mazurka

mazurka

See also: Mazurka

English

Etymology

Via German and Russian мазу́рка (mazúrka), from Polish mazurek (“dance of the Masurian”), the Masurians being the inhabitants of Mazowsze (compare Medieval Latin Mazovia), an ancient cultural region in east-central Poland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məˈzʊə(ɹ)kə/, /məˈzɜː(ɹ)kə/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kə

Noun

mazurka (plural mazurkas)

1. (music) A Polish folk dance in triple time, usually moderately fast, containing a heavy accent on the third beat and occasionally the second beat.
2. (music) A classical musical composition inspired by the folk dance and conforming in some respects to its form, particularly as popularized by Chopin.
3. (figure skating) A figure skating move that combines elements of the toe loop and bunny-hop.

Translations

dance

Armenian: մազուրկա (hy) (mazurka) Chinese: Mandarin: 瑪祖卡／玛祖卡 (zh) (mǎzǔkǎ) Czech: mazurka (cs) f Esperanto: mazurko Finnish: masurkka (fi) French: mazurka (fr) f, mazurque (fr) f German: Mazurka (de) f Italian: mazurca f Japanese: マズルカ (mazuruka) Korean: 마주르카 (majureuka) Polish: mazurek (pl) m Russian: мазу́рка (ru) f (mazúrka) Spanish: mazurca f Tagalog: masurka

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Czech

Etymology

From Polish mazurek.

Noun

mazurka f

1. mazurka (Polish dance)

Further reading

• mazurka in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• mazurka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.zyʁ.ka/

Noun

mazurka f (plural mazurkas)

1. mazurka

   Synonym: mazurque

Further reading

• “mazurka”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.