vuvuzela

See also: Vuvuzela

English

A crowd blowing vuvuzelas.

Etymology

From Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vuːvuːˈzɛlə/ or /vuːvuːˈzeɪlə/
• (US) /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

Hypernyms

• (trumpet-shaped horn): noisemaker

Derived terms

• vuvuzelist

Translations

horn

• Afrikaans: vuvuzela
• Arabic: فُوفُوزِيلَا‎ (fūfūzīlā)
• Armenian: վուվուզել (vuvuzel), վուվուզելա (vuvuzela)
• Catalan: vuvuzela f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嗡嗡祖拉 (zh), 嗡嗡祖拉 (zh) (wēngwēngzǔlā)

• Czech: vuvuzela (cs) f
• Dutch: vuvuzela (nl) c
• Esperanto: vuvuzelo (eo)
• Faroese: vuvusela f
• Finnish: vuvuzela (fi)
• French: vuvuzela (fr) f
• German: Vuvuzela (de) f
• Greek: βουβουζέλα (el) f (vouvouzéla)
• Hebrew: בובוזלה‎ (vuvuzela)
• Hungarian: vuvuzela (hu), darázskürt (hu)

• Italian: vuvuzela (it) f
• Japanese: ブブゼラ (bubuzera)
• Korean: 부부젤라 (bubujella)
• Marathi: वुवुजेला m (vuvujelā)
• Polish: wuwuzela (pl) f
• Portuguese: vuvuzela (pt) f
• Russian: вувузе́ла (ru) f (vuvuzéla)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вувузела f

  Roman: vuvuzela f

• Slovak: vuvuzela f
• Spanish: vuvuzela (es) f
• Swedish: vuvuzela (sv) c
• Thai: วูวูเซลา
• Turkish: vuvuzela
• Ukrainian: вувузела (vuvuzela)
• Yiddish: וווּוווּזעלאַ‎ (vuvuzela)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed shortly before the South African world cup from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vu.vuˈzeː.laː/, [vu.vuˈzeː.la(ː)]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: vu‧vu‧ze‧la

Noun

vuvuzela m (plural vuvuzela's, diminutive vuvuzelaatje n)

1. vuvuzela [from 2009]

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Finnish

Noun

vuvuzela

1. vuvuzela

Declension

Inflection of vuvuzela (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative		vuvuzela	vuvuzelat
genitive		vuvuzelan	vuvuzeloiden vuvuzeloitten vuvuzelojen
partitive		vuvuzelaa	vuvuzeloita vuvuzeloja
illative		vuvuzelaan	vuvuzeloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		vuvuzela	vuvuzelat
accusative	nom.	vuvuzela	vuvuzelat
	gen.	vuvuzelan
genitive		vuvuzelan	vuvuzeloiden vuvuzeloitten vuvuzelojen vuvuzelainrare
partitive		vuvuzelaa	vuvuzeloita vuvuzeloja
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

Possessive forms of vuvuzela (type katiska)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	vuvuzelani	vuvuzelamme
2nd person	vuvuzelasi	vuvuzelanne
3rd person	vuvuzelansa

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French

Alternative forms

• vouvouzela

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vu.vu.ze.la/

Noun

vuvuzela f (plural vuvuzelas)

1. vuvuzela

Further reading

• “vuvuzela” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvuvuzɛlɒ]
• Hyphenation: vu‧vu‧ze‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

vuvuzela (plural vuvuzelák)

1. vuvuzela

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	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
non-attributive possessive - singular	vuvuzeláé	vuvuzeláké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vuvuzeláéi	vuvuzelákéi

Possessive forms of vuvuzela
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
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

vuvuzela f (invariable)

1. vuvuzela

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vuvuˈzɛla/

Noun

vuvuzela f (plural vuvuzelas)

1. vuvuzela

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋuʋuzêla/

Noun

vuvuzȅla f (Cyrillic spelling вувузе̏ла)

1. vuvuzela

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋu.ʋu.ze.ɫa/

Noun

vuvuzela f (genitive singular vuvuzely, nominative plural vuvuzely, declension pattern of žena)

1. vuvuzela

Declension

Declension of vuvuzela

	singular	plural
nominative	vuvuzela	vuvuzely
genitive	vuvuzely	vuvuziel
dative	vuvuzele	vuvuzelám
accusative	vuvuzelu	vuvuzely
locative	vuvuzele	vuvuzelách
instrumental	vuvuzelou	vuvuzelami

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Spanish

Etymology

From Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bubuˈθela/, [bu.β̞uˈθe.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /bubuˈsela/, [bu.β̞uˈse.la]

Noun

vuvuzela f (plural vuvuzelas)

1. vuvuzela

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Swedish

Noun

vuvuzela c

1. vuvuzela

Declension

Declension of vuvuzela
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	vuvuzela	vuvuzelan	vuvuzelor	vuvuzelorna
Genitive	vuvuzelas	vuvuzelans	vuvuzelors	vuvuzelornas

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vuvuˈzɛɫɑ]

Noun

vuvuzela (definite accusative vuvuzelayı, plural vuvuzelalar)

1. vuvuzela

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	vuvuzela
Definite accusative	vuvuzelayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vuvuzela	vuvuzelalar
Definite accusative	vuvuzelayı	vuvuzelaları
Dative	vuvuzelaya	vuvuzelalara
Locative	vuvuzelada	vuvuzelalarda
Ablative	vuvuzeladan	vuvuzelalardan
Genitive	vuvuzelanın	vuvuzelaların