Hyundai
English
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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /haɪˈʌn.daɪ/, /haɪˈʊn.daɪ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈh(j)ʌn.deɪ/, /ˈh(j)ʌn.daɪ/, /haɪˈuːn.daɪ/, /hiˈuːn.daɪ/, /hiˈʌn.deɪ/
Noun
Hyundai (plural Hyundais)
- A car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group.
- 1991, Writing Center of New Mexico State University, Puerto Del Sol, volume 26, page 201:
- She could just imagine him wilting as Janice made insinuations about his boy-executive clothes, his Hyundai, the section of town he lived in, the school he had gone to.
- 2007, Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, page 338:
- He had been such an ineffectual thief that the store-owner had seized the weapon from King and sent him running for his Hyundai as the store-owner took down the license plate number.
- 2010, Anthony Bozza, Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem, page 195:
- The vocals and the music are as earnest as the lyrics are hilarious, with the narrator asking Jenny to step inside his Hyundai after comparing her to ripe fruit and impressing her with a fresh pack of gum.
- 2011, Bruce Dundore, The Seduction Diet, page 73:
- The stove was the size of his Hyundai back home.
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
From English Hyundai, anglicized version of Korean 현대 (hyeondae).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦi.ˈjun.dɑi̯/
Proper noun
Hyundai
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjʊndaɪ̯/, (also) /ˈçʊndaɪ̯/
Proper noun
Hyundai n (proper noun, strong, genitive Hyundais or (with an article) Hyundai)
- Hyundai (Korean vehicle brand)
Noun
Hyundai m (strong, genitive Hyundai or Hyundais, plural Hyundais)
- a Hyundai car
Hungarian
Etymology
From English Hyundai, anglicized version of Korean 현대 (hyeondae).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈxjundaːj]
- Rhymes: -aːj
- Hyphenation: Hyun‧dai
Proper noun
Hyundai
- Hyundai (Korean vehicle brand)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hyundai | Hyundaiok |
| accusative | Hyundait | Hyundaiokat |
| dative | Hyundainak | Hyundaioknak |
| instrumental | Hyundaijal | Hyundaiokkal |
| causal-final | Hyundaiért | Hyundaiokért |
| translative | Hyundaijá | Hyundaiokká |
| terminative | Hyundaiig | Hyundaiokig |
| essive-formal | Hyundaiként | Hyundaiokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Hyundaiban | Hyundaiokban |
| superessive | Hyundaion | Hyundaiokon |
| adessive | Hyundainál | Hyundaioknál |
| illative | Hyundaiba | Hyundaiokba |
| sublative | Hyundaira | Hyundaiokra |
| allative | Hyundaihoz | Hyundaiokhoz |
| elative | Hyundaiból | Hyundaiokból |
| delative | Hyundairól | Hyundaiokról |
| ablative | Hyundaitól | Hyundaioktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Hyundaié | Hyundaioké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Hyundaiéi | Hyundaiokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Hyundaiom | Hyundaiaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Hyundaiod | Hyundaiaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Hyundaia | Hyundaiai |
| 1st person plural | Hyundaiunk | Hyundaiaink |
| 2nd person plural | Hyundaiotok | Hyundaiaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Hyundaiuk | Hyundaiaik |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English Hyundai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hʉnˈdaɪ/ (officially), /hjʉnˈdaɪ/
Proper noun
Hyundai (indeclinable)
- Hyundai (Korean vehicle brand)
Noun
Hyundai m (definite singular Hyundaien, indefinite plural Hyundaier, definite plural Hyundaiene)
- a Hyundai car