didgeridoo

didgeridoo

English

WOTD – 23 February 2008

A didgeridoo

Alternative forms

• didjeridu, didjeridoo, digeridoo

Etymology

Usually assumed to be onomatopoeic, but also possibly an Irish-Australian slang word, from Irish dúidire dubh or dúidire dúth. More at Didgeridoo§Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĭj'ər-ē-do͞oʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌdɪd͡ʒ.əɹ.iˈduː/

• Audio (US)

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• Audio (AU)

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• Hyphenation: did‧ger‧i‧doo

Noun

didgeridoo (plural didgeridoos)

1. A musical instrument, endemic to the Top End of Australia, consisting of a long hollowed-out log which, when blown into, produces a low, deep mesmerising drone with sweeping rhythms.

   Synonyms: didge, yidaki

Derived terms

• didgeridooist

Translations

Australian musical instrument

Arabic: دِيدْجِيرِيدُو‎ m (dīdjīrīdū) Burarra: please add this translation if you can Catalan: didjeridú (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 蒂傑利多／蒂杰利多 (dìjiélìduō), 迪吉里杜管 (díjílǐdùguǎn) Djambarrpuyngu: please add this translation if you can Dutch: didgeridoo (nl) m Esperanto: diĝeriduo Finnish: didgeridoo (fi) French: didgeridoo (fr) m Hungarian: didgeridoo Irish: didiridiú m Italian: didgeridoo m, didgeridù (it) m, didjeridoo m, didjeridu m Macedonian: ди́џериду n (dídžeridu) Murrinh-Patha: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: didgeridoo (pt) m, didjeridu (pt) m Russian: диджериду́ (ru) n (didžeridú) Spanish: didgeridoo m, didjeridu m, diyiridú m Swedish: didgeridoo (sv) c, didjeridu c Tiwi: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: діджеріду (didžeridu)

Verb

didgeridoo (third-person singular simple present didgeridoos, present participle didgeridooing, simple past and past participle didgeridooed)

1. (rare) To play the digeridoo

Further reading

• iDIDJ Didgeridoo Cultural Hub of Australia Definition of didgeridoo & more

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English didgeridoo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɪ.dʒə.riˈdu/.

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: did‧ge‧ri‧doo

Noun

didgeridoo m (plural didgeridoos, diminutive didgeridootje n)

1. didgeridoo

Derived terms

• didge

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Portuguese

Noun

didgeridoo m (plural didgeridoos)

1. didgeridoo (Australian Aboriginal musical instrument)

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Swedish

Noun

didgeridoo c

1. didgeridoo

Declension

Declension of didgeridoo
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	didgeridoo	didgeridoon	didgeridooer	didgeridooerna
Genitive	didgeridoos	didgeridoons	didgeridooers	didgeridooernas