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

Other Word Forms of Karaoke

Noun

Singular:
karaoke
Plural:
karaokes

Origin of Karaoke

  • From Japanese カラオケ (karaoke), from (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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