Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyundai

/ˈh(j)ʌn.deɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: hyundai
IPA: /ˈh(j)ʌn.deɪ/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"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."
"The stove was the size of his Hyundai back home."

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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈh(j)ʌn.deɪ/
British English: /haɪˈʌn.daɪ/

Inflected Forms

Hyundais (plural)

Rhymes With

sunday munday lunday

Questions

How do you pronounce hyundai?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈh(j)ʌn.deɪ/.
What does hyundai mean?: A car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group.
Where does hyundai come from?: 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.

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