitive Kiribatiaan Kiribatiansa — inessive Kiribatissaan Kiribatissansa — elative Kiribatistaan Kiribatistansa — illative Kiribatiinsa — adessive Kiribatillaan Kiribatillansa — ablative Kiribatiltaan Kiribatiltansa — allative Kiribatilleen Kiribatillensa — essive Kiribatinaan Kiribatinansa — translative Kiribatikseen Kiribatiksensa — abessive Kiribatittaan Kiribatittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• kiribatilainen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ʁi.ba.ti/

• Audio (France (Paris)):

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Proper noun

Kiribati f pl (plural only)

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

Usage notes

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

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

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)

Declension

Declension of Kiribati [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kiribati
genitive	eines	des	Kiribatis
dative	einem	dem	Kiribati
accusative	ein	das	Kiribati

Derived terms

• kiribatisch

Gilbertese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ɾi.bæ.si/

Proper noun

i-Kiribati

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

Descendants

• → English: Kiribati
  • → Japanese: キリバス (Kiribasu)

Hungarian

Kiribati

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kiribati

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kiribati	—
accusative	Kiribatit	—
dative	Kiribatinak	—
instrumental	Kiribatival	—
causal-final	Kiribatiért	—
translative	Kiribativá	—
terminative	Kiribatiig	—
essive-formal	Kiribatiként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Kiribatiban	—
superessive	Kiribatin	—
adessive	Kiribatinál	—
illative	Kiribatiba	—
sublative	Kiribatira	—
allative	Kiribatihoz	—
elative	Kiribatiból	—
delative	Kiribatiról	—
ablative	Kiribatitól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Kiribatié	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Kiribatiéi	—

Possessive forms of Kiribati

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Kiribatim	—
2nd person sing.	Kiribatid	—
3rd person sing.	Kiribatija	—
1st person plural	Kiribatink	—
2nd person plural	Kiribatitok	—
3rd person plural	Kiribatijuk	—

Derived terms

• kiribati (“Kiribatian”)

See also

countries in Oceania: Ausztrália és Óceánia országai (appendix)edit

• Ausztrália
• Cook-szigetek
• Fidzsi-szigetek
• Kiribati
• Marshall-szigetek
• Mikronéziai Szövetségi Államok, (loosely) Mikronézia
• Nauru
• Niue
• Palau
• Pápua Új-Guinea
• Salamon-szigetek
• Szamoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Új-Zéland
• Vanuatu

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kiribati f pl (plural only)

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

See also

• gilbertino

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʲɪrʲɪ²ˈbɑːtʲɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːtʲɪ
• Syllabification: Ki‧ri‧bã‧ti

Proper noun

Kiribãti

1. vocative of Kiribãtis

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Kiribati

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

Related terms

• kiribatier
• kiribatisk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Kiribati

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

Related terms

• kiribatiar
• kiribatisk

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French Gislebertder.

English Gilbert

English Gilbert Islandsclip.

English Gilbertsbor.

Gilbertese Kiribatiubor.

Polish Kiribati

Unadapted borrowing from Gilbertese Kiribati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.riˈba.ti/

• Audio:

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

Proper noun

Kiribati n (indeclinable, related adjective kiribatyjski or kiribacki)

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

Derived terms

nouns

• Kiribatyjczyk
• Kiribatyjka

See also

countries in Oceania: kraje Oceanii (appendix)edit

• Australia
• Fidżi
• Kiribati
• Mikronezja
• Nauru
• Niue
• Nowa Zelandia
• Palau
• Papua-Nowa Gwinea
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu ~ Tuwalu
• Vanuatu
• Wyspy Cooka
• Wyspy Marshalla
• Wyspy Salomona

Further reading

• “Kiribati”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Quiribati, Quiribáti

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old French Gislebertder.

English Gilbert

English Gilbert Islandsclip.

English Gilbertsbor.

Gilbertese Kiribatibor.

English Kiribatiubor.

Portuguese Kiribati

Unadapted borrowing from English Kiribati. Doublet of Gilberto.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾiˈba.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.ɾiˈba.ti/ [ki.ɾiˈβa.ti]

• Rhymes: -at͡ʃi, -ati
• Hyphenation: Ki‧ri‧ba‧ti

Proper noun

Kiribati m (demonym kiribatiano or kiribatino)

1. Kiribati (a country consisting mostly of the Gilbert Islands archipelago, located in Micronesia in Oceania; official name: República de Kiribati; capital: Taraua)

Related terms

• gilbertês

See also

countries in Oceania: países da Oceania (appendix)edit

• Austrália
• Fiji
• Ilhas Cook
• Ilhas Marshall
• Ilhas Salomão
• Kiribati ~ Quiribati
• Micronésia
• Nauru
• Niue ~ Niuê
• Nova Zelândia
• Palau
• Papua-Nova Guiné
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

Romanian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kiribati n

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Spain):

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

Proper noun

Kiribati ?

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

Derived terms

• kiribatiano

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kiribati n (genitive Kiribatis)

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

Related terms

• kiribatier
• kiribatisk
• kiribatiska

See also

countries in Oceania: Oceaniens länder (appendix)edit

• Australien
• Cooköarna
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshallöarna
• Mikronesien
• Nauru
• Nya Zeeland
• Palau
• Papua Nya Guinea
• Salomonöarna
• Samoa
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu

References

• “Kiribati”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Svensk MeSH

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kiribati

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

Declension

Declension of Kiribati

	singular
nominative	Kiribati
accusative	Kiribati'yi
dative	Kiribati'ye
locative	Kiribati'de
ablative	Kiribati'den
genitive	Kiribati'nin

Possessive forms of Kiribati

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Kiribati'm	Kiribatilerim Kiribati'lerim
senin (your)	Kiribati'n	Kiribatilerin Kiribati'lerin
onun (his/her/its)	Kiribati'si	Kiribatileri Kiribati'leri
bizim (our)	Kiribati'miz	Kiribatilerimiz Kiribati'lerimiz
sizin (your)	Kiribati'niz	Kiribatileriniz Kiribati'leriniz
onların (their)	Kiribati'si Kiribatileri Kiribati'leri	Kiribatileri Kiribati'leri

Derived terms

• Kiribatili

See also

countries in Oceania: Okyanusya ülkeleri (appendix)edit

• Avustralya
• Cook Adaları
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Marshall Adaları
• Mikronezya
• Nauru
• Niue
• Palau
• Papua Yeni Gine
• Samoa
• Solomon Adaları
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu
• Yeni Zelanda

Turkmen

Proper noun

Kiribati

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

Yoruba

Kiribátì

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kiribati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kī.ɾī.bá.tì/

Proper noun

Kiribátì

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