ute

See also: Ute, -ute, and -utė

English

One type of modern ute
A ute from 1934

Etymology

Clipping of utility vehicle.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: yo͞ot
  • IPA(key): /juːt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

ute (plural utes)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A small vehicle based on the same platform as a family car but with a unibody construction and a built-in open tray area for carrying goods; similar but not identical to a pick-up truck.
    • 2007, Sheryl Persson, The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Australia: Exisle Publishing, →ISBN, page 40:
      The Reverend John Flynn, a man of simple tastes, was always recognisable in the outback, dressed in a suit, driving an old ute and puffing on a pipe.
    • 2008, Penelope Adams, Why Women Are Stupid, Lulu, →ISBN, page 105:
      Still, given the choice between being stuck behind a ute in tropical scenery and spending four to five hours driving through stretches of semi-desert, I′d rather have the ute-plus-heart-attack.
    • 2009, Damian Veltri, “Bandt, Louis (Lewis) Thornett (1910–1987)”, in Dianne Lingmore, Darryl Bennet, editors, Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 17 1981–1990: A–K, →ISBN, page 55:
      A sample body was made in 1933 and the first utilities, or ‘utes’, rolled off the production line next year. Dubbed ‘the Kangaroo Chaser’ by Henry Ford when Bandt displayed two examples in Detroit, United States of America, in 1935, the ute was quickly recognised as the ideal farmers' vehicle.
    • 2023 December 31, Matthew Weaver, “Rohan Dennis charged over death of wife, fellow cyclist Melissa Dennis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
      Paramedics rushed Melissa Dennis to the Royal Adelaide hospital with serious injuries after she was hit by a ute at Medindie on Saturday night.

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Chuukese

Etymology

u- + -te

Pronoun

ute

  1. I will never
  2. so I do not
Present and past tense Negative tense Future Negative future Distant future Negative determinate
Singular First person uauseupweusapupwapLua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Second person ka, kekose, kesekopwe, kepwekosap, kesapkopwap, kepwapkote, kete
Third person aeseepweesapepwapete
PluralFirst person aua (exclusive)
sia (inclusive)
ause (exclusive)
sise (inclusive)
aupwe (exclusive)
sipwe (inclusive)
ausap (exclusive)
sisap (inclusive)
aupwap (exclusive)
sipwap (inclusive)
aute (exclusive)
site (inclusive)
Second person ouaouseoupweousapoupwapoute
Third person ra, rereserepweresaprepwaprete

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse úti.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adverb

ute

  1. outdoors
  2. out; the state of being out. compare: ut
    ute av kontroll - out of control
  3. uncool; "old-fashioned"

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse úti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʉːtə/

Adverb

ute

  1. outdoors
  2. out; the state of being out. compare: ut
    ute av kontroll - out of control
  3. uncool; "old-fashioned"

Derived terms

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ūtē, from Proto-Germanic *ūtai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuː.te/

Adverb

ūte (comparative ūtor, superlative ȳtemest)

  1. outside, outdoors
    Iċ lēt þā wæsċe ūte drūgian.
    I let the laundry dry outside.
    Wē slēpon ūte under þām steorrum.
    We slept outside under the stars.
  2. at a distance, out
    ūte on sǣ
    out at sea

Swedish

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Norse úti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ʉːtɛ/
  • (file)

Adverb

ute

  1. outside, outdoors
    Synonym: (outdoors) utomhus
    Antonym: inne
    Jag lät tvätten torka ute
    I let the laundry dry outside
    Vi sov ute under stjärnorna
    We slept outside under the stars
    Han är ute ur leken
    He's out of the game (idiomatic)
  2. at a distance, out
    ute på sjön
    out at sea
    ute på fältet
    out on the field

Adjective

ute (not comparable)

  1. out of fashion, passé, now uncool
    Synonym: passé
    Antonyms: inne, hipp
    Hans frisyr var ute
    His hairstyle was out of fashion

See also

  • ut (to out)

References

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