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ute

See also: Ute, UTE, -ute, and -utė

English

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One type of modern ute
 
A ute from 1934

Etymology

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Clipping of utility vehicle, originating from the 1930s term coupé utility

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Noun

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ute (plural utes)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, automotive) 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, Australia: Exisle Publishing, →ISBN, 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, →ISBN, 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)”, in Dianne Lingmore, Darryl Bennet, editors, Australian Dictionary of Biography, volume 17 1981–1990: A–K, →ISBN, 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.
    • 2023 December 31, Matthew Weaver, “Rohan Dennis charged over death of wife, fellow cyclist Melissa Dennis”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      Paramedics rushed Melissa Dennis to the Royal Adelaide hospital with serious injuries after she was hit by a ute at Medindie on Saturday night.

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Champenois

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Numeral

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ute

  1. eight

Chuukese

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Etymology

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u- +‎ -te

Pronoun

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ute

  1. I will never
  2. so I do not
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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 exclusive aua ause aupwe ausap aupwap aute
inclusive sia sise sipwe sisap sipwap site
second person oua ouse oupwe ousap oupwap oute
third person ra
re		 rese repwe resap repwap rete


Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse úti.

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Adverb

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ute

  1. outdoors
  2. out; the state of being out. compare: ut
    ute av kontroll - out of control
  3. uncool; "old-fashioned"

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse úti.

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ute

  1. outdoors
  2. out; the state of being out. compare: ut
    ute av kontroll - out of control
  3. uncool; "old-fashioned"

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *ūtē, from Proto-Germanic *ūtai.

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Adverb

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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.
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 13:25
      Þonne sē hīredes ealdor inn gǣþ and his duru beclȳst, and ġē standaþ þǣr ūte and þā duru cnociaþ, and cweðaþ, "Dryhten, ātȳn ūs," þonne cwiþ hē tō ēow, "Ne cann iċ ēow; nāt iċ hwanon ġē sind."
      When the master of the house goes in and shuts the door, and you stand outside and knock on the door, saying, "Lord, open to us," then he will say to you, "I don't know you, I don't know where you're from."
  2. at a distance, out
    ūte on sǣ
    out at sea

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish ūte, from Old Norse úti.

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Adverb

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ute

  1. outside, outdoors
    Synonym: (outdoors) utomhus
    Antonym: inne
    Jag lät tvätten torka ute
    I let the laundry dry outside
    Vi sov ute under stjärnorna
    We slept outside under the stars
    Han är ute ur leken
    He's out of the game (idiomatic)
  2. at a distance, out
    ute på sjön
    out at sea
    ute på fältet
    out on the field
  3. (in the phrase rätt ute) on the right track
    Jag hade fel, men jag var iallafall rätt ute
    I was wrong, but I was at least on the right track

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ute (not comparable)

  1. out of fashion, passé, now uncool
    Synonym: passé
    Antonyms: inne, hipp
    Hans frisyr var ute
    His hairstyle was out of fashion

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  • ut (“to out”)

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