vuvuzela

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English

A crowd blowing vuvuzelas.
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Etymology

Borrowed from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /vuːvuːˈzɛlə/ or /vuːvuːˈzeɪlə/
  • (US) /vuːvuːˈzeɪlə/

Noun

vuvuzela (plural vuvuzelas)

  1. A trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound.
    • 2006 July 15, Weekend Argus:
      When the Manchester United squad walked through the arrival gates at Durban International yesterday, most players heard a vuvuzela for the first time.
    • 2010 June 1, David Pickthall, “Are you ready to make some noise?”, in North-West Evening Mail, UK, retrieved 2 Aug. 2011:
      I’m talking, of course, about the vuvuzela. Essentially, a metre-long blowhorn, which you may struggle to get past a steward at an English football ground.
    • 2010 June 8, Jeré Longman, “A Bleating Soundtrack for Soccer”, in The New York Times:
      For some, the vuvuzelas herald the country’s piercing emergence from the forced racial hush of apartheid.

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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed shortly before the South African world cup from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vu.vuˈzeː.laː/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: vu‧vu‧ze‧la

Noun

vuvuzela m (plural vuvuzela's, diminutive vuvuzelaatje n)

  1. vuvuzela

Finnish

Etymology

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋuʋuze(ː)lɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -elɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vu‧vu‧ze‧la

Noun

vuvuzela

  1. vuvuzela

Declension

Inflection of vuvuzela (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative vuvuzela vuvuzelat
genitive vuvuzelan vuvuzeloiden
vuvuzeloitten
vuvuzelojen
partitive vuvuzelaa vuvuzeloita
vuvuzeloja
illative vuvuzelaan vuvuzeloihin
singular plural
nominative vuvuzela vuvuzelat
accusative nom. vuvuzela vuvuzelat
gen. vuvuzelan
genitive vuvuzelan vuvuzeloiden
vuvuzeloitten
vuvuzelojen
vuvuzelain rare
partitive vuvuzelaa vuvuzeloita
vuvuzeloja
inessive vuvuzelassa vuvuzeloissa
elative vuvuzelasta vuvuzeloista
illative vuvuzelaan vuvuzeloihin
adessive vuvuzelalla vuvuzeloilla
ablative vuvuzelalta vuvuzeloilta
allative vuvuzelalle vuvuzeloille
essive vuvuzelana vuvuzeloina
translative vuvuzelaksi vuvuzeloiksi
abessive vuvuzelatta vuvuzeloitta
instructive vuvuzeloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of vuvuzela (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)

Further reading

French

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

Noun

vuvuzela f (plural vuvuzelas)

  1. vuvuzela

Further reading

Hungarian

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Etymology

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: vu‧vu‧ze‧la
  • Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

vuvuzela (plural vuvuzelák)

  1. vuvuzela

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative vuvuzela vuvuzelák
accusative vuvuzelát vuvuzelákat
dative vuvuzelának vuvuzeláknak
instrumental vuvuzelával vuvuzelákkal
causal-final vuvuzeláért vuvuzelákért
translative vuvuzelává vuvuzelákká
terminative vuvuzeláig vuvuzelákig
essive-formal vuvuzelaként vuvuzelákként
essive-modal
inessive vuvuzelában vuvuzelákban
superessive vuvuzelán vuvuzelákon
adessive vuvuzelánál vuvuzeláknál
illative vuvuzelába vuvuzelákba
sublative vuvuzelára vuvuzelákra
allative vuvuzelához vuvuzelákhoz
elative vuvuzelából vuvuzelákból
delative vuvuzeláról vuvuzelákról
ablative vuvuzelától vuvuzeláktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
vuvuzeláé vuvuzeláké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
vuvuzeláéi vuvuzelákéi
Possessive forms of vuvuzela
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. vuvuzelám vuvuzeláim
2nd person sing. vuvuzelád vuvuzeláid
3rd person sing. vuvuzelája vuvuzelái
1st person plural vuvuzelánk vuvuzeláink
2nd person plural vuvuzelátok vuvuzeláitok
3rd person plural vuvuzelájuk vuvuzeláik

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Noun

vuvuzela f (invariable)

  1. vuvuzela

Portuguese

Etymology

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: vu‧vu‧ze‧la

Noun

vuvuzela f (plural vuvuzelas)

  1. vuvuzela

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu to make a vu vu noise, from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

Noun

vuvuzȅla f (Cyrillic spelling вувузе̏ла)

  1. vuvuzela

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

Noun

vuvuzela f (genitive singular vuvuzely, nominative plural vuvuzely, declension pattern of žena)

  1. vuvuzela

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /bubuˈθela/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bubuˈsela/
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: vu‧vu‧ze‧la

Noun

vuvuzela f (plural vuvuzelas)

  1. vuvuzela

Swahili

Etymology

From Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

Noun

vuvuzela (n class, plural vuvuzela)

  1. vuvuzela (a trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound)

Swedish

Etymology

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Noun

vuvuzela c

  1. vuvuzela

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (to make a vu vu noise), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

Noun

vuvuzela (definite accusative vuvuzelayı, plural vuvuzelalar)

  1. vuvuzela

Declension

Inflection
Nominative vuvuzela
Definite accusative vuvuzelayı
Singular Plural
Nominative vuvuzela vuvuzelalar
Definite accusative vuvuzelayı vuvuzelaları
Dative vuvuzelaya vuvuzelalara
Locative vuvuzelada vuvuzelalarda
Ablative vuvuzeladan vuvuzelalardan
Genitive vuvuzelanın vuvuzelaların