dancing

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

Dutch: dansen (nl) n Esperanto: dancado Finnish: tanssiminen (fi) Manx: daunsey m, rinkey m Norwegian: Bokmål: dans (no) m Nynorsk: dans m

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 (invariable)

1. dance hall

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Spanish

Etymology

From English.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈdanθin/, [ˈd̪ãn̟θĩn]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈdansin/, [ˈd̪ãnsĩn]

Noun

dancing m (plural dancings)

1. dance hall