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A trumpet-shaped horn, now usually plastic, that produces a loud buzzing sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Borrowed from Zulu vuvuzela (“to make a vu vu noise”), from the /vuː/ sound the horns make.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Arabic:
فُوفُوزِيلَا
(fūfūzīlā)
— horn
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Armenian:
վուվուզել
(vuvuzel)
— horn
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Armenian:
վուվուզելա
(vuvuzela)
— horn
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Catalan:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Chinese Mandarin:
嗡嗡祖拉
(wēngwēngzǔlā)
— horn
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Czech:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Dutch:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Esperanto:
vuvuzelo
— horn
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Faroese:
vuvusela
— horn
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Finnish:
vuvuzela
— horn
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French:
vuvuzela
— horn
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German:
Vuvuzela
— horn
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Greek:
βουβουζέλα
(vouvouzéla)
— horn
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Hebrew:
בובוזלה
(vuvuzela)
— horn
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Hungarian:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Hungarian:
darázskürt
— horn
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Indonesian:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Italian:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Japanese:
ブブゼラ
(bubuzera)
— horn
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Korean:
부부젤라
(bubujella)
— horn
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Macedonian:
вуву́зела
(vuvúzela)
— horn
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Marathi:
वुवुजेला
(vuvujelā)
— horn
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Polish:
wuwuzela
— horn
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Portuguese:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Russian:
вувузе́ла
(vuvuzéla)
— horn
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Serbo-Croatian:
вувузела
— horn
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Serbo-Croatian:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Slovak:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Spanish:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Swedish:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Thai:
วูวูเซลา
— horn
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Turkish:
vuvuzela
— horn
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Ukrainian:
вувузела
(vuvuzela)
— horn
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Yiddish:
וווּוווּזעלאַ
(vuvuzela)
— horn
