vuvuzela

Borrowed from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vuːvuːˈzɛlə/ or /vuːvuːˈzeɪlə/
• (US) /vuːvuːˈzeɪlə/

vuvuzela (plural vuvuzelas)

1. A trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound.
   • 2006 July 15, Weekend Argus:

     When the Manchester United squad walked through the arrival gates at Durban International yesterday, most players heard a vuvuzela for the first time.

   • 2010 June 1, David Pickthall, “Are you ready to make some noise?”, in North-West Evening Mail, UK, retrieved 2 Aug. 2011:

     I’m talking, of course, about the vuvuzela. Essentially, a metre-long blowhorn, which you may struggle to get past a steward at an English football ground.

   • 2010 June 8, Jeré Longman, “A Bleating Soundtrack for Soccer”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     For some, the vuvuzelas herald the country’s piercing emergence from the forced racial hush of apartheid.

• (trumpet-shaped horn): stadium horn, stadium trumpet

• (trumpet-shaped horn): noisemaker

• vuvuzelist

Borrowed shortly before the South African world cup from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela.

• IPA^(key): /vu.vuˈzeː.laː/, [vu.vuˈzeː.la(ː)]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: vu‧vu‧ze‧la

vuvuzela m (plural vuvuzela's, diminutive vuvuzelaatje n)

1. vuvuzela [from 2009]

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋuʋuze(ː)lɑ/, [ˈʋuʋuˌze̞(ː)lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -elɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): vu‧vu‧ze‧la

vuvuzela

1. vuvuzela

• “vuvuzela”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

• vouvouzela

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

• IPA^(key): /vu.vu.ze.la/

• Audio:

  (file)

vuvuzela f (plural vuvuzelas)

1. vuvuzela

• “vuvuzela”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvuvuzɛlɒ]
• Hyphenation: vu‧vu‧ze‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

vuvuzela (plural vuvuzelák)

1. vuvuzela

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vuvuzela	vuvuzelák
accusative	vuvuzelát	vuvuzelákat
dative	vuvuzelának	vuvuzeláknak
instrumental	vuvuzelával	vuvuzelákkal
causal-final	vuvuzeláért	vuvuzelákért
translative	vuvuzelává	vuvuzelákká
terminative	vuvuzeláig	vuvuzelákig
essive-formal	vuvuzelaként	vuvuzelákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vuvuzelában	vuvuzelákban
superessive	vuvuzelán	vuvuzelákon
adessive	vuvuzelánál	vuvuzeláknál
illative	vuvuzelába	vuvuzelákba
sublative	vuvuzelára	vuvuzelákra
allative	vuvuzelához	vuvuzelákhoz
elative	vuvuzelából	vuvuzelákból
delative	vuvuzeláról	vuvuzelákról
ablative	vuvuzelától	vuvuzeláktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	vuvuzeláé	vuvuzeláké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vuvuzeláéi	vuvuzelákéi

Possessive forms of vuvuzela
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vuvuzelám	vuvuzeláim
2nd person sing.	vuvuzelád	vuvuzeláid
3rd person sing.	vuvuzelája	vuvuzelái
1st person plural	vuvuzelánk	vuvuzeláink
2nd person plural	vuvuzelátok	vuvuzeláitok
3rd person plural	vuvuzelájuk	vuvuzeláik

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

vuvuzela f (invariable)

1. vuvuzela

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

• Hyphenation: vu‧vu‧ze‧la

vuvuzela f (plural vuvuzelas)

1. vuvuzela

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu to make a vu vu noise, from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

• IPA^(key): /ʋuʋuzêla/

vuvuzȅla f (Cyrillic spelling вувузе̏ла)

1. vuvuzela

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋu.ʋu.ze.ɫa/

vuvuzela f (genitive singular vuvuzely, nominative plural vuvuzely, declension pattern of žena)

1. vuvuzela

Borrowed from English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /bubuˈθela/ [bu.β̞uˈθe.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /bubuˈsela/ [bu.β̞uˈse.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: vu‧vu‧ze‧la

vuvuzela f (plural vuvuzelas)

1. vuvuzela

From Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

vuvuzela (n class, plural vuvuzela)

1. vuvuzela (a trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound)

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

vuvuzela c

1. vuvuzela

From English vuvuzela, from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.

• IPA^(key): [vuvuˈzɛɫɑ]

vuvuzela (definite accusative vuvuzelayı, plural vuvuzelalar)

1. vuvuzela

Inflection
Nominative	vuvuzela
Definite accusative	vuvuzelayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	vuvuzela	vuvuzelalar
Definite accusative	vuvuzelayı	vuvuzelaları
Dative	vuvuzelaya	vuvuzelalara
Locative	vuvuzelada	vuvuzelalarda
Ablative	vuvuzeladan	vuvuzelalardan
Genitive	vuvuzelanın	vuvuzelaların