ukulele

See also: Ukulele, ukulélé, and ʻukulele

English
A ukulele.

Alternative forms
  • eukaleli, ukelele (obsolete)
  • ukalele (rare)

Etymology

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

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

Noun

ukulele (plural ukuleles)

  1. (music) A small four-stringed guitar.

Derived terms

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

Hawaiian

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 — ukuleleineen

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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