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Karaoke
karaoke
karaoke
English
Noun
karaoke (countable and uncountable, plural karaokes)
- (uncountable) A form of entertainment popular in clubs, at parties, etc, in which individual members of the public sing along to pre-recorded instrumental versions of popular songs, the lyrics of which are displayed for the singer on a screen in time with the music.
- 1993 March, Wagner, Michael J.; Brick, John S., “Using Karaoke in the Classroom”, in Music Educators Journal, volume 79, number 7, ISSN 0027-4321, JSTOR 3398617, page 44:
- The karaoke has been well received by those who frequent the oriental cabaret scene and adopt its particular social behaviors such as conversation, companionship, being seen, and showing off.
- 2006 February 24, Bill Maher, Real Time with Bill Maher, season 7, episode 2:
- American Idol will always have a place in my heart. It's where I met Clay. And what could be more exciting than televised karaoke?
- 2008 December 9, Raftery, Brian, Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life, Cambridge: Da Capo Press, ISBN 9780306815836, LCCN 2008034271, OCLC 191926214, OL 17073509M, page 1:
- I was always split on Henley. Then I found out that he doesn’t want people to sing his songs at karaoke. In fact, Henley actually forbids karaoke companies from rerecording songs in his catalog.
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- (countable) A karaoke session.
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Translations
a form of entertainment
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Verb
karaoke (third-person singular simple present karaokes, present participle karaokeing, simple past and past participle karaoked)
- (intransitive) To perform karaoke.
See also
Esperanto
Etymology
Adverb
karaoke
- in a karaoke manner
- kanti karaoke
- to sing karaoke
- 2005 May, Hämäläinen, Riitta, “KEF post kvin jaroj refoje en Finnlando”, in Esperanto en Danio, volume 12, number 2, Dana Esperanto-Asocio, ISSN 0909-6124:
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“La plej amuza programero estos verŝajne esperanta karaokeo kun la efektiva bando mem – se nur iu kuraĝos karaoke kanti “Ĉu vi pretas” kun Dolchamar”, ridetas Riitta.
- “The most fun event will be, it seems, Esperanto karaoke with the actual band itself – if only someone will have the courage to sing karaoke “Ĉu vi pretas?” with Dolchamar”, smiles Riitta.
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“La plej amuza programero estos verŝajne esperanta karaokeo kun la efektiva bando mem – se nur iu kuraĝos karaoke kanti “Ĉu vi pretas” kun Dolchamar”, ridetas Riitta.
- kanti karaoke
Related terms
- karaoka (“of or relating to karaoke”)
- karaokejo (“karaoke lounge”)
- karaoki (“to sing karaoke”)
- karaokilo (“karaoke machine”)
Finnish
Etymology
< Japanese
Noun
karaoke
- karaoke (form of entertainment)
Declension
Inflection of karaoke (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | karaoke | — | |
genitive | karaoken | — | |
partitive | karaokea | — | |
illative | karaokeen | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | karaoke | — | |
accusative | nom. | karaoke | — |
gen. | karaoken | ||
genitive | karaoken | — | |
partitive | karaokea | — | |
inessive | karaokessa | — | |
elative | karaokesta | — | |
illative | karaokeen | — | |
adessive | karaokella | — | |
ablative | karaokelta | — | |
allative | karaokelle | — | |
essive | karaokena | — | |
translative | karaokeksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | karaoketta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ka.ɾa.ˈɔ.kɨ/
- Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧o‧ke
Noun
karaoke m (plural karaokes)
- Alternative form of karaokê
Spanish
Etymology
From English karaoke, from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ɾa.ˈo.ke/
Noun
karaoke m (uncountable)
- karaoke
- karaoke machine
- karaoke bar
- (slang, Chile) felación