Dictionary

ukulele en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /juː.kəˈleɪ.li/ (UK, US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ/ Standard Hawaiian English

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A small four-stringed guitar.

Forms

Deriveds

ukulelelike · guitalele · ukulelist · uke · ukelin · banjolele · banjo ukulele

Descendants

ukelele · Ukulele · ukulele · uculele · ukulele · ukulele · ukulele · ukulele · uquelele · ukulele · ukulele

Translations (57)

tl yukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · es ukelele (small four-stringed guitar) · he יוּקולֶיְלִי (small four-stringed guitar) · cmn 尤克里里 (small four-stringed guitar) · th อูกูเลเล (small four-stringed guitar) · xh ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · es guitarra hawaiana (small four-stringed guitar) · fr ukulélé (small four-stringed guitar) · my ယူးခလေလီ၊ (small four-stringed guitar) · cmn 夏威夷四弦琴 (small four-stringed guitar) · arz اوكوليله (small four-stringed guitar) · ko 우쿨렐레 (small four-stringed guitar) · cmn 尤克里里琴 (small four-stringed guitar) · cmn 夏威夷吉他 (small four-stringed guitar) · bg укуле́ле (small four-stringed guitar) · tr ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · lv ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · lv havajiešu ģitāra (small four-stringed guitar) · ru укуле́ле (small four-stringed guitar) · mr उकुलेले (small four-stringed guitar) · pl ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · ar أُكْلَال (small four-stringed guitar) · pt uquelele (small four-stringed guitar) · he יוּקוּלֶלֶה (small four-stringed guitar) · ja ウクレレ (small four-stringed guitar) · ca ukelele (small four-stringed guitar) · yi אוקולעלע (small four-stringed guitar) · eo ukulelo (small four-stringed guitar) · bhw yuk (small four-stringed guitar) · id ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · de Ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · cy iwcalili (small four-stringed guitar) · ms ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · cs ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · sw ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · vo kuelel (small four-stringed guitar) · pt ukelele (small four-stringed guitar) · ru гава́йская гита́ра (small four-stringed guitar) · mi ukurere (small four-stringed guitar) · et ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · ga ucailéile (small four-stringed guitar) · fa یوکللی (small four-stringed guitar) · sv ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · fi ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · it ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · mi kuturere (small four-stringed guitar) · he אוּקוּלֵלֵה (small four-stringed guitar) · kk укулеле (small four-stringed guitar) · hu ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · uk укуле́ле (small four-stringed guitar) · da ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · ca ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · sh ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · pt ukulele (small four-stringed guitar) · cmn 烏克麗麗 /乌克丽丽 (small four-stringed guitar) · pt uculele (small four-stringed guitar) · haw ʻukulele (small four-stringed guitar)