dance

See also dāncè, and dancé

English

A man and woman dancing.

Alternative forms

• daunce (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle English daunsen, from Anglo-Norman dancer, dauncer 'to dance' (compare Old French dancier), from Frankish *dansōn 'to draw, pull, gesture' (compare Old High German dansōn 'to draw, pull'), from *dinsan (compare Old Dutch þinsan 'to move, tear', Old High German dinsan 'to draw out', Gothic þinsan 'to drag, draw, pull'), from Proto-Germanic *þansōnan 'to stretch out', from Proto-Germanic *þinsanan 'to stretch', from Proto-Indo-European *ten-s, *tenw(ə)- 'to pull'. See thin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɑːns/, IPA: /dæns/

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• (US) IPA: /dæns/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːns
• Rhymes: -æns

Noun

dance (plural dances)

1. A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually 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

• See also Wikisaurus:dance

Derived terms

terms derived from dance (noun)

dance music dirty dance

line dance St. Vitus' dance war dance

Translations

movements to music

Albanian: vallëzim (sq) American Sign Language: V@NearPalm-FingerDown-OpenB@CenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp Sidetoside Arabic: رقص (ar) (raqṣ) m. Armenian: պար (hy) (par) Azeri: rəqs (az), oyun (az) Basque: dantza (eu) Belarusian: танец (be) (tánec) m. Bengali: নৃত্য (bn) (nrityô) Bulgarian: танц (bg) (tanc) m. Burmese: အက (my) (aka.) Catalan: ball m., dansa f. Chinese: Mandarin: 舞蹈 (cmn) (wǔdǎo), 跳舞 (cmn) (tiàowǔ) Czech: tanec (cs) m. Danish: dans (da) Dutch: dans (nl) Esperanto: danco (eo) Estonian: tants (et) Ewe: ɣeɖuɖu Faroese: dansur (fo) m. Finnish: tanssi (fi) French: danse (fr) f. Georgian: ცეკვა (ka) (c'ekva) German: Tanz (de) m. Greek: Ancient: χορός (khoros) m., βαλλισμός (vallismos) m. Modern: χορός (el) (chorós) m. Hebrew: ריקוד (he) (riqud) m. Hindi: नाच (hi) (nāc) m., नृत्य (hi) (nŕtya) m. Hungarian: tánc (hu) Ido: danso Indonesian: tari (id) Interlingua: dansa (ia) Irish: damhsa (ga) m., rince (ga) m. Italian: ballo (it) m., danza (it) f. Japanese: 踊り (ja) (おどり, odori), 舞踊 (ja) (ぶよう, buyō), ダンス (ja) (dansu) Kazakh: би (kk) (bi) Khmer: របាំ (km) (rɔbam)

Korean: 춤 (ko) (chum), 댄스 (ko) (daenseu) Kurdish: Kurmanji: dans f., sema f., reqis f., dîlan f., govend f., dawet f. Sorani: له‌نجه‌ (ku) (lanja), سه‌ما (ku) (samA) Kyrgyz: бий (ky) (bij) Latin: saltatio (la) f., tripudium (la) n., saltatus (la), saltatus (la) m. Latvian: deja (lv) Lithuanian: šokis (lt) m. Lojban: dansu (jbo) Luxembourgish: Danz (lb) m. Macedonian: танц (mk) (tanc) m. Malay: tari (ms) Marathi: नाच, नृत्य Mongolian: бүжиг (mn) (büžig) Navajo: azhish Neapolitan: ballà Persian: رقص (fa) (raqs) Polish: taniec (pl) m. Portuguese: dança (pt) f., baile (pt) m. Romanian: dans (ro) Russian: танец (ru) (tánec) m. Scottish Gaelic: dannsa m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: плес (sh) m., игранка (sh) f., танац (sh) m. Roman: ples (sh) m., igranka (sh) f., tanac (sh) m. Slovak: tanec (sk) m. Slovene: ples (sl) m. Spanish: baile (es) m., danza (es) f. Swahili: densi (sw) Swedish: dans (sv) Tajik: рақс (tg) (raqs) Tamil: ஆடல் (ta), கூத்து (ta) (koottu), நடனம் (ta) (nadanam) Taos: tò’óne Tatar: бие-ргә (tt) (bie-rgä) Thai: เต้นรำ (th) (dtên-ram) Turkish: dans (tr) Turkmen: tans (tk) Ukrainian: танець (uk) (tánec’) m., танок (uk) (tánok) m. Urdu: رقص (ur) (raqs) m., ناچ (ur) (nāc) m., نرتیہ (ur) (nŕtya) m. Vietnamese: (art) điệu múa (vi), (movements and steps) điệu nhảy (vi) Yakut: үҥкүү (üŋküü)

Verb

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

• dancer
• dirty dance
• line dance

Translations

move rhythmically to music

American Sign Language: V@NearPalm-FingerDown-OpenB@CenterTrunkhigh-PalmUp Sidetoside Ancient Greek: χορεύω, βαλλίζω Arabic: رقص (ar) (ráqaṣa) Armenian: պարել (hy) (parel) Azeri: rəqs etmək (az), oynamaq (az) Basque: dantza egin (eu) Belarusian: танцаваць (be) (tancavác’) Bengali: নাচা (bn) (naca) Bulgarian: танцувам (bg) (tancúvam) Burmese: က (my) (ka.) Catalan: ballar, dansar Chinese: Mandarin: 跳舞 (cmn) (tiàowǔ) Czech: tančit (cs), tancovat (cs) Danish: danse (da) Dutch: dansen (nl) Egyptian: ḫb Esperanto: danci (eo) Estonian: tantsima (et) Ewe: ɖu ɣe Filipino: sayaw Finnish: tanssia (fi), jorata (fi) French: danser (fr) German: tanzen (de) Greek: χορεύω (el) (chorévo) Hebrew: רָקַד (he) (rakád) Hindi: नाचना (hi) (nācnā), नृत्य करना (hi) (nŕtya karnā) Hungarian: táncol (hu) Ido: dansar Indonesian: menari (id) Interlingua: dansar (ia) Irish: rinc (ga) Italian: ballare (it), danzare (it) Japanese: 踊る (ja) (おどる, odoru), ダンスする (ja) (dansu-surú) Kazakh: билеу (kk) (bilew) Khmer: រាំ (km) (roam) Korean: 춤추다 (ko) (chumchuda)

Kurdish: Kurmanji: reqisîn, dans kirin, sema kirin, Sorani: سه‌ما کردن (ku) (samA kirdin) Lao: ເຕັ້ນລຳ (lo) (tȇn lám), ຟ້ອນ (lo) (fɔ̑ːn), ເຕັ້ນ (lo) (tên) Latin: salto (la), tripudio (la), ballo (la), balo (la) Latvian: dejot (lv) Lithuanian: šokti (lt) Luxembourgish: danzen (lb) Macedonian: танцува (mk) (tancuva) Malay: menari (ms) Maltese: żifen (mt) Marathi: नाचणे, नृत्य करणे Persian: رقصیدن (fa) (raqsidan), رقص کردن (fa) (raqs kardan) Polish: tańczyć (pl) Portuguese: dançar (pt) Romanian: dansa (ro) Russian: танцевать (ru) (tancevát’) impf., плясать (ru) (pljasát’) impf. Scottish Gaelic: danns Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: плесати (sh) Roman: plesati (sh) Slovak: tancovať (sk) Slovene: plesati (sl) Spanish: bailar (es), danzar (es) Swahili: densi (sw) Swedish: dansa (sv) Tagalog: sayaw (tl) Tajik: рақс кардан (tg) (raqs kardan), рақсидан (tg) (raqsidan) Tamil: ஆடு (ta) (aadu), கூத்தாடு (ta) (koottaadu), நடனமாடு (ta) (nadanamaadu) Thai: เต้นรำ (th) (dtên-ram) Turkish: dans etmek (tr) Turkmen: tans etmek (tk) Ukrainian: танцювати (uk) (tancjuváty) Urdu: ناچنا (ur) (nācnā) Uzbek: o`ynamoq (uz) Vietnamese: nhảy (vi), khiêu vũ (vi) Welsh: dawnsio (cy) West Frisian: dûnsje  !Xóõ: ǀxâã

See also

• Appendix:Dances

acrobatics ballet ballroom cha cha

disco foxtrot hiphop jazz

modern musical theatre tap dancing terpsichorean

External links

• Dance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Dance (disambiguation)
• Dance on Wikibooks. Wikibooks

Anagrams

• acned, Caden, caned, decan

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Anglo-Norman

Etymology

Germanic, see English dance, French danse

Noun

dance f. (oblique plural dances, nominative singular dance, nominative plural dances)

1. dance

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French

Etymology

From English dance.

Noun

dance f. (usually uncountable)

1. dance music

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Galician

Verb

dance

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

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Portuguese

Verb

dance

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of verb dançar.
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of verb dançar.
3. First-person singular (eu) affirmative imperative of verb dançar.
4. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of verb dançar.
5. First-person singular (eu) negative imperative of verb dançar.
6. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of verb dançar.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA: [ˈda̠n̟.θe̞]
• (Lat. Am.) IPA: [ˈda̠n.se̞]

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.