bal musette
English
Etymology
French bal musette
Noun
bal musette (plural bals musettes)
- A French dance hall with an accordion player.
- 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society 2008, p. 45:
- The dancing-club was a bal musette in the