ukulele

See also Ukulele, and ʻukulele

English

Wikipedia

A ukulele.

Alternative forms

• ukelele

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈjuː.kə.leɪ.li/, X-SAMPA: /"ju:.k@.leI.li/
• Rhymes: -eɪli

Noun

ukulele (plural ukuleles)

1. (music) A small four-stringed guitar.

Derived terms

• uke
• ukulelist

Translations

small four-stringed guitar

• Esperanto: ukulelo (eo)
• Finnish: ukulele (fi)
• German: Ukulele (de) f
• Hebrew: יוקליילי (he)
• Irish: ucailéile (ga) f
• Italian: ukulele (it) m and f
• Japanese: ウクレレ (ja) (ukurere)

• Marathi: उकुलेले (mr) (ukulele) m
• Polish: ukulele (pl) n
• Spanish: ukelele (es)
• Swedish: ukulele (sv) c
• Volapük: kuelel (vo)
• Welsh: iwcalili (cy) m and f

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Finnish

Etymology

Hawaiian

Noun

ukulele

1. (music) ukulele

Declension

Declension of ukulele (type nalle) singular plural nominative ukulele ukulelet genitive ukulelen ukulelejen ukulelein1 partitive ukulelea ukuleleja accusative ukulele ukulelen ukulelet 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 1) Rare.