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English

A man and woman dancing.

Etymology

Middle English daunsen, from Anglo-Norman dancer, dauncer (cf. Old French dancier), from Old Low Franconian *dansōn 'to draw, pull, gesture' (cf. Old High German dansōn 'to draw, pull'), from *dinsan (cf. Old High German dinsan 'to draw out', Gothic þinsan 'to drag, draw, pull'), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-s 'to pull'. See thin.

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular dance

Plural dances

dance (plural dances)

  1. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
  2. A social gathering where dancing is designed to take place.
  3. (heraldry) A fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
  4. A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
  5. (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

terms derived from dance (noun)

Verb

Infinitive to dance

Third person singular dances

Simple past danced

Past participle danced

Present participle dancing

to dance (third-person singular simple present dances, present participle dancing, simple past and past participle danced)

  1. (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
    I danced with her all night long.
  2. (intransitive) To leap or move rapidly with strong emotion.
    His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke.
  3. (transitive) To perform the steps to.
    Have you ever danced the tango?

Derived terms

Translations

move rhythmically to music
  • Hindi: नाचना, नृत्य करना
  • Hungarian: táncol hu(hu)
  • Ido: dansar
  • Irish: rinc ga(ga)
  • Italian: ballare it(it), danzare it(it)
  • Japanese: 踊る ja(ja) (odoru), ダンスする ja(ja) (dansu-surú)
  • Kurdish:
    Kurmanji: reqisîn, dans kirin, sema kirin,
    Sorani: سه‌ما کردن ku(ku) (samA kirdin)
  • Marathi: नाचणे, नृत्य करणे
  • Polish: tańczyć pl(pl)
  • Portuguese: dançar pt(pt)
  • Russian: танцевать ru(ru) (tancevát') (impf.), плясать ru(ru) (pljasát') (impf.)
  • Scottish Gaelic: danns
  • Slovene: plesati sl(sl)
  • Spanish: bailar es(es), danzar es(es)
  • Swahili: densi sw(sw)
  • Swedish: dansa sv(sv)
  • Tamil: ஆடு ta(ta) (aadu)
    Tamil: alternate word: கூத்தாடு ta(ta) (koottaadu)
    Tamil: alternate word: நடனமாடு ta(ta) (nadanamaadu)
  • Turkish: dans etmek tr(tr)
  • Welsh: dawnsio cy(cy)
  • West Frisian: dûnsje
  • !Xóõ: ǀxaã

See also

External links

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From English dance.

Noun

dance f.

  1. eurodance

Galician

Verb

dance

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of danzar.
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of danzar.

Spanish

Verb

dance (infinitive danzar)

  1. first-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of danzar.
  2. formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of danzar.
  3. third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of danzar.

 

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