karaoke

See also: Karaoke, karaoké, and karaokê

English

Karaoke in an Irish pub

Etymology

Etymology tree

Japanese 空

Ancient Greek ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai)

Ancient Greek -τρᾰ (-tra)

Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra)

bor.

Latin orchēstra

bor.

English orchestra

bor.

Japanese オーケストラ

Japanese カラオケ

bor.

English karaoke

Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from 空(から) (kara, “empty”) + オケ (oke, “orchestra”), a clipping of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/, /ˈkæ.ɹəˌəʊ.ki/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) enPR: kâ'rē-ōʹkē, IPA^(key): /ˌkæ.ɹiˈoʊ.ki/
• (emulating Japanese) enPR: kä-rä-ō'kā, IPA^(key): /kɑːɹɑːˌokeɪ/, /kɑːɹɑːˌokɛ/ (Pronounced both emulating Japanese (pure [ɑː] vowels, terminal [e̞], approximated by [ɛ] or [eɪ]), and, more commonly, in anglicized form (initial-syllable [æ], terminal [iː]). Compare pronunciation of end of karate, which has undergone the same adaptation, and of bokeh, which has not, as reflected in the spelling.)

Noun

karaoke (countable and uncountable, plural karaokes)

1. (uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.
   • 1993 March, Michael J. Wagner with John S. Brick, “Using Karaoke in the Classroom”, in Music Educators Journal, volume 79, number 7, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 44:

     The karaoke has been well received by those who frequent the oriental cabaret scene and adopt its particular social behaviors such as conversation, companionship, being seen, and showing off.

   • 2006 February 24, Real Time with Bill Maher, season 7, episode 2, Bill Maher (actor):

     American Idol will always have a place in my heart. It's where I met Clay. And what could be more exciting than televised karaoke?

   • 2008 December 9, Brian Raftery, Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life, Cambridge: Da Capo Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1:

     I was always split on Henley. Then I found out that he doesn’t want people to sing his songs at karaoke. In fact, Henley actually forbids karaoke companies from rerecording songs in his catalog.

2. (countable) A karaoke session.
3. (countable) A karaoke parlour.

   Synonym: (especially in the Korean context) noraebang

4. (fitness) An exercise in which the feet are alternately placed in front of each other while walking sideways to stretch various parts of the lower body and core.

Derived terms

• karaoke bar
• karaoke box
• karaoke club
• karaoke lounge
• karaoke machine
• karaoke parlour
• karaoke system
• videoke

 

Related terms

• karate

Descendants

• → Welsh: carioci

Translations

a form of entertainment

• Albanian: karaoke
• Arabic: كَارَيُوكِي m (kārayōkē)
• Armenian: կարաոկե (hy) (karaoke)
• Azerbaijani: karaoke
• Belarusian: карао́ке n (karaókje)
• Bengali: কারাওকে (karaōke)
• Bulgarian: карао́ке n (karaóke)
• Burmese: ကာရာအိုကေ (karauike)
• Catalan: karaoke (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 卡拉OK

  Mandarin: 卡拉OK (zh) (kǎlā'ōukèi)

• Czech: karaoke n
• Danish: karaoke
• Dutch: karaoke (nl)
• Esperanto: karaoko
• Estonian: karaoke (et)
• Finnish: karaoke (fi)
• French: karaoké (fr) m
• Georgian: კარაოკე (ḳaraoḳe)
• German: Karaoke (de) n
• Greek: καραόκε (el) (karaóke)
• Hebrew: קַרְיוֹקִי (he) m (qaryóqi)
• Hindi: कराओके m (karāoke)
• Hungarian: karaoke (hu)
• Icelandic: karaoke
• Indonesian: karaoke (id)
• Italian: karaoke (it) m
• Japanese: カラオケ (ja) (karaoke)
• Kannada: ಕರೋಕೆ (karōke)
• Kazakh: караоке (karaoke)
• Khmer: ខារ៉ាអូខេ (khaaraaʼoukhee)
• Korean: 노래방 (ko) (noraebang), 가라오케 (ko) (garaoke)
• Kyrgyz: караоке (ky) (karaoke)
• Lao: ກາຣາໂອເກະ (kā rā ʼō ke)
• Latvian: karaoke
• Lithuanian: karaokė
• Macedonian: карао́ке n (karaóke)
• Malay: karaoke (ms)
• Malayalam: കരോക്കി (karōkki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: karaoke

