kombi

See also: Kombi

English

Etymology

Genericized trademark from the Volkswagen Kombi, a brand of minivans. Borrowed from German Kombi and, in South Africa, reinforced by Afrikaans kombi.

Noun

kombi (plural kombis)

1. (Australia) A minivan.
   • 1981, Men At Work, “Down Under”, in Business as Usual:

     Travelling in a fried-out kombi / On a hippie trailhead full of zombie

2. (South Africa, Zimbabwe) A minibus (sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi).

Anagrams

• kimbo

Afrikaans

Etymology

Genericized trademark from the Volkswagen Kombi. Borrowed from German Kombi. Compare English kombi, Dutch combi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔm.bi/

Noun

kombi (plural kombi's)

1. kombi (minibus)

Albanian

Noun

kombi

1. inflection of komb:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite dative/ablative singular

Esperanto

Etymology

From English comb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkombi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ombi
• Hyphenation: kom‧bi

Verb

kombi (present kombas, past kombis, future kombos, conditional kombus, volitive kombu)

1. to comb

Conjugation

Conjugation of kombi

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		kombas		kombis		kombos
active participle		kombanta	kombantaj	kombinta	kombintaj	kombonta	kombontaj
	acc.	kombantan	kombantajn	kombintan	kombintajn	kombontan	kombontajn
passive participle		kombata	kombataj	kombita	kombitaj	kombota	kombotaj
	acc.	kombatan	kombatajn	kombitan	kombitajn	kombotan	kombotajn
nominal active participle		kombanto	kombantoj	kombinto	kombintoj	kombonto	kombontoj
	acc.	kombanton	kombantojn	kombinton	kombintojn	kombonton	kombontojn
nominal passive participle		kombato	kombatoj	kombito	kombitoj	komboto	kombotoj
	acc.	kombaton	kombatojn	kombiton	kombitojn	komboton	kombotojn
adverbial active participle		kombante		kombinte		kombonte
adverbial passive participle		kombate		kombite		kombote
		infinitive	kombi	imperative	kombu	conditional	kombus

Derived terms

• kombilo

Hungarian

Etymology

From German Kombi, from kombi(niert) (“combined”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkombi]
• Hyphenation: kom‧bi
• Rhymes: -bi

Noun

kombi (plural kombik)

1. station wagon, estate car

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	kombi	kombik
accusative	kombit	kombikat
dative	kombinak	kombiknak
instrumental	kombival	kombikkal
causal-final	kombiért	kombikért
translative	kombivá	kombikká
terminative	kombiig	kombikig
essive-formal	kombiként	kombikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kombiban	kombikban
superessive	kombin	kombikon
adessive	kombinál	kombiknál
illative	kombiba	kombikba
sublative	kombira	kombikra
allative	kombihoz	kombikhoz
elative	kombiból	kombikból
delative	kombiról	kombikról
ablative	kombitól	kombiktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	kombié	kombiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	kombiéi	kombikéi

Possessive forms of kombi

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kombim	kombijaim (or kombiim)
2nd person sing.	kombid	kombijaid (or kombiid)
3rd person sing.	kombija	kombijai (or kombii)
1st person plural	kombink	kombijaink (or kombiink)
2nd person plural	kombitok	kombijaitok (or kombiitok)
3rd person plural	kombijuk	kombijaik (or kombiik)

Polish

Alternative forms

• combi (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kombi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔm.bi/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔmbi
• Syllabification: kom‧bi

Noun

kombi n (indeclinable)

1. station wagon

   Synonym: (colloquial) trumniak

Further reading

• kombi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kombi in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• combi

Etymology

Genericized trademark from the Volkswagen Kombi. Borrowed from German Kombi.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkõ.bi/

• Rhymes: -õbi

Noun

kombi f (plural kombis)

1. (Brazil) Volkswagen Kombi, a very popular van that was manufactured in Brazil between 1950 and 2013

   Synonym: (Portugal) pão de forma

Further reading

• “kombi”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “kombi”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kombi.

Noun

kȍmbi m inan (Cyrillic spelling ко̏мби)

1. station wagon

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Turkish

Etymology

Clipping of French combiné, named due to serving a combined function of both a radiator and a central water heater. Doublet of kombin and kombinezon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkombi/

Noun

kombi (definite accusative kombiyi, plural kombiler)

1. central heating boiler

   Hyponyms: kalorifer, şofben