ukulele

See also: Ukulele, ukulélé, and ʻukulele

English
A ukulele.

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /juː.kə.ˈleɪ.li/
  • Audio (Berkshire, UK)(file)
  • (Standard Hawaiian English) IPA(key): /ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪli

Noun

ukulele (plural ukuleles)

  1. A small four-stringed guitar.

Derived terms

Translations

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English ukulele.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈukulɛlɛ]
  • Hyphenation: uku‧le‧le

Noun

ukulele n or f

  1. (music) ukulele

Declension

indeclinable when neuter; declinable as follows when feminine:

Declension of ukulele (soft feminine)
singular plural
nominative ukulele ukulele
genitive ukulele ukulelí
dative ukuleli ukulelím
accusative ukuleli ukulele
vocative ukulele ukulele
locative ukuleli ukulelích
instrumental ukulelí ukulelemi

Further reading
  • ukulele in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ukulele in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Etymology

Hawaiian ʻukulele

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈukulele/, [ˈukuˌle̞le̞]
  • Rhymes: -ele
  • Syllabification(key): u‧ku‧le‧le

Noun

ukulele

  1. (music) ukulele

Declension
Inflection of ukulele (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative ukulele ukulelet
genitive ukulelen ukulelejen
partitive ukulelea ukuleleja
illative ukuleleen ukuleleihin
singular plural
nominative ukulele ukulelet
accusative nom. ukulele ukulelet
gen. ukulelen
genitive ukulelen ukulelejen
ukuleleinrare
partitive ukulelea ukuleleja
inessive ukulelessa ukuleleissa
elative ukulelesta ukuleleista
illative ukuleleen ukuleleihin
adessive ukulelella ukuleleilla
ablative ukulelelta ukuleleilta
allative ukulelelle ukuleleille
essive ukulelena ukuleleina
translative ukuleleksi ukuleleiksi
instructive — ukulelein
abessive ukuleletta ukuleleitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ukulele (type nalle)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ukuleleni ukuleleni
accusative nom. ukuleleni ukuleleni
gen. ukuleleni
genitive ukuleleni ukulelejeni
ukuleleinirare
partitive ukuleleani ukulelejani
inessive ukulelessani ukuleleissani
elative ukulelestani ukuleleistani
illative ukuleleeni ukuleleihini
adessive ukulelellani ukuleleillani
ablative ukuleleltani ukuleleiltani
allative ukulelelleni ukuleleilleni
essive ukulelenani ukuleleinani
translative ukulelekseni ukuleleikseni
instructive — —
abessive ukulelettani ukuleleittani
comitative — ukuleleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ukulelesi ukulelesi
accusative nom. ukulelesi ukulelesi
gen. ukulelesi
genitive ukulelesi ukulelejesi
ukuleleisirare
partitive ukuleleasi ukulelejasi
inessive ukulelessasi ukuleleissasi
elative ukulelestasi ukuleleistasi
illative ukuleleesi ukuleleihisi
adessive ukulelellasi ukuleleillasi
ablative ukuleleltasi ukuleleiltasi
allative ukulelellesi ukuleleillesi
essive ukulelenasi ukuleleinasi
translative ukuleleksesi ukuleleiksesi
instructive — —
abessive ukulelettasi ukuleleittasi
comitative — ukuleleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ukulelemme ukulelemme
accusative nom. ukulelemme ukulelemme
gen. ukulelemme
genitive ukulelemme ukulelejemme
ukuleleimmerare
partitive ukuleleamme ukulelejamme
inessive ukulelessamme ukuleleissamme
elative ukulelestamme ukuleleistamme
illative ukuleleemme ukuleleihimme
adessive ukulelellamme ukuleleillamme
ablative ukuleleltamme ukuleleiltamme
allative ukulelellemme ukuleleillemme
essive ukulelenamme ukuleleinamme
translative ukuleleksemme ukuleleiksemme
instructive — —
abessive ukulelettamme ukuleleittamme
comitative — ukuleleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative ukulelenne ukulelenne
accusative nom. ukulelenne ukulelenne
gen. ukulelenne
genitive ukulelenne ukulelejenne
ukuleleinnerare
partitive ukuleleanne ukulelejanne
inessive ukulelessanne ukuleleissanne
elative ukulelestanne ukuleleistanne
illative ukuleleenne ukuleleihinne
adessive ukulelellanne ukuleleillanne
ablative ukuleleltanne ukuleleiltanne
allative ukulelellenne ukuleleillenne
essive ukulelenanne ukuleleinanne
translative ukuleleksenne ukuleleiksenne
instructive — —
abessive ukulelettanne ukuleleittanne
comitative — ukuleleinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative ukulelensa ukulelensa
accusative nom. ukulelensa ukulelensa
gen. ukulelensa
genitive ukulelensa ukulelejensa
ukuleleinsarare
partitive ukuleleaan
ukuleleansa		 ukulelejaan
ukulelejansa
inessive ukulelessaan
ukulelessansa		 ukuleleissaan
ukuleleissansa
elative ukulelestaan
ukulelestansa		 ukuleleistaan
ukuleleistansa
illative ukuleleensa ukuleleihinsa
adessive ukulelellaan
ukulelellansa		 ukuleleillaan
ukuleleillansa
ablative ukuleleltaan
ukuleleltansa		 ukuleleiltaan
ukuleleiltansa
allative ukulelelleen
ukulelellensa		 ukuleleilleen
ukuleleillensa
essive ukulelenaan
ukulelenansa		 ukuleleinaan
ukuleleinansa
translative ukulelekseen
ukuleleksensa		 ukuleleikseen
ukuleleiksensa
instructive — —
abessive ukulelettaan
ukulelettansa		 ukuleleittaan
ukuleleittansa
comitative — ukuleleineen
ukuleleinensa

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /u.kuˈlɛ.lɛ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
  • Syllabification: u‧ku‧le‧le

Noun

ukulele n (indeclinable)

  1. ukulele

Further reading
  • ukulele in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ukulele in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

ukulele m (plural ukuleles)

  1. (music) ukulele (small Hawaiian four-stringed guitar)

Swedish

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻukulele.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɵkɵˈleːlɛ/

Noun

ukulele c

  1. (music) ukulele

Declension
Declension of ukulele 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ukulele ukulelen ukuleler ukulelerna
Genitive ukuleles ukulelens ukulelers ukulelernas
Declension of ukulele 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ukulele ukulelen ukulelar ukulelarna
Genitive ukuleles ukulelens ukulelars ukulelarnas
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