Hyundai en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /hiˈʌn.deɪ/ (US)
- /hiˈuːn.daɪ/ (US)
- /haɪˈuːn.daɪ/ (US)
- /ˈh(j)ʌn.deɪ/ (US)
- /ˈh(j)ʌn.daɪ/ (US)
- /h(j)ʊɳɖɑj/ (South-Asia)
- /haɪˈʊn.daɪ/ (UK)
- /haɪˈʌn.daɪ/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from Korean 현대(現代) (hyeondae, “modern times”). The Hyundai Motor Group takes its name from the conglomerate with which it was historically affiliated, the Hyundai Group.
Meanings
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A car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group.
He had been such an ineffectual thief that the store-owner had seized the weapon from King and sent him running for his Hyundai as the store-owner took down the license plate number.
2007, Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, page 338:The stove was the size of his Hyundai back home.
2011, Bruce Dundore, The Seduction Diet, page 73:She could just imagine him wilting as Janice made insinuations about his boy-executive clothes, his Hyundai, the section of town he lived in, the school he had gone to.
1991, Writing Center of New Mexico State University, Puerto Del Sol, volume 26, page 201:The vocals and the music are as earnest as the lyrics are hilarious, with the narrator asking Jenny to step inside his Hyundai after comparing her to ripe fruit and impressing her with a fresh pack of gum.
2010, Anthony Bozza, Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem, page 195:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyundais | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (15)
ru Хёндэ́ (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · ru Хёнда́й (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · ko 현대 (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · ja ヒョンデ (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · ja ヒュンダイ (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · ja 現代 (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · zh 現代 /现代 (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · hak Hien-thoi (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · ru Хюнда́й (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · de Hyundai (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · nb Hyundai (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · fr Hyundai (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · bg хюндай (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · ru Хунда́й (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group) · za Yendai (car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group)