Hyundai

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Hyundai

/haɪˈʌn.daɪ/ UK
/haɪˈʊn.daɪ/ UK
/ˈh(j)ʌn.deɪ/ US
/ˈh(j)ʌn.daɪ/ US
/haɪˈuːn.daɪ/ US
/hiˈuːn.daɪ/ US
/hiˈʌn.deɪ/ US
/h(j)ʊɳɖɑj/ South Asia

Where it comes 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.

noun Hyundais

A car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: company, advanced, modernization, modernity, modern, contemporary, today, up-to-date, modern-day, present-day, hei, cheng, chung, asan, hec, modernized

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noun car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group

한국어	현대 hyeondae
日本語	ヒョンデ hyonde, ヒュンダイ hyundai, 現代 gendai
Français	Hyundai
Deutsch	Hyundai
Русский	Хёндэ́ Xjondɛ́, Хунда́й Xundáj, Хюнда́й Xjundáj, Хёнда́й Xjondáj

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"Hyundai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hyundai. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Hyundai. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hyundai

Chicago

"Hyundai." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hyundai.

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@misc{hyundai_2026,
  title = {Hyundai},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hyundai},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}