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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
karaoke, especially in the Korean context
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Middle Korean 놀〯— (nwǒl—) Middle Korean -개 (-kay) Middle Korean 놀애〮 (nwòláy) Korean 노래 (norae) Chinese 房bor. Korean 방 (bang) Korean 노래방 (noraebang)bor. English noraebang Borrowed from Korean 노래방(房) (noraebang), from 노래 (norae, “song”) + 방(房) (bang, “room”), literally "a song room".
