vuvuzela en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- (UK)
- /vuːvuːˈzeɪlə/ (US)
- /vuːvuːˈzɛlə/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.
Meanings
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A trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound.
When the Manchester United squad walked through the arrival gates at Durban International yesterday, most players heard a vuvuzela for the first time.
2006 July 15, Weekend Argus:For some, the vuvuzelas herald the country’s piercing emergence from the forced racial hush of apartheid.
2010 August 6, Jeré Longman, “A Bleating Soundtrack for Soccer”, in The New York Times:I’m talking, of course, about the vuvuzela. Essentially, a metre-long blowhorn, which you may struggle to get past a steward at an English football ground.
2010 June 1, David Pickthall, “Are you ready to make some noise?”, in North-West Evening Mail, UK, retrieved 02 Aug 2011:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vuvuzelas | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
noisemaker (trumpet-shaped horn)
Synonyms
stadium trumpet (trumpet-shaped horn) · stadium horn (trumpet-shaped horn)
Translations (35)
mr वुवुजेला (horn) · af vuvuzela (horn) · hu vuvuzela (horn) · tr vuvuzela (horn) · ca vuvuzela (horn) · es vuvuzela (horn) · sv vuvuzela (horn) · it vuvuzela (horn) · fo vuvusela (horn) · yi וווּוווּזעלאַ (horn) · id vuvuzela (horn) · sh вувузела (horn) · hy վուվուզել (horn) · ko 부부젤라 (horn) · ja ブブゼラ (horn) · sh vuvuzela (horn) · el βουβουζέλα (horn) · pt vuvuzela (horn) · hy վուվուզելա (horn) · fi vuvuzela (horn) · th วูวูเซลา (horn) · sk vuvuzela (horn) · nl vuvuzela (horn) · hu darázskürt (horn) · eo vuvuzelo (horn) · ru вувузе́ла (horn) · uk вувузела (horn) · mk вуву́зела (horn) · pl wuwuzela (horn) · fr vuvuzela (horn) · cmn 嗡嗡祖拉 (horn) · ar فُوفُوزِيلَا (horn) · he בובוזלה (horn) · de Vuvuzela (horn) · cs vuvuzela (horn)