Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Hawaiianʻukulele
- Englishukulele
Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻukulele, from ʻuku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”).
More words from Hawaiian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic أُكْلَال
- أُكْلَال (ʔuklāl)small four-stringed guitar
Bulgarian укуле́ле
- укуле́ле (ukuléle)small four-stringed guitar
Catalan ukulele, ukelele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
- ukelelesmall four-stringed guitar
Chinese Mandarin 烏克麗麗 /乌克丽丽, 夏威夷吉他
- 烏克麗麗 /乌克丽丽 (wūkèlìlì)small four-stringed guitar
- 夏威夷吉他 (Xiàwēiyí jítā)small four-stringed guitar
- 尤克里里 (yóukèlǐlǐ)small four-stringed guitar
- 尤克里里琴 (yóukèlǐlǐqín)small four-stringed guitar
- 夏威夷四弦琴 (Xiàwēiyí sìxiánqín)small four-stringed guitar
Czech ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Danish ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Esperanto ukulelo
- ukulelosmall four-stringed guitar
Estonian ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Finnish ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
French ukulélé
- ukulélésmall four-stringed guitar
German Ukulele
- Ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Hawaiian ʻukulele
- ʻukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Hebrew יוּקוּלֶלֶה, אוּקוּלֵלֵה
- יוּקוּלֶלֶה (yukulele)small four-stringed guitar
- אוּקוּלֵלֵה (ukulele)small four-stringed guitar
- יוּקולֶיְלִי (yukuleyli)small four-stringed guitar
Hungarian ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Indonesian ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Irish ucailéile
- ucailéilesmall four-stringed guitar
Italian ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Japanese ウクレレ
- ウクレレ (ukurere)small four-stringed guitar
Korean 우쿨렐레
- 우쿨렐레 (ukullelle)small four-stringed guitar
Latvian ukulele, havajiešu ģitāra
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
- havajiešu ģitārasmall four-stringed guitar
Malay ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Māori kuturere, ukurere
- kutureresmall four-stringed guitar
- ukureresmall four-stringed guitar
Persian یوکللی
- یوکللی (yukoleli)small four-stringed guitar
Polish ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Portuguese uquelele, uculele
- uquelelesmall four-stringed guitar
- uculelesmall four-stringed guitar
- ukelelesmall four-stringed guitar
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Russian укуле́ле, гава́йская гита́ра
- укуле́ле (ukuléle)small four-stringed guitar
- гава́йская гита́ра (gavájskaja gitára)small four-stringed guitar
Spanish ukelele, guitarra hawaiana
- ukelelesmall four-stringed guitar
- guitarra hawaianasmall four-stringed guitar
Swahili ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Swedish ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Tagalog yukulele
- yukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Thai อูกูเลเล
- อูกูเลเล (uu-guu-lee-lêe)small four-stringed guitar
Turkish ukulele
- ukulelesmall four-stringed guitar
Ukrainian укуле́ле
- укуле́ле (ukuléle)small four-stringed guitar
Welsh iwcalili
- iwcalilismall four-stringed guitar
Yiddish אוקולעלע
- אוקולעלע (ukulele)small four-stringed guitar
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ukulele
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
ukulele. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ukulele
MLA
“ukulele.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ukulele. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ukulele,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ukulele.
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