Noun: karaoke
| Singular | karaoke |
| Plural | karaokes |
Sample Sentences
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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. [1993 March, Michael J. Wagner with John S. Brick, “Using Karaoke in the Classroom”, in Music Educators Journal, volume 79, number 7, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 44:]
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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? [2006 February 24, Real Time with Bill Maher, season 7, episode 2, Bill Maher (actor):]
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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. [2008 December 9, Brian Raftery, Don't Stop Believin': How Karaoke Conquered the World and Changed My Life, Cambridge: Da Capo Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 1:]
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A country that's enriched the world with sushi, karaoke and manga, Japan has many devotees, especially among gamers and geeks. [2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2022:]
Nouns inflected like karaoke
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Japanese 空
3. Ancient Greek ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai)
4. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
5. Proto-Indo-European *-trom
6. Proto-Hellenic *-tron
7. Ancient Greek -τρᾰ (-tră)
8. Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρα (orkhḗstra)bor.
9. Latin orchēstrabor.
10. English orchestrabor.
11. Japanese オーケストラ
12. Japanese カラオケbor.
13. English karaoke
14. Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from 空(から) (kara, “empty”) + オケ (oke, “orchestra”), a clipping of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra.
Verbs referencing "karaoke"
Finnish Nouns
karaoke, Spanish Nouns
karaoke.