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kar·a·o·ke

(kâr′ē-ō′kē)

1. A music entertainment system providing prerecorded accompaniment to popular songs that a performer sings live, usually by following the words on a video screen.

2. The performance of such music.

[Japanese karaoke : kara, void, empty + alteration of ōke(sutora), orchestra (from English orchestra).]

karaoke

(ˌkɑːrəˈəʊkɪ)

a. an entertainment of Japanese origin in which people take it in turns to sing well-known songs over a prerecorded backing tape

b. (as modifier): a karaoke bar.

[from Japanese, from kara empty + ōkesutora orchestra]

ka•ra•o•ke

(ˌkær iˈoʊ ki)
n.

the act of singing along to prerecorded music from a device that combines the voice and music and sometimes displays the words on a screen.

[1975–80; < Japanese, =kara empty + oke orchestra]

karaoke

A Japanese word meaning empty orchestra, used to mean the pastime of singing a popular song to a prerecorded backing tape.

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Noun

karaoke - singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)

singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music

Translations

كَاراَوْكَهُكراوكي

karaoke

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カラオケ

노래방

karaoke

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karaoke

[kɑːrəˈəʊkɪ] N → karaoke m

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[ˌkæriˈəʊki] n → karaoké mkaraoke machine n → karaoké m

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n → Karaoke nt

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[ˌkɑːrɪˈəʊkɪ] n → karaoke m inv

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→ كَاراَوْكَهُ karaoke karaoke Karaoke καραόκε karaoke karaoke karaoké karaoke karaoke カラオケ 노래방 karaoke karaoke karaoke karaoke, karaokê караоке karaoke การร้องเพลงไปกับทำนองเพลงที่มีเนื้อร้องบนจอทีวี karaoke karaoke 卡拉OK

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