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/

• Audio (AU):

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• 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, Exisle Publishing, Australia, 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, 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), entry in Dianne Lingmore, Darryl Bennet (editors), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17 1981-1990: A-K, 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.

See also

• bakkie
• dual cab
• panel van
• pick-up truck, pickup truck
• station wagon
• tilly

Translations

small vehicle with a built-in open tray area for carrying goods

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮卡車／皮卡车 (zh) (píkǎchē), 皮卡车 (zh) (píkǎchē)

• Finnish: lava-auto (fi)
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Anagrams

• ETU, TEU, TUE, Tue, tue

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Chuukese

Etymology

u- +‎ -te

Pronoun

ute

1. I will never
2. so I do not

Related terms

		Present and past tense	Negative tense	Future	Negative future	Distant future	Negative determinate
Singular	First person	ua	use	upwe	usap	upwap	ute
	Second person	ka, ke	kose, kese	kopwe, kepwe	kosap, kesap	kopwap, kepwap	kote, kete
	Third person	a	ese	epwe	esap	epwap	ete
Plural	First 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	oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	Third person	ra, re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse úti

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

• utedass
• utekran
• utelåst
• utested

Related terms

• ut

References

• “ute” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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

• utedass
• utekran
• utelåst

Related terms

• ut

References

• “ute” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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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.

   • c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     His līchama wæs ūte bebyrġed nēah ċirican.

     His body was buried outside near a church.

2. at a distance, out

   ūte on sǣ

   out at sea

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Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• audio:

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Adverb

ute

1. outside, outdoors

   Synonym: (outdoors) utomhus

   Jag lät tvätten torka ute

   I let the laundry dry outside

   Vi sov ute under stjärnorna

   We slept outside under the stars

2. at a distance, out

   Ute på sjön

   Out at sea

   Ute på fältet

   Out on the field

Adjective

ute

1. out; the state of being out (compare ut)

   Han är ute ur leken ― He's out of the game (idiomatic)

2. out of fashion, passé, now uncool

   Synonym: passé

   Hans frisyr var ute ― His hairstyle was out of fashion

See also

• ut (“to out, towards out”)