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Hyundai

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /haɪˈʌn.daɪ/
  • UK: /haɪˈʊn.daɪ/
  • US: /ˈh(j)ʌn.deɪ/
  • US: /ˈh(j)ʌn.daɪ/
  • US: /haɪˈuːn.daɪ/
  • US: /hiˈuːn.daɪ/
  • US: /hiˈʌn.deɪ/
  • South-Asia: /h(j)ʊɳɖɑj/
  • CMU ARPABET: HH Y AH1 N D EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH AH1 N D EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 현대(現代) (hyeondae, “modern times”). The Hyundai Motor Group takes its name from the conglomerate with which it was historically affiliated, the Hyundai Group.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: хюндай (hjundaj) — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Chinese: 現代 /现代 (xiàndài) — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • French: Hyundai — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • German: Hyundai — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Hakka: Hien-thoi — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Japanese: ヒョンデ (hyonde) — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Japanese: ヒュンダイ (hyundai) — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Japanese: 現代 (gendai) — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Korean: 현대 (hyeondae) — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hyundai — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Russian: Хёндэ́ (Xjondɛ́) — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Russian: Хунда́й (Xundáj) — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Russian: Хюнда́й (Xjundáj) — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Russian: Хёнда́й (Xjondáj) — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
  • Zhuang: Yendai — car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group
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