English

Proper noun

Ute

1. A Native American people of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.
2. The language of this people, of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.

Synonyms

• (language): Colorado River, Colorado River Numic

Translations

Noun

Ute ‎(plural Utes)

1. A member of this people.

Anagrams

• TEU, Tue

German

Etymology

High German variant of Oda, short form of names beginning with Germanic ot "riches"; name of a queen in the Nibelungenlied.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːtə/

Proper noun

Ute

1. A female given name

English

Noun

ute ‎(plural utes)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A small vehicle based on the same platform as a family car but with a unibody construction and a built-in open tray area for carrying goods; similar but not identical to a pick-up truck.
   • 2007, Sheryl Persson, The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Exisle Publishing, Australia, page 40,

     The Reverend John Flynn, a man of simple tastes, was always recognisable in the outback, dressed in a suit, driving an old ute and puffing on a pipe.

   • 2008, Penelope Adams, Why Women Are Stupid, Lulu, page 105,

     Still, given the choice between being stuck behind a ute in tropical scenery and spending four to five hours driving through stretches of semi-desert, I′d rather have the ute-plus-heart-attack.

   • 2009, Damian Veltri, Bandt, Louis (Lewis) Thornett (1910-1987), entry in Dianne Lingmore, Darryl Bennet (editors), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17 1981-1990: A-K, page 55,

     A sample body was made in 1933 and the first utilities, or ‘utes’, rolled off the production line next year. Dubbed ‘the Kangaroo Chaser’ by Henry Ford when Bandt displayed two examples in Detroit, United States of America, in 1935, the ute was quickly recognised as the ideal farmers′ vehicle.

See also

• bakkie
• dual cab
• panel van
• pick-up truck, pickup truck
• station wagon
• tilly

Translations

Anagrams

• TEU
• Tue

Chuukese

Etymology

u- +‎ -te

Pronoun

ute

1. I will never
2. so I do not

Related terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse úti

Adverb

ute

1. outdoors
2. out; the state of being out. compare: ut

   ute av kontroll - out of control

3. uncool; "old-fashioned"

Derived terms

• utekran
• utelåst

References

• “ute” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adverb

ute

1. outdoors

Adjective

ute

1. out; the state of being out. compare: ut
2. uncool; "old-fashioned"