• Persian: کارائوکه (kârâ'ôke), کارائوکی (kârâ'ôki)
• Polish: karaoke (pl) n
• Portuguese: karaokê (pt) (Brazil), karaoke (pt) (Portugal), caraoque (Portugal), caraoquê (pt) (Brazil)
• Romanian: karaoke
• Russian: карао́ке (ru) n (karaóke)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: карао̀ке n

  Roman: karaòke (sh) n

• Sinhalese: කැරොකේ (kærokē), කැරෝකී (kærōkī), කැරෝකේ (kærōkē)
• Slovak: karaoke n
• Slovene: karaoke n
• Spanish: karaoke (es) m
• Swedish: karaoke (sv) c
• Tagalog: karaoke (tl)
• Tajik: караоке (karaoke)
• Tamil: கரோக்கி (karōkki), வெற்றிசைப்பாடல் (veṟṟicaippāṭal)
• Telugu: కరావోకే (karāvōkē)
• Thai: คาราโอเกะ (th) (kaa-raa-oo-gè)
• Turkish: karaoke (tr)
• Turkmen: karaoke
• Ukrainian: карао́ке n (karaóke)
• Urdu: کراؤکے m (karā'oke)
• Uzbek: karaoke (uz)
• Vietnamese: caraôkê, karaoke (vi), ca-rô-kê, ca-rao-kê
• Welsh: carioci (cy) m
• Yiddish: קאַראַאָקע (karaoke)

Verb

karaoke (third-person singular simple present karaokes, present participle karaokeing, simple past and past participle karaoked)

1. (intransitive) to perform karaoke

Translations

to perform karaoke

• Dutch: karaoken (nl)
• Finnish: laulaa karaokea
• Swedish: sjunga karaoke

See also

• a cappella
• KTV

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaoke/ [ka.ɾa.o.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧o‧ke

Noun

karaoke inan

1. karaoke
2. karaoke bar

Declension

Declension of karaoke (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	karaoke	karaokea	karaokeak
ergative	karaokek	karaokeak	karaokeek
dative	karaokeri	karaokeari	karaokeei
genitive	karaokeren	karaokearen	karaokeen
comitative	karaokerekin	karaokearekin	karaokeekin
causative	karaokerengatik	karaokearengatik	karaokeengatik
benefactive	karaokerentzat	karaokearentzat	karaokeentzat
instrumental	karaokez	karaokeaz	karaokeez
inessive	karaoketan	karaokean	karaokeetan
locative	karaoketako	karaokeko	karaokeetako
allative	karaoketara	karaokera	karaokeetara
terminative	karaoketaraino	karaokeraino	karaokeetaraino
directive	karaoketarantz	karaokerantz	karaokeetarantz
destinative	karaoketarako	karaokerako	karaokeetarako
ablative	karaoketatik	karaoketik	karaokeetatik
partitive	karaokerik	—	—
prolative	karaoketzat	—	—

Further reading

• “karaoke”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

Czech

Noun

karaoke n (indeclinable)

1. karaoke (singing entertainment)

Further reading

• karaoke in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːraːˈoːkeː/, [kaːraːˈʔoːkeː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧o‧ke

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke).

Noun

karaoke n (uncountable)

1. karaoke

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

karaoke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of karaoken

Esperanto

Etymology

From karaoko (“karaoke”) +‎ -e.

