danse

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

danse

derived from a Romance root meaning 'to pull in length', related to Latin tendere ('to stretch') and tensus ('stretched'); dance etymologically designates a chain, a file. German presents reigen ('dance', tanz is a later loan from the Latin languages) and reihe ('file, row').

Definitions

Synonym

Plural

danses

Hyponym

Lexique en français de la danse

Translations

  • germangerman:Tanzvergnügen
  • englishenglish:dance
  • danishdanish:dans
  • spanishspanish:danza
  • finnishfinnish:tanssi
  • greekgreek:χορός
  • hebrewhebrew:ריקוד
  • italianitalian:ballo
  • dutchdutch:dans
  • polishpolish:taniec
  • portugueseportuguese:baile
  • russianrussian:танец
  • swedishswedish:dans
  • turkishturkish:dans

See also

danses (v.) danseuse (cn.) dansant (adj.) danser (v.) danseur (cn.) dansable (adj.)