ukulele

u·ku·le·le or u·ke·le·le  (yk-ll, k-)

n.

A small four-stringed guitar popularized in Hawaii.

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[Hawaiian 'ukulele : 'uku, flea + lele, jumping.]

Regional Note: The word ukulele is one of a small stock of Polynesian borrowings into American English. Other Hawaiian words now common in American English are aloha (a greeting or farewell) and luau (an outdoor picnic usually featuring a whole barbecued pig). Haole, a word common in Hawaii itself but not well known on the American mainland, is the Hawaiian word for a white person.

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ukulele, ukelele [ˌjuːkəˈleɪlɪ]

n

(Music / Instruments) a small four-stringed guitar, esp of Hawaii

[from Hawaiian, literally: jumping flea, from `uku flea + lele jumping]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ukulele - a small guitar having four strings   uke guitar - a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking Aloha State, Hawai'i, Hawaii, HI - a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands

Translations

ukulele [ˌjuːkəˈleɪlɪ] N → ukelele m

ukulele ukelele [ˌjuːkəˈleɪli] n → ukulélé m

ukulele, ukelele

n → Ukulele f