ute
/juːt/
ute noun: 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.
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Noun (1)
ute (plural utes)
- 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.
- 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.2007, Sheryl Persson, The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia, Australia: Exisle Publishing, →ISBN, page 40
- 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.2008, Penelope Adams, Why Women Are Stupid, Lulu, →ISBN, page 105
Noun (2) capitalized: Ute
IPA/ˈjuːt/
Ute (plural Utes or Ute)
- A member of a Native American people of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.
Proper noun capitalized: Ute
IPA/ˈjuːt/
Ute
- The language of this people, of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
- Synonyms:
- Colorado River, Colorado River Numic
ute meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
ute in Hindi
- यू. टी. ई
ute in Marathi
- युटे
ute in Urdu
- یوٹے
ute in Telugu
- యుటే
More languagesFewer languages
- ute in Kannada
- ಯುಟೇ
- ute in Punjabi
- ਯੂ. ਟੀ. ਈ, ਯੂਟੇ
- ute in Gujarati
- યુ. ટી. ઇ, યુ. ટી. ઈ
- ute in Odia
- ଯ଼ୁଟେ
- ute in Nepali
- युटे, उटे
Examples of ute in a sentence
- A sample body was made in 1933 and the first utilities, or ‘utes’, rolled off the production line next year.2009, Damian Veltri, “Bandt, Louis (Lewis) Thornett (1910–1987)”, in Dianne Lingmore, Darryl Bennet, editors, Australian Dictionary of...
- Paramedics rushed Melissa Dennis to the Royal Adelaide hospital with serious injuries after she was hit by a ute at Medindie on Saturday night.2023 December 31, Matthew Weaver, “Rohan Dennis charged over death of wife, fellow cyclist Melissa Dennis”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Synonyms of ute
Forms of ute
| plural | utes |
|---|---|
| plural | Utes |
| plural | Ute |
Origin of ute
Clipping of utility vehicle, originating from the 1930s term coupé utility.
From Utah, from Spanish Yuta, of Pueblo and/or Apache origin.
Words formed from ute
Words that rhyme with ute
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- cute
- moot
- overshoot
- recruit
- salute
- volute
- dispute
- impute
- pollute
- scoot
- snoot
- substitute
- chute
- depute
- dilute
- hoot
- loot
- pursuit
- reboot
- scute
- uproot
- Beirut
- cahoot
- Clute
- convolute
- lute
- zoot
- ablute
- Aleut
- argute
- astute
- beaut
- bruit
- compute
- coot
- doot
- en route
- glout
- jute
- minute
- newt
- poot
- refute
- repute
- resolute
- 'tute
- angel lute
- butte
Questions about ute
- What does ute mean?
- Ute means 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.
- What is ute in Hindi?
- Ute in Hindi is यू. टी. ई. See Ute meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use ute in a sentence?
- A sample body was made in 1933 and the first utilities, or ‘utes’, rolled off the production line next year.
- What part of speech is ute?
- Ute can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ute?
- Ute is pronounced /juːt/.
- What is the plural of ute?
- The plural of ute is utes.
Words near ute in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ute (page history and authors); Ute (page history and authors); ute (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ute (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ute (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ute (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ute (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ute (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ute (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ute (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ute (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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