Adverb

karaoke

1. in a karaoke manner

   kanti karaoke

   to sing karaoke

   • 2004 July 9, Tani Hiroyuki, “Re: Asia esperanto”, in soc.culture.esperanto‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <cclltn$j17$1@nwall2.odn.ne.jp>:

     Se vi ŝatas kanti karaoke, vi estas karaokulo.

     If you like to sing karaoke, you are a ‘karaoke-er’.

   • 2005 May, Riitta Hämäläinen, “KEF post kvin jaroj refoje en Finnlando”, in Esperanto en Danio, volume 12, number 2, Dana Esperanto-Asocio, →ISSN:

     “La plej amuza programero estos verŝajne esperanta karaokeo kun la efektiva bando mem – se nur iu kuraĝos karaoke kanti “Ĉu vi pretas” kun Dolchamar”, ridetas Riitta.

     “The most fun event will be, it seems, Esperanto karaoke with the actual band itself – if only someone will have the courage to sing karaoke “Ĉu vi pretas?” with Dolchamar”, smiles Riitta.

Related terms

• karaoka (“of or relating to karaoke”)
• karaokejo (“karaoke lounge”)
• karaoki (“to sing karaoke”)
• karaokilo (“karaoke machine”)

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English karaoke, borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑrɑoke/, [ˈkɑ̝rɑ̝ˌo̞k̟e̞]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧ra‧o‧ke

Noun

karaoke

1. karaoke (form of entertainment)

   laulaa karaokea ― to karaoke

Declension

Inflection of karaoke (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		karaoke	—
genitive		karaoken	—
partitive		karaokea	—
illative		karaokeen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		karaoke	—
accusative	nom.	karaoke	—
	gen.	karaoken
genitive		karaoken	—
partitive		karaokea	—
inessive		karaokessa	—
elative		karaokesta	—
illative		karaokeen	—
adessive		karaokella	—
ablative		karaokelta	—
allative		karaokelle	—
essive		karaokena	—
translative		karaokeksi	—
abessive		karaoketta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of karaoke (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative karaokeni — accusative nom. karaokeni — gen. karaokeni genitive karaokeni — partitive karaokeani — inessive karaokessani — elative karaokestani — illative karaokeeni — adessive karaokellani — ablative karaokeltani — allative karaokelleni — essive karaokenani — translative karaokekseni — abessive karaokettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative karaokesi — accusative nom. karaokesi — gen. karaokesi genitive karaokesi — partitive karaokeasi — inessive karaokessasi — elative karaokestasi — illative karaokeesi — adessive karaokellasi — ablative karaokeltasi — allative karaokellesi — essive karaokenasi — translative karaokeksesi — abessive karaokettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative karaokemme — accusative nom. karaokemme — gen. karaokemme genitive karaokemme — partitive karaokeamme — inessive karaokessamme — elative karaokestamme — illative karaokeemme — adessive karaokellamme — ablative karaokeltamme — allative karaokellemme — essive karaokenamme — translative karaokeksemme — abessive karaokettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative karaokenne — accusative nom. karaokenne — gen. karaokenne genitive karaokenne — partitive karaokeanne — inessive karaokessanne — elative karaokestanne — illative karaokeenne — adessive karaokellanne — ablative karaokeltanne — allative karaokellenne — essive karaokenanne — translative karaokeksenne — abessive karaokettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative karaokensa — accusative nom. karaokensa — gen. karaokensa genitive karaokensa — partitive karaokeaan karaokeansa — inessive karaokessaan karaokessansa — elative karaokestaan karaokestansa — illative karaokeensa — adessive karaokellaan karaokellansa — ablative karaokeltaan karaokeltansa — allative karaokelleen karaokellensa — essive karaokenaan karaokenansa — translative karaokekseen karaokeksensa — abessive karaokettaan karaokettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• karaokebaari (“karaoke bar”)
• karaokekabinetti
• karaokelaite (“karaoke machine”)
• karaokelaitteisto

 

Further reading

• “karaoke”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• korkeaa

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from 空 (kara, “empty”) + オケ (oke, “orchestra”), an abbreviation of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ra.o.ke/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧o‧ké

Noun

karaoke (first-person possessive karaokeku, second-person possessive karaokemu, third-person possessive karaokenya)

1. karaoke: a form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.
2. A karaoke session.

