KARAOKE


Meaning of KARAOKE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌker-ē-ˈō-kē, ˌka-rē- also ]

kə-ˈrō-kē, ˌkä-rä-ˈō-(ˌ)kā noun

Etymology: Japanese, from kara empty + ōke, short for ōkesutora orchestra

Date: 1979

: a device that plays instrumental accompaniments for a selection of songs to which the user sings along and that records the user's singing with the music ; also : a form of entertainment involving the use of a karaoke machine (as in a bar)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.