Karaoke Definition
kârē-ōkē
noun
A form of entertainment in which patrons, as in a bar, take turns singing popular songs into a microphone accompanied by prerecorded music played on a special device, with the lyrics displayed on a screen.
Webster's New World
The performance of such music.
American Heritage
(countable)
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Karaoke
Noun
Singular:
karaoke
Plural:
karaokesOrigin of Karaoke
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From Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from 空 (から, kara, “empty”) + オケ (oke, “orchestra”), abbreviation of オーケストラ (ōkesutora), from English orchestra.
From Wiktionary
Japanese karaoke kara void, empty alteration of ōke(sutora) orchestra (from English orchestra)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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