Related terms

• orkes
• orkestra

 

Japanese

Romanization

karaoke

1. Rōmaji transcription of カラオケ

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.raˈɔ.kɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔkɛ
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧o‧ke

Noun

karaoke n (indeclinable)

1. karaoke (form of entertainment)
2. karaoke pub

Further reading

• karaoke in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• karaoke in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈɔ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈɔ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈɔ.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾaˈɔ.kɨ/

Noun

karaoke m (plural karaokes) (European spelling)

1. Alternative form of caraoque
2. European Portuguese form standard spelling of karaokê.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English karaoke, borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈoke/ [ka.ɾaˈo.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧o‧ke

Noun

karaoke m (uncountable)

1. karaoke
2. karaoke machine
3. karaoke bar
4. (slang, Chile) fellatio

Further reading

• “karaoke”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

karaoke c

1. karaoke

Declension

Declension of karaoke
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	karaoke	karaoken	—	—
Genitive	karaokes	karaokens	—	—

Derived terms

• karaokemaskin (“karaoke machine”)

References

• karaoke in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• karaoke in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English karaoke, or directly from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from 空(から) (kara, “empty”) + オケ (oke, “orchestra”), a clipping of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaɾaˈʔoke/ [kɐ.ɾɐˈʔoː.xɛ]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: ka‧ra‧o‧ke

Noun

karaoke (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇᜂᜃᜒ)

1. karaoke
2. karaoke machine

Related terms

• orkestra

 

Further reading

• “karaoke”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Noun

karaoke (definite accusative karaokeyi, plural karaokeler)

1. karaoke

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	karaoke
Definite accusative	karaokeyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	karaoke	karaokeler
Definite accusative	karaokeyi	karaokeleri
Dative	karaokeye	karaokelere
Locative	karaokede	karaokelerde
Ablative	karaokeden	karaokelerden
Genitive	karaokenin	karaokelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular karaokem karaokelerim 2nd singular karaoken karaokelerin 3rd singular karaokesi karaokeleri 1st plural karaokemiz karaokelerimiz 2nd plural karaokeniz karaokeleriniz 3rd plural karaokeleri karaokeleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular karaokemi karaokelerimi 2nd singular karaokeni karaokelerini 3rd singular karaokesini karaokelerini 1st plural karaokemizi karaokelerimizi 2nd plural karaokenizi karaokelerinizi 3rd plural karaokelerini karaokelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular karaokeme karaokelerime 2nd singular karaokene karaokelerine 3rd singular karaokesine karaokelerine 1st plural karaokemize karaokelerimize 2nd plural karaokenize karaokelerinize 3rd plural karaokelerine karaokelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular karaokemde karaokelerimde 2nd singular karaokende karaokelerinde 3rd singular karaokesinde karaokelerinde 1st plural karaokemizde karaokelerimizde 2nd plural karaokenizde karaokelerinizde 3rd plural karaokelerinde karaokelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular karaokemden karaokelerimden 2nd singular karaokenden karaokelerinden 3rd singular karaokesinden karaokelerinden 1st plural karaokemizden karaokelerimizden 2nd plural karaokenizden karaokelerinizden 3rd plural karaokelerinden karaokelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular karaokemin karaokelerimin 2nd singular karaokenin karaokelerinin 3rd singular karaokesinin karaokelerinin 1st plural karaokemizin karaokelerimizin 2nd plural karaokenizin karaokelerinizin 3rd plural karaokelerinin karaokelerinin

Further reading

• karaoke in Reverso (Turkish-English)