How to pronounce haiku
American English pronunciation
HY-koo
- IPA
- /ˈhaɪku/
- Syllables
- HY · koo (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What haiku means
A short three-line poem, often about nature
In a sentence: Our class wrote a haiku about the first snow of winter.
Where it comes from: It comes from Japanese. The second part of the word means a line of writing.
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