dance

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General South African) IPA(key): /dɑːns/ (Northern England, Scotland) IPA(key): /dans/, [däns ~ dans] (General American) IPA(key): /dæns/, (æ-raising) [dɛəns ~ deəns] (General Australian) IPA(key): /dæːns/ (Cultivated Australian, South Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /dɐːns/, [dɐ̞ːns] (India) IPA(key): /ɖɑːns/, /ɖæːns/ Rhymes: -ɑːns, -æns === Etymology 1 === From Middle English dauncen, from Anglo-Norman dauncer, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre, of uncertain origin. Displaced native Old English sealtian, Old English frīcian, and partially displaced Old English hlēapan (“to leap, dance, run”) (whence modern leap). Doublet of danza. ==== Alternative forms ==== daunce (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== dance (countable and uncountable, plural dances) A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction. A social gathering where dancing is the main activity. (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing. (uncountable) Ellipsis of electronic dance music. A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm. (figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals. (figurative, dated) Any strenuous or difficult movement, action, or task. (beekeeping) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees. ===== Hyponyms ===== See also Thesaurus:dance ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== dance (third-person singular simple present dances, present participle dancing, simple past and past participle danced) (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music. (figuratively, intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly. (transitive) To perform the steps to. (transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about. (figurative, euphemistic) To make love or have sex. (beekeeping, of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees. (figurative, euphemistic) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged. ===== Synonyms ===== (move with rhythmic steps or movements): throw shapes (to engage in sexual intercourse): do the deed, get some, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Arabic: دانس (dāns) → French: dance → Zulu: dansa ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Appendix:Dances === Etymology 2 === Related to dancy, dancetté, French danché. ==== Noun ==== dance (plural dances) (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister. === References === === Further reading === dance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia dance on Wikibooks.Wikibooks === Anagrams === Caden, Decan, acned, caned, decan == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English dance. Doublet of danse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɛns/ === Noun === dance f (uncountable) dance music == Galician == === Verb === dance inflection of danzar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French dance. === Noun === dance f (plural dances) dance ==== Descendants ==== French: danse == Old French == === Alternative forms === daunce (late Anglo-Norman) === Etymology === Deverbal from dancier. === Noun === dance oblique singular, f (oblique plural dances, nominative singular dance, nominative plural dances) dance ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: danceFrench: danse → Middle English: daunce, dance, danse, daunseEnglish: dance, daunce (obsolete)→ Arabic: دانس (dāns)→ French: dance→ Zulu: dansa→ Irish: damhsa→ Scottish Gaelic: dannsa→ Middle Welsh: dawnsWelsh: dawns == Portuguese == === Verb === dance inflection of dançar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === References === “dance”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “dance”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdanθe/ [ˈd̪ãn̟.θe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈdanse/ [ˈd̪ãn.se] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -anθe (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -anse (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: dan‧ce === Verb === dance inflection of danzar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative