ute

See also: Ute, -ute, and -utė

English

One type of modern ute

A ute from 1934

Etymology

Clipping of utility vehicle.

Pronunciation

• enPR: yo͞ot
• IPA^(key): /juːt/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

ute (plural utes)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) 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 edited by Dianne Lingmore and Darryl Bennet, 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.

Derived terms

• sport ute

Translations

small vehicle with a built-in open tray area for carrying goods

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 皮卡車 / 皮卡车 (zh) (píkǎchē)

• Finnish: lava-auto (fi)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

See also

• bakkie
• dual cab
• panel van
• pick-up truck, pickup truck
• station wagon
• tilly

Anagrams

• ETU, TEU, TUE, Tue, tue

Champenois

Numeral

ute

1. eight

Chuukese

Etymology

u- +‎ -te

Pronoun

ute

1. I will never
2. so I do not

Related terms

		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	aua (exclusive) sia (inclusive)	ause (exclusive) sise (inclusive)	aupwe (exclusive) sipwe (inclusive)	ausap (exclusive) sisap (inclusive)	aupwap (exclusive) sipwap (inclusive)	aute (exclusive) site (inclusive)
	Second person	oua	ouse	oupwe	ousap	oupwap	oute
	Third person	ra, re	rese	repwe	resap	repwap	rete

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse úti.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adverb

ute

1. outdoors
2. out; the state of being out. compare: ut

   ute av kontroll - out of control

3. uncool; "old-fashioned"

Derived terms

• utedass
• utekran
• utelåst
• utested

Related terms

• ut

References

• “ute” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse úti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʉːtə/

Adverb

ute

1. outdoors
2. out; the state of being out. compare: ut

   ute av kontroll - out of control

3. uncool; "old-fashioned"

Derived terms

• utedass
• utekran
• utelåst

Related terms

• ut

References

• “ute” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuː.te/

Adverb

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

Etymology

From Old Swedish ūte, from Old Norse úti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʉːtɛ/

• Audio:

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Adverb

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

Adjective

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

See also

• ut (“to out”)

References

• ute in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ute in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ute in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)