ukulele
u·ku·le·le
ukulele · ukuleles
укулеле
укулеле, гавайская гитара
Ukulele
A small four-stringed guitarA small four-stringed guitar.
/juː.kəˈleɪ.li/
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Meaning
1 sensesA small four-stringed guitar.
Ukulele
укуле́леukuléle, гава́йская гита́раgavájskaja gitára
укуле́леukuléle
a small guitar having four strings
Examples
54 sentencesWhy did you bring your ukulele?
Tom encouraged Mary to take ukulele lessons.
I haven't played the ukulele in years.
The boy carrying a ukulele was barefoot.
Tom sat on the grass, playing ukulele.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
small four-stringed guitar:
Русский
By meaning 1
small four-stringed guitar:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small four-stringed guitar:
Origin
Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”).Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”).
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Forms
plural: ukulelesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a small guitar having four strings:uke