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See also: Karaoke, karaoké, and karaokê

English

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Karaoke in an Irish pub

Etymology

    Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from (から) (kara, empty) + オケ (oke, orchestra), a clipping of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/, /ˈkæ.ɹəˌəʊ.ki/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • (US) enPR: kâ'rē-ōʹkē, IPA(key): /ˌkæ.ɹiˈoʊ.ki/
    • (emulating Japanese) enPR: kä-rä-ō'kā, IPA(key): /kɑːɹɑːˌokeɪ/, /kɑːɹɑːˌokɛ/ (Pronounced both emulating Japanese (pure vowels, terminal , approximated by or ), and, more commonly, in anglicized form (initial-syllable , terminal ). Compare pronunciation of end of karate, which has undergone the same adaptation, and of bokeh, which has not, as reflected in the spelling.)

    Noun

    karaoke (countable and uncountable, plural karaokes)

    1. (uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.
      • 1993 March, Michael J. Wagner with John S. Brick, “Using Karaoke in the Classroom”, in Music Educators Journal, volume 79, number 7, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 44:
        The karaoke has been well received by those who frequent the oriental cabaret scene and adopt its particular social behaviors such as conversation, companionship, being seen, and showing off.
      • 2006 February 24, Real Time with Bill Maher, season 7, episode 2, Bill Maher (actor):
        American Idol will always have a place in my heart. It's where I met Clay. And what could be more exciting than televised karaoke?
      • 2008 December 9, Brian Raftery, Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life, Cambridge: Da Capo Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1:
        I was always split on Henley. Then I found out that he doesn’t want people to sing his songs at karaoke. In fact, Henley actually forbids karaoke companies from rerecording songs in his catalog.
    2. (countable) A karaoke session.
    3. (countable) A karaoke parlour.
      Synonym: (especially in the Korean context) noraebang
    4. (fitness) An exercise in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other while walking sideways to stretch various parts of the lower body and core.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Welsh: carioci

    Translations

    Verb

    karaoke (third-person singular simple present karaokes, present participle karaokeing, simple past and past participle karaoked)

    1. (intransitive) to perform karaoke

    Translations

    See also

    Basque

    Etymology

    Ultimately from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kaɾaoke/
    • Rhymes: -oke
    • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧o‧ke

    Noun

    karaoke inan

    1. karaoke
    2. karaoke bar

    Declension

    Further reading

    Czech

    Noun

    karaoke n (indeclinable)

    1. karaoke (singing entertainment)

    Further reading

    • karaoke in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

    Dutch

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    Wikipedia nl

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kaːraːˈoːkeː/,
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧o‧ke

    Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke).

    Noun

    karaoke n (uncountable)

    1. karaoke

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    karaoke

    1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of karaoken

    Esperanto

    Etymology

    From karaoko (karaoke) +‎ -e.

    Adverb

    karaoke

    1. in a karaoke manner
      kanti karaoke
      to sing karaoke
      • 2004 July 9, Tani Hiroyuki, “Re: Asia esperanto”, in soc.culture.esperanto (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:
        Se vi ŝatas kanti karaoke, vi estas karaokulo.
        If you like to sing karaoke, you are a ‘karaoke-er’.
      • 2005 May, Riitta Hämäläinen, “KEF post kvin jaroj refoje en Finnlando”, in Esperanto en Danio, volume 12, number 2, Dana Esperanto-Asocio, →ISSN:
        “La plej amuza programero estos verŝajne esperanta karaokeo kun la efektiva bando mem – se nur iu kuraĝos karaoke kanti “Ĉu vi pretas” kun Dolchamar”, ridetas Riitta.
        “The most fun event will be, it seems, Esperanto karaoke with the actual band itself – if only someone will have the courage to sing karaoke “Ĉu vi pretas?” with Dolchamar”, smiles Riitta.

    Finnish

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English karaoke, borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkɑrɑoke/,
    • Rhymes: -oke
    • Syllabification(key): ka‧ra‧o‧ke

    Noun

    karaoke

    1. karaoke (form of entertainment)
      laulaa karaokeato karaoke

    Declension

    Inflection of karaoke (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
    nominative karaoke
    genitive karaoken
    partitive karaokea
    illative karaokeen
    singular plural
    nominative karaoke
    accusative nom. karaoke
    gen. karaoken
    genitive karaoken
    partitive karaokea
    inessive karaokessa
    elative karaokesta
    illative karaokeen
    adessive karaokella
    ablative karaokelta
    allative karaokelle
    essive karaokena
    translative karaokeksi
    abessive karaoketta
    instructive
    comitative See the possessive forms below.
    Possessive forms of karaoke (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
    first-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative karaokeni
    accusative nom. karaokeni
    gen. karaokeni
    genitive karaokeni
    partitive karaokeani
    inessive karaokessani
    elative karaokestani
    illative karaokeeni
    adessive karaokellani
    ablative karaokeltani
    allative karaokelleni
    essive karaokenani
    translative karaokekseni
    abessive karaokettani
    instructive
    comitative
    second-person singular possessor
    singular plural
    nominative karaokesi
    accusative nom. karaokesi
    gen. karaokesi
    genitive karaokesi
    partitive karaokeasi
    inessive karaokessasi
    elative karaokestasi
    illative karaokeesi
    adessive karaokellasi
    ablative karaokeltasi
    allative karaokellesi
    essive karaokenasi
    translative karaokeksesi
    abessive karaokettasi
    instructive
    comitative
    first-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative karaokemme
    accusative nom. karaokemme
    gen. karaokemme
    genitive karaokemme
    partitive karaokeamme
    inessive karaokessamme
    elative karaokestamme
    illative karaokeemme
    adessive karaokellamme
    ablative karaokeltamme
    allative karaokellemme
    essive karaokenamme
    translative karaokeksemme
    abessive karaokettamme
    instructive
    comitative
    second-person plural possessor
    singular plural
    nominative karaokenne
    accusative nom. karaokenne
    gen. karaokenne
    genitive karaokenne
    partitive karaokeanne
    inessive karaokessanne
    elative karaokestanne
    illative karaokeenne
    adessive karaokellanne
    ablative karaokeltanne
    allative karaokellenne
    essive karaokenanne
    translative karaokeksenne
    abessive karaokettanne
    instructive
    comitative
    third-person possessor
    singular plural
    nominative karaokensa
    accusative nom. karaokensa
    gen. karaokensa
    genitive karaokensa
    partitive karaokeaan
    karaokeansa
    inessive karaokessaan
    karaokessansa
    elative karaokestaan
    karaokestansa
    illative karaokeensa
    adessive karaokellaan
    karaokellansa
    ablative karaokeltaan
    karaokeltansa
    allative karaokelleen
    karaokellensa
    essive karaokenaan
    karaokenansa
    translative karaokekseen
    karaokeksensa
    abessive karaokettaan
    karaokettansa
    instructive
    comitative

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Anagrams

    Indonesian

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    Etymology

    Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from (kara, empty) + オケ (oke, orchestra), an abbreviation of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ka.ra.o.ke/
    • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧o‧ké

    Noun

    karaoke (first-person possessive karaokeku, second-person possessive karaokemu, third-person possessive karaokenya)

    1. karaoke: a form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.
    2. A karaoke session.

    Japanese

    Romanization

    karaoke

    1. Rōmaji transcription of カラオケ

    Polish

    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia pl

    Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ka.raˈɔ.kɛ/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔkɛ
    • Syllabification: ka‧ra‧o‧ke

    Noun

    karaoke n (indeclinable)

    1. karaoke (form of entertainment)
    2. karaoke pub

    Further reading

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

    Portuguese

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    karaoke m (plural karaokes) (European Portuguese spelling)

    1. Alternative form of caraoque
    2. European Portuguese standard spelling of karaokê.

    Spanish

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    Etymology

    Borrowed from English karaoke, borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kaɾaˈoke/
    • Rhymes: -oke
    • Syllabification: ka‧ra‧o‧ke

    Noun

    karaoke m (uncountable)

    1. karaoke
    2. karaoke machine
    3. karaoke bar
    4. (slang, Chile) fellatio

    Further reading

    Swedish

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    Noun

    karaoke c

    1. karaoke

    Declension

    Derived terms

    References

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English karaoke, or directly from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from (から) (kara, empty) + オケ (oke, orchestra), a clipping of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    karaoke (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜂᜃᜒ)

    1. karaoke
    2. karaoke machine

    Further reading

    • karaoke”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

    Turkish

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    Noun

    karaoke (definite accusative karaokeyi, plural karaokeler)

    1. karaoke

    Declension

    Inflection
    Nominative karaoke
    Definite accusative karaokeyi
    Singular Plural
    Nominative karaoke karaokeler
    Definite accusative karaokeyi karaokeleri
    Dative karaokeye karaokelere
    Locative karaokede karaokelerde
    Ablative karaokeden karaokelerden
    Genitive karaokenin karaokelerin
    Possessive forms
    Nominative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular karaokem karaokelerim
    2nd singular karaoken karaokelerin
    3rd singular karaokesi karaokeleri
    1st plural karaokemiz karaokelerimiz
    2nd plural karaokeniz karaokeleriniz
    3rd plural karaokeleri karaokeleri
    Definite accusative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular karaokemi karaokelerimi
    2nd singular karaokeni karaokelerini
    3rd singular karaokesini karaokelerini
    1st plural karaokemizi karaokelerimizi
    2nd plural karaokenizi karaokelerinizi
    3rd plural karaokelerini karaokelerini
    Dative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular karaokeme karaokelerime
    2nd singular karaokene karaokelerine
    3rd singular karaokesine karaokelerine
    1st plural karaokemize karaokelerimize
    2nd plural karaokenize karaokelerinize
    3rd plural karaokelerine karaokelerine
    Locative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular karaokemde karaokelerimde
    2nd singular karaokende karaokelerinde
    3rd singular karaokesinde karaokelerinde
    1st plural karaokemizde karaokelerimizde
    2nd plural karaokenizde karaokelerinizde
    3rd plural karaokelerinde karaokelerinde
    Ablative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular karaokemden karaokelerimden
    2nd singular karaokenden karaokelerinden
    3rd singular karaokesinden karaokelerinden
    1st plural karaokemizden karaokelerimizden
    2nd plural karaokenizden karaokelerinizden
    3rd plural karaokelerinden karaokelerinden
    Genitive
    Singular Plural
    1st singular karaokemin karaokelerimin
    2nd singular karaokenin karaokelerinin
    3rd singular karaokesinin karaokelerinin
    1st plural karaokemizin karaokelerimizin
    2nd plural karaokenizin karaokelerinizin
    3rd plural karaokelerinin karaokelerinin

    Further reading

    • karaoke in Reverso (Turkish-English)