karaoke
/ˌkæriˈəʊki/noun
उच्चारण कैरिओकी
कराओके (रिकॉर्ड किए संगीत पर गाना)
Basic word
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a type of entertainment in which people sing popular songs while a machine plays the music and shows the words on a screen
कराओके (रिकॉर्ड किए संगीत पर गाना)
- We had a karaoke night at the office party.
- a karaoke machine
- They sang old film songs at the karaoke bar.
+ 2 more examples
- The hotel has a karaoke night on Fridays.
- Karaoke is popular at weddings.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
karaoke (uncountable noun)
Karaoke is uncountable. Use a karaoke night, a karaoke session or a karaoke machine to count it.
'Karaoke' uncountable है। इसे गिनने के लिए a karaoke night, a karaoke session या a karaoke machine का प्रयोग करें।
- Karaoke is popular at wedding parties.
- We had a karaoke night in the hostel.
do / sing karaoke
Use do or sing karaoke; you do not play karaoke, because karaoke is not a game.
Do या sing karaoke कहा जाता है; play karaoke नहीं, क्योंकि karaoke कोई खेल नहीं है।
- Radhika and her friends did karaoke on the last day of college.
karaoke + noun
Karaoke before a noun names the machine, bar, track, event or competition.
Noun से पहले 'karaoke' मशीन, बार, track, कार्यक्रम या प्रतियोगिता का नाम बताता है।
- The karaoke machine broke down in the middle of the song.
- A karaoke contest was held in the college.
karaoke version / track
A karaoke track has the music without the singer, so that someone else can sing the words shown on the screen.
Karaoke track में केवल संगीत होता है, गायक की आवाज़ नहीं, ताकि कोई और स्क्रीन पर दिखे बोल गा सके।
- He downloaded a karaoke version of an old Kishore Kumar song.
karaoke as a verb-like activity: karaoke-style
The suffix-like use karaoke-style describes a performance in which people copy a recorded song with words on a screen.
Karaoke-style ऐसे प्रदर्शन का वर्णन करता है जिसमें लोग स्क्रीन पर बोल देखकर रिकॉर्ड किए गीत की नकल करते हैं।
- The teachers held a karaoke-style quiz in which students sang the clues.
+Collocations 5
karaoke + noun
machinebarnightpartycontesttrack
- The hotel organised a karaoke night for its guests.
verb + karaoke
singdohostenjoyorganisejoin
- Everyone wanted to join in the karaoke at the party.
adjective + karaoke
liveonlinefamilypopularfreelate-night
- The online karaoke app lets you record your voice.
karaoke + feature
lyricsscreenmicrophonebacking trackscore
- The karaoke screen showed the words in bright colours.
karaoke + event
competitioneveningclubshowchallenge
- The college karaoke competition was won by a first-year girl.
“More examples 6
- Karaoke is a Japanese word that means empty orchestra.
Karaoke एक जापानी शब्द है जिसका अर्थ खाली वाद्यवृंद है।
- At the farewell party, the teachers also sang a song at the karaoke stage.
विदाई पार्टी में शिक्षकों ने भी karaoke मंच पर एक गीत गाया।
- Radhika, who is shy, sang her first karaoke song in front of her friends.
शर्मीली राधिका ने अपने दोस्तों के सामने अपना पहला karaoke गीत गाया।
- The family spent the evening singing old Hindi songs on a karaoke machine.
परिवार ने शाम को karaoke मशीन पर पुराने हिंदी गीत गाते हुए बिताई।
- A good karaoke system shows the lyrics at exactly the right time.
अच्छा karaoke सिस्टम बोल ठीक सही समय पर दिखाता है।
- In the hostel, the final-year students arranged a karaoke evening to relax after the exams.
छात्रावास में अंतिम वर्ष के विद्यार्थियों ने परीक्षाओं के बाद मन बहलाने के लिए karaoke की शाम आयोजित की।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ They sang karaoke in the party.
✓ They sang karaoke at the party.
A party is treated as an event at which people are present, so use at.
Party एक कार्यक्रम है जिसमें लोग उपस्थित होते हैं, इसलिए at का प्रयोग होता है।
⌂Word origin and word building
From Japanese, meaning 'empty orchestra', because the music is played without a singer.
यह शब्द Japanese भाषा से आया है जिसका अर्थ है 'empty orchestra' (खाली वाद्य-वृंद), क्योंकि इसमें संगीत गायक के बिना बजाया जाता है।