combi
See also: Combi and combi-
English
Etymology
Clipping of combination.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒmbi/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
combi (plural combis or combies)
- (aviation) An aircraft adapted to carry either cargo or passengers, or both at once.
- (attributively) Combination.
- My old combi boiler broke down.
- A combination boiler.
- 2013 July 9, Adrian, “Re: OT Are all heating engineers touchy?”, in uk.d-i-y, Usenet:
- The combi at our last place was just fine for rads and showers. The biggest restriction was the speed of filling the bath...
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- (South Africa) Alternative form of kombi
Derived terms
- combi deck
Dutch
police combi in Belgium
Etymology
Either shortened from combinatiewagen or combinatie, or borrowed from German Kombi, used in Volkswagen Kombi (whence also Afrikaans kombi and South African English kombi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔm.bi/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: com‧bi
Noun
combi m (plural combi's, diminutive combieke n)
- combination, combi
- minivan, kombi
- Synonym: combinatiewagen
- (Belgium) police van
References
Romanian
Etymology
From German Kombi.
Noun
combi n (uncountable)
- station wagon
Declension
declension of combi (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) combi | combiul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) combi | combiului |
| vocative | combiule | |
Spanish
Noun
combi m (plural combis)
- (Latin America) minivan
Further reading
- “combi”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014