"ukulele" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /juː.kəˈleɪ.li/ [UK, US], /ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ/ (note: Standard Hawaiian English) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ukulele.wav Forms: ukuleles [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪli Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|haw|ʻukulele}} Hawaiian ʻukulele Head templates: {{en-noun}} ukulele (plural ukuleles)
  1. A small four-stringed guitar. Wikipedia link: ukulele Categories (topical): String instruments Categories (place): Hawaii, USA Synonyms: eukaleli, ukelele [obsolete], ukalele [rare], ʻukulele Derived forms: banjolele, banjo ukulele, guitalele, uke, ukelin, ukulelelike, ukulelist Translations (small four-stringed guitar): أُكْلَال (ʔuklāl) [masculine] (Arabic), اوكوليله (ukulēle) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), yuk (Biak), ယူးခလေလီ၊ (alt: yu:hka.leli|) (Burmese), ukulele [masculine] (Catalan), ukelele [masculine] (Catalan), 烏克麗麗 /乌克丽丽 (wūkèlìlì) (Chinese Mandarin), 夏威夷吉他 (Xiàwēiyí jítā) (Chinese Mandarin), 尤克里里 (yóukèlǐlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 尤克里里琴 (yóukèlǐlǐqín) (Chinese Mandarin), 夏威夷四弦琴 (Xiàwēiyí sìxiánqín) (Chinese Mandarin), ukulele [neuter] (Czech), ukulele (Danish), ukulelo (Esperanto), ukulele [singular] (Estonian), ukulele (Finnish), ukulélé [masculine] (French), Ukulele [feminine] (German), ʻukulele (Hawaiian), יוּקוּלֶלֶה (yukulele) (Hebrew), אוּקוּלֵלֵה (ukulele) (Hebrew), ukulele (Hungarian), ukulele (Indonesian), ucailéile [feminine] (Irish), ukulele [feminine, masculine] (Italian), ウクレレ (ukurere) (Japanese), ukulele [feminine] (Latvian), havajiešu ģitāra [feminine] (Latvian), kuturere (Maori), ukurere (Maori), उकुलेले (ukulele) [masculine] (Marathi), ukulele [neuter] (Polish), uquelele [masculine] (Portuguese), uculele [masculine] (Portuguese), ukelele [masculine] (Portuguese), ukulele [masculine] (Portuguese), укуле́ле (ukuléle) [neuter] (Russian), гава́йская гита́ра (gavájskaja gitára) [feminine] (Russian), ukulele [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ukelele (Spanish), guitarra hawaiana [feminine] (Spanish), ukulele (Swahili), ukulele [common-gender] (Swedish), อูกูเลเล (Thai), kuelel (Volapük), iwcalili [feminine, masculine] (Welsh), ukulele (Xhosa), אוקולעלע (ukulele) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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Alternative forms

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          "word": "ukelin"
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          "guitar"
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          "word": "ukelele"
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          "roman": "wūkèlìlì",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "烏克麗麗 /乌克丽丽"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Xiàwēiyí jítā",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "夏威夷吉他"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yóukèlǐlǐ",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "尤克里里"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yóukèlǐlǐqín",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Xiàwēiyí sìxiánqín",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "夏威夷四弦琴"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "ukulele"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "ukulelo"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "singular"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "ukulele"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ukulélé"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Ukulele"
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          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "ʻukulele"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "yukulele",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "יוּקוּלֶלֶה"
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        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ukulele",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "אוּקוּלֵלֵה"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "ukulele"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "ukulele"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ucailéile"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ukulele"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ukurere",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
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          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "havajiešu ģitāra"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "kuturere"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "ukurere"
        },
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          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ukulele",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "उकुलेले"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ukulele"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "uquelele"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "uculele"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ukelele"
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          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "ukuléle",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "укуле́ле"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gavájskaja gitára",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гава́йская гита́ра"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "ukulele"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "ukelele"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "guitarra hawaiana"
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          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "ukulele"
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          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
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          "word": "ukulele"
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          "code": "th",
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          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "อูกูเลเล"
        },
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          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "kuelel"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
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          "code": "xh",
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          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "word": "ukulele"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "ukulele",
          "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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      "word": "guitalele"
    },
    {
      "word": "uke"
    },
    {
      "word": "ukelin"
    },
    {
      "word": "ukulelelike"
    },
    {
      "word": "ukulelist"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "ukulele",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: ukulele",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: ukulele"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Ukulele",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Ukulele",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Ukulele"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "uquelele",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: uquelele, (unadapted form) ukelele, uculele, (unadapted form) ukulele",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: uquelele, (unadapted form) ukelele, uculele, (unadapted form) ukulele"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "haw",
        "3": "ʻukulele"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”).",
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    {
      "form": "ukuleles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "Terms with Biak translations",
        "Terms with Burmese translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hawaiian translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Marathi translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
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        "Terms with Swahili translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
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        "Terms with Yiddish translations",
        "en:Hawaii, USA",
        "en:String instruments"
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      "glosses": [
        "A small four-stringed guitar."
      ],
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        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ],
        [
          "string",
          "string"
        ],
        [
          "guitar",
          "guitar"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "ukulele"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/juː.kəˈleɪ.li/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ/",
      "note": "Standard Hawaiian English"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪli"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "eukaleli"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "ukelele"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "ukalele"
    },
    {
      "word": "ʻukulele"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔuklāl",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أُكْلَال"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ukulēle",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "اوكوليله"
    },
    {
      "code": "bhw",
      "lang": "Biak",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "yuk"
    },
    {
      "alt": "yu:hka.leli|",
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ယူးခလေလီ၊"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ukelele"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūkèlìlì",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "烏克麗麗 /乌克丽丽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Xiàwēiyí jítā",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "夏威夷吉他"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yóukèlǐlǐ",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "尤克里里"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yóukèlǐlǐqín",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "尤克里里琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Xiàwēiyí sìxiánqín",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "夏威夷四弦琴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ukulelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ukulélé"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ʻukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yukulele",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "יוּקוּלֶלֶה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ukulele",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "אוּקוּלֵלֵה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ucailéile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ukurere",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ウクレレ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "havajiešu ģitāra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "kuturere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ukurere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ukulele",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उकुलेले"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uquelele"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uculele"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ukelele"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ukuléle",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "укуле́ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gavájskaja gitára",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гава́йская гита́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ukelele"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guitarra hawaiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "อูกูเลเล"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "kuelel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "iwcalili"
    },
    {
      "code": "xh",
      "lang": "Xhosa",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "word": "ukulele"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ukulele",
      "sense": "small four-stringed guitar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אוקולעלע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ukulele"
}

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