German

Noun

Karaoke n (uncountable)

1. karaoke (form of entertainment, in which individual members of the public sing)

English

Karaoke in an Irish pub

Noun

karaoke ‎(countable and uncountable, plural karaokes)

1. (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.

2. (countable) A karaoke session.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

karaoke ‎(third-person singular simple present karaokes, present participle karaokeing, simple past and past participle karaoked)

1. (intransitive) To perform karaoke.

See also

• a capella
• KTV

Esperanto

Etymology

karaoko ‎(“karaoke”) +‎ -e

Adverb

karaoke

1. in a karaoke manner

   kanti karaoke

   to sing karaoke

   • 2016 July 9, Tani Hiroyuki, “Re: Asia esperanto”, in soc.culture.esperanto, Usenet, message-ID <cclltn$j17$1@nwall2.odn.ne.jp>:

     Se vi ŝatas kanti karaoke, vi estas karaokulo.

     If you like to sing karaoke, you are a ‘karaoke-er’.

   • 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:

     “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.

Related terms

• karaoka ‎(“of or relating to karaoke”)
• karaokejo ‎(“karaoke lounge”)
• karaoki ‎(“to sing karaoke”)
• karaokilo ‎(“karaoke machine”)

Finnish

Etymology

< Japanese

Noun

karaoke

1. karaoke (form of entertainment)

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

karaoke

1. rōmaji reading of カラオケ

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ka.ɾa.ˈɔ.kɨ/
• Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧o‧ke

Noun

karaoke m (plural karaokes)

1. 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)

1. karaoke
2. karaoke machine
3. karaoke bar
4. (slang, Chile) felación