vuvuzela

See also Vuvuzela

English

a crowd blowing vuvuzelas.

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vuvu noise”). Directly translated vuvu-ing. Because of the /vuː/ sound that comes from the plastic horn.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /vuːvuːˈzɛlə/ or /vuːvuːˈzeɪlə/

Noun

vuvuzela (plural vuvuzelas)

1. A trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound.
   • 2006, Weekend Argus July 15

     When the Manchester United squad walked through the arrival gates at Durban International yesterday, most players heard a vuvuzela for the first time.

Synonyms

• (trumpet-shaped horn): stadium horn, stadium trumpet

Derived terms

• vuvuzelist

Hypernyms

• (trumpet-shaped horn): noisemaker

Translations

horn

Afrikaans: vuvuzela (af) Arabic: فوفوزيلا Armenian: վուվուզել (hy) (vuvuzel), վուվուզելա (hy) (vuvuzela) Catalan: vuvuzela (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 嗡嗡祖拉 (cmn), 嗡嗡祖拉 (cmn) (wēngwēngzǔlā) Dutch: vuvuzela (nl) c. Esperanto: vuvuzelo (eo) Finnish: vuvuzela (fi) French: vuvuzela (fr) f. German: Vuvuzela (de) f. Greek: βουβουζέλα (el) (vouvouzéla) f.

Hebrew: בובוזלה Hungarian: vuvuzela (hu), darázskürt (hu) Italian: vuvuzela (it) f. Japanese: ブブゼラ (ja) (bubuzera) Korean: 부부젤라 Portuguese: vuvuzela (pt) f. Russian: вувузела (ru) (vuvuzéla) f. Spanish: vuvuzela (es) f. Swedish: vuvuzela (sv) c. Thai: วูวูเซลา Turkish: vuvuzela (tr) Ukrainian: вувузела (uk)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: [vu.vu.ˈzeː.la]

Noun

Wikipedia ^nl

vuvuzela c. (plural vuvuzela's, diminutive vuvuzelaatje)

1. vuvuzela

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Esperanto

Etymology

From vuvuzelo (“vuvuzela”).

Adjective

vuvuzela (plural vuvuzelaj, accusative singular vuvuzelan, accusative plural vuvuzelajn)

1. of or relating to vuvuzelas

   Tia vuvuzela bruo ĝenas min.

   That vuvuzela noise is annoying me.

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Finnish

Noun

vuvuzela

1. vuvuzela

Declension

Declension of vuvuzela (type kala) singular plural nominative vuvuzela vuvuzelat genitive vuvuzelan vuvuzelojen vuvuzelain1 partitive vuvuzelaa vuvuzeloja accusative vuvuzela vuvuzelan vuvuzelat inessive vuvuzelassa vuvuzeloissa elative vuvuzelasta vuvuzeloista illative vuvuzelaan vuvuzeloihin adessive vuvuzelalla vuvuzeloilla ablative vuvuzelalta vuvuzeloilta allative vuvuzelalle vuvuzeloille essive vuvuzelana vuvuzeloina translative vuvuzelaksi vuvuzeloiksi instructive – vuvuzeloin abessive vuvuzelatta vuvuzeloitta comitative – vuvuzeloineen 1) Rare.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vuvuzɛla/

Noun

Wikipedia ^fr

vuvuzela f. (plural vuvuzelas)

1. vuvuzela

Alternative forms

• vouvouzela

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Hungarian

Wikipedia ^hu

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvuvuzɛlɒ/
• Hyphenation: vu‧vu‧ze‧la

Noun

vuvuzela (plural vuvuzelák)

1. vuvuzela

Declension

declension of vuvuzela singular plural nominative vuvuzela vuvuzelák accusative vuvuzelát vuvuzelákat dative vuvuzelának vuvuzeláknak instrumental vuvuzelával vuvuzelákkal causal-final vuvuzeláért vuvuzelákért translative vuvuzelává vuvuzelákká terminative vuvuzeláig vuvuzelákig essive-formal vuvuzelaként vuvuzelákként essive-modal - - inessive vuvuzelában vuvuzelákban superessive vuvuzelán vuvuzelákon adessive vuvuzelánál vuvuzeláknál illative vuvuzelába vuvuzelákba sublative vuvuzelára vuvuzelákra allative vuvuzelához vuvuzelákhoz elative vuvuzelából vuvuzelákból delative vuvuzeláról vuvuzelákról ablative vuvuzelától vuvuzeláktól

possessives of vuvuzela possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. vuvuzelám vuvuzeláim 2nd person sing. vuvuzelád vuvuzeláid 3rd person sing. vuvuzelája vuvuzelái 1st person plural vuvuzelánk vuvuzeláink 2nd person plural vuvuzelátok vuvuzeláitok 3rd person plural vuvuzelájuk vuvuzeláik

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Italian

Noun

Wikipedia ^it

vuvuzela f. inv.

1. vuvuzela

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vuvuˈzɛla/

Noun

vuvuzela f. (plural vuvuzelas)

1. vuvuzela

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bubuzela/

Noun

vuvuzela f. (plural vuvuzelas)

1. vuvuzela

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Swedish

Noun

vuvuzela c.

1. vuvuzela

Declension

Declension of vuvuzela

	singular		plural
c	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vuvuzela	vuvuzelan	vuvuzelor	vuvuzelorna
genitive	vuvuzelas	vuvuzelans	vuvuzelors	vuvuzelornas

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [vuvuˈzɛɫɑ]

Noun

vuvuzela (definite accusative vuvuzelayı, plural vuvuzelalar)

1. vuvuzela

Declension

declension of vuvuzela

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	vuvuzela	vuvuzelalar
definite accusative (belirtme)	vuvuzelayı	vuvuzelaları
dative (yönelme)	vuvuzelaya	vuvuzelalara
locative (bulunma)	vuvuzelada	vuvuzelalarda
ablative (çıkma)	vuvuzeladan	vuvuzelalardan
genitive (tamlayan)	vuvuzelanın	vuvuzelaların