hyundai/haɪˈʌn.daɪ/EtymologyBorrowed 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.hyundai means A car manufactured by the Hyundai Motor Group. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.hyundai is pronounced /haɪˈʌn.daɪ/.nounA 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.”