breakdance

See also: break dance

English

Alternative forms

• break-dance, break dance

Etymology

break +‎ dance

Noun

breakdance (countable and uncountable, plural breakdances)

1. The art, or an instance, of breakdancing.

Translations

instance of breakdancing

• Afrikaans: breakdance
• Arabic: بريك دانس (brīk dāns)
• Dutch: breakdance (nl) m
• Finnish: breikkaus
• French: breakdance (fr) m
• Georgian: ბრეიკდანსი (breiḳdansi), ბრეიკ-დანსი (breiḳ-dansi)
• Maori: kanikani keretao
• Polish: breakdance (pl) m
• Portuguese: breakdance (pt) m
• Spanish: breakdance m

Verb

breakdance (third-person singular simple present breakdances, present participle breakdancing, simple past and past participle breakdanced)

1. (intransitive) To dance in this style.

Translations

to dance in breakdancing style

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地板舞, 霹雳舞 (zh) (pīlìwǔ), 布雷克舞

• Dutch: breakdancen (nl)
• Esperanto: rompdanci
• Finnish: breikata (fi)
• Maori: kanikani keretao

French

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /bʁɛk.dɛns/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /bʁek.dɛns/

• Audio (Belgium):

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Noun

breakdance m (plural breakdances)

1. breakdancing (style of dance)

Polish

breakdance

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from breakdance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛɡ.dɛns/, /ˈbrɛjɡ.dans/, /ˈbrɛjɡ.dɛns/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛɡdɛns, -ɛjɡdɛns
• Syllabification: break‧dance

Noun

breakdance m inan (indeclinable)

1. (dance) breakdancing (urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century)

   Synonyms: break, taniec połamaniec

   Hypernym: taniec

Declension

Declension of breakdance

	singular	plural
nominative	breakdance	breakdance'y
genitive	breakdance'a	breakdance'ów
dative	breakdance'owi	breakdance'om
accusative	breakdance	breakdance'y
instrumental	breakdance'em	breakdance'ami
locative	breakdansie	breakdance'ach
vocative	breakdansie	breakdance'y

or

Indeclinable.

Derived terms

adjectives

• breakdance'owy
• breakdansowy

 

Related terms

noun

• breakdancer

 

Further reading

• breakdance in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• breakdance in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾejkiˈdẽsɪ/, /bɾejkiˈdẽɪ̯̃sɪ/

Noun

breakdance m (uncountable)

1. breakdancing (style of dance)

Spanish

Noun

breakdance m (plural breakdances)

1. breakdance; breakdancing