Karaoke

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1970s: from Japanese, literally ‘empty orchestra’.


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Borrowed from Japanese カラオケ(karaoke), from 空(から)(kara, “empty”) + オケ(oke, “orchestra”), a clipping of オーケストラ(ōkesutora), from English orchestra.


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karaoke (n.)

1979, Japanese, from kara "empty" + oke "orchestra," the latter a shortened form of okesutora, which is a Japanning of English orchestra.