KD

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kd"

English

Noun

KD (countable and uncountable, plural KDs)

1. Abbreviation of khaki drill, a form of British military uniform made of cotton.
2. (dated, British India) known depredator: a category of criminal
3. (Unicode) Compatibility (K) Decomposition
4. (Canada, informal) Kraft Dinner: a packaged dry macaroni and cheese mix.
   • 2010, Margaret Meikle, How Much Does Your Head Weigh?, page 159:

     Lots of people who grew up eating KD keep a box in their cupboard just in case. You never know when you'll need comfort and convenience.

5. Initialism of knockdown (“collection of parts to assemble a product”).

Hypernyms

(food product):

• mac and cheese

Derived terms

• (Compatibility Decomposition): NFKD

See also

• (in Unicode): C, D, KC, NF
• BD

References

• Unicode Consortium, Unicode Standard Annex #15, revision 41 (2014-06-05), § 1.2, table 1: “Normalization Forms”

Anagrams

• DK

Danish

Noun

KD c

1. (in titles) Abbreviation of kommandør.

Esperanto

Noun

KD

1. Initialism of kompakta disko.

Finnish

Etymology

The K from kristillis- (see kristillinen) and the D from demokraatit.

Proper noun

KD

1. Abbreviation of Kristillisdemokraatit (in Finland) the Christian Democrats (a political party).

German

Noun

KD m (strong, genitive KDs or KD, plural KD, feminine KD'in)

1. (Germany) Abbreviation of Kriminaldirektor.

Declension

Declension of KD [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	KD	die	KD
genitive	eines	des	KDs, KD	der	KD
dative	einem	dem	KD	den	KD
accusative	einen	den	KD	die	KD

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor) IPA^(key): /ˈkejdi/ [ˈkei̯.di]

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈkejdi/ [ˈkei̯.di]

Proper noun

KD

1. (Malaysia, military, nautical) Initialism of Kapal Diraja (ship prefix for the Royal Malaysian Navy)