karaoke
noun · verb
Simple meaning
Singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
kehreeohkeeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
kɛɹiˈoʊki
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
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.
countable
A karaoke session.
countable
A karaoke parlour.
verb
intransitive
To perform karaoke
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
Used this way, karaoke is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a musical use: it is everyday language among musicians and listeners, and specialised outside that.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Music/performance
- Arts writing
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More ways to use karaoke
- “My friends and I went to a karaoke bar on Friday night.”
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