Tahiti

See also: tahiti and Tahití

English

Alternative forms

• Otaheite (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /təˈhiːti/, /tɑˈhiːti/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -iːti

Proper noun

Tahiti

2. the largest island in French Polynesia

   Synonyms: George's Island, King George the Third's Island

3. (historical) A former kingdom in Polynesia, Pacific Ocean

   Synonym: Kingdom of Tahiti

Derived terms

• Tahitian
• Tahiti petrel

Translations

island

• Arabic: تَاهِيتِي f (tāhītī)
• Armenian: Տահիտի (Tahiti)
• Belarusian: Таі́ці m (Taíci)
• Bengali: তাহিতি (tahiti)
• Bulgarian: Таи́ти (Taíti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塔希提 (zh) (Tǎxītí), 大溪地 (zh) (Dàxīdì)

• Czech: Tahiti n
• Danish: Tahiti
• Dutch: Tahiti (nl) n
• Finnish: Tahiti (fi)
• French: Tahiti (fr) f
• Galician: Tahití (gl)
• Georgian: ტაიტი (ṭaiṭi)
• German: Tahiti (de) n
• Hawaiian: Kahiki, Polapola
• Hindi: ताहिती (tāhitī)
• Japanese: タヒチ (Tahichi)
• Korean: 타히티 (Tahiti)
• Lithuanian: Tahitis m, Taitis m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Tahiti

  Nynorsk: Tahiti

• Persian: تاهیتی (fa) (tâhiti)
• Portuguese: Taiti m
• Russian: Таи́ти (ru) m (Taíti)
• Sinhalese: ටහිටි (ṭahiṭi)
• Spanish: Tahití
• Tahitian: Tahiti
• Tajik: Таити (Tayit-i)
• Tongan: Tahisi
• Ukrainian: Таї́ті m (Tajíti)
• Urdu: تاہیٹی (tāhitī)
• Volapük: Tahiteän
• Yiddish: טאַהיטי (tahiti)

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaɦɪtɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɪtɪ
• Hyphenation: Ta‧hi‧ti

Proper noun

Tahiti n (indeclinable, related adjective tahitský, demonym Tahiťan, female demonym Tahiťanka)

1. Tahiti (the largest island in French Polynesia)

Related terms

• tahitština f

 

Further reading

• “Tahiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Tahiti”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.i.ti/

Proper noun

Tahiti m

1. Tahiti (the largest island in French Polynesia)

Derived terms

• Tahitien
• tahitien

German

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [taˈhiːti]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːti
• Hyphenation: Ta‧hi‧ti

Proper noun

Tahiti n (proper noun, genitive Tahitis or (optionally with an article) Tahiti)

1. Tahiti (the largest island in French Polynesia)

Related terms

• Tahitianer
• Tahitianerin
• Tahitianisch
• tahitianisch
• tahitisch
• Tahitisch

 

Further reading

• “Tahiti” in Duden online
• “Tahiti”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Tahiti” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Tahiti

1. Tahiti (the largest island in French Polynesia)

Derived terms

• tahitier
• tahitisk

Related terms

• Fransk Polynesia

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Tahiti

1. Tahiti (the largest island in French Polynesia)

Derived terms

• tahitiar
• tahitisk

Related terms

• Fransk Polynesia

Tahitian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.hi.ti/

Proper noun

Tahiti

1. Tahiti (the largest island in French Polynesia)