karaoke
pronunciation
How to pronounce karaoke in British English:
UK [ˌkæriˈəʊki]
How to pronounce karaoke in American English:
US [ˌkæriˈoʊki]
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- Noun:
- singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
Word Origin
- karaoke
- karaoke: [20] The conceptual basis of this term, enthusiastically adopted in the West from Japan in the latter part of the 20th century, is of a backing or accompaniment waiting to be ‘filled’ by a singer or other soloist. In Japanese, it means literally ‘empty orchestra’: kara is ‘empty’ (it also appears in English karate [20], literally ‘empty hand’) and oke is short for okesutora – originally a Japanization of English orchestra.
- karaoke (n.)
- 1979, Japanese, from kara "empty" + oke "orchestra," shortened form of okesutora, which is a Japanization of English orchestra.
Example
- 1. Always sang the song at the karaoke .
- 2. In china many hair salons , massage parlours and karaoke bars double as brothels .
- 3. What else is there to do here after 7 p.m. besides drinking with friends or going to karaoke ?
- 4. In chinese karaoke bars , the drink of choice is a good scotch whisky mixed with iced tea .
- 5. Chongqing industrial co. dakang gold mengdie karaoke ok office .