dancing

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːn.sɪŋ/, /ˈdæn.sɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnsɪŋ, -ænsɪŋ

Noun

dancing (countable and uncountable, plural dancings)

1. The activity of taking part in a dance.
2. (historical) A dance club in France.
   • 2001, William A. Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars

     New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.

   • 2003, Jeffrey H. Jackson, Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris (page 44)

     Different dancings also attracted different crowds. Indeed, the diversity of dancers throughout the city makes drawing a detailed portrait of them difficult.

Derived terms

• all singing, all dancing
• angels dancing on the head of a pin
• belly dancing
• breakdancing
• Cotswold morris dancing
• dad dancing
• dancing bologna
• dancing girl
• dancing master's kit
• dirty dancing
• grave dancing
• horizontal dancing
• ice dancing
• line dancing
• morris dancing
• pole dancing
• square dancing
• table dancing

 

Translations

activity of dancing

• Danish: dans (da) c
• Dutch: dansen (nl) n
• Esperanto: dancado
• Finnish: tanssiminen (fi)
• Manx: daunsey m, rinkey m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dans (no) m

  Nynorsk: dans m

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• Persian: رقص (fa) (raqs), وشتن (fa) (vaštan)
• Swedish: dans (sv) c, dansande (sv) n
• Taos: tò’óne
• Telugu: నర్తించుట (nartiñcuṭa)
• Wiradhuri: waganha

Verb

dancing

1. present participle of dance

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Italian

Etymology

From English.

Noun

dancing m (uncountable)

1. dance hall

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Spanish

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈdanθin/ [ˈd̪ãn̟.θĩn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈdansin/ [ˈd̪ãn.sĩn]

Noun

dancing m (plural dancings)

1. dance hall