ute

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈjuːt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(yo̅o̅t)

Inflections of 'ute' (n):
utes
npl (All usages. Capitalized when referring to American Indian people)
Ute
npl (Can be used as a collective plural for the American Indian people—e.g. "These lands were once entirely populated by Ute.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ute1  (yo̅o̅t),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. [Informal.]a utility vehicle.
  • 1940–45

Ute  (yo̅o̅t),USA pronunciation n., pl. Utes, (esp. collectively) Ute. 
  1. Language Varietiesa member of an American Indian people of Utah and W Colorado.
  2. Language Varietiesa dialect or group of dialects of the Uto-Aztecan language shared by the Utes and Southern Paiutes.

ute1  (yo̅o̅t),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. [Informal.]a utility vehicle.
  • 1940–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ute /juːt/ n
  1. Austral NZ informal
    short for utility
'ute' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Lemper - utility - utmost - utter - beauty - half-minute - last minute - minute gun - minute hand - minute steak - misattribute - Numic - overcontribute - paiute - Piute - precontribute - predistribute - public statute - reattribute - uta - Uto-Aztecan - Southern Paiute - statute book - statute law - statute mile - statute of limitations

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