ukulele

See also: Ukulele, ukulélé, and ʻukulele

English
A ukulele.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /juː.kə.ˈleɪ.li/
  • Audio (Berkshire, UK)(file)
  • (Standard Hawaiian English) IPA(key): /ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪli

Noun

ukulele (plural ukuleles)

  1. A small four-stringed guitar.

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From English ukulele.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈukulɛlɛ]
  • Hyphenation: uku‧le‧le

Noun

ukulele n or f

  1. (music) ukulele

Declension
neutral indeclinable
Declension of ukulele
singular plural
nominative ukulele ukulele
genitive ukulele ukulele
dative ukulele ukulele
accusative ukulele ukulele
vocative ukulele ukulele
locative ukulele ukulele
instrumental ukulele ukulele
feminine
Declension of ukulele
singular plural
nominative ukulele ukulele
genitive ukulele ukulelí
dative ukuleli ukulelím
accusative ukuleli ukulele
vocative ukulele ukulele
locative ukuleli ukulelích
instrumental ukulelí ukulelemi

Further reading
  • ukulele in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ukulele in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Etymology

Hawaiian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈukulele/, [ˈukuˌle̞le̞]
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Syllabification(key): u‧ku‧le‧le

Noun

ukulele

  1. (music) ukulele

Declension
Inflection of ukulele (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative ukulele ukulelet
genitive ukulelen ukulelejen
partitive ukulelea ukuleleja
illative ukuleleen ukuleleihin
singular plural
nominative ukulele ukulelet
accusative nom. ukulele ukulelet
gen. ukulelen
genitive ukulelen ukulelejen
ukuleleinrare
partitive ukulelea ukuleleja
inessive ukulelessa ukuleleissa
elative ukulelesta ukuleleista
illative ukuleleen ukuleleihin
adessive ukulelella ukuleleilla
ablative ukulelelta ukuleleilta
allative ukulelelle ukuleleille
essive ukulelena ukuleleina
translative ukuleleksi ukuleleiksi
instructive — ukulelein
abessive ukuleletta ukuleleitta
comitative — ukuleleineen
Possessive forms of ukulele (type nalle)
possessor singular plural
1st person ukuleleni ukulelemme
2nd person ukulelesi ukulelenne
3rd person ukulelensa

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /u.kuˈlɛ.lɛ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
  • Syllabification: u‧ku‧le‧le

Noun

ukulele n (indeclinable)

  1. ukulele

Further reading
  • ukulele in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ukulele in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

ukulele m (plural ukuleles)

  1. (music) ukulele (small Hawaiian four-stringed guitar)

Swedish

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻukulele.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɵkɵˈleːlɛ/

Noun

ukulele c

  1. (music) ukulele

Declension
Declension of ukulele 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ukulele ukulelen ukuleler ukulelerna
Genitive ukuleles ukulelens ukulelers ukulelernas
Declension of ukulele 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ukulele ukulelen ukulelar ukulelarna
Genitive ukuleles ukulelens ukulelars ukulelarnas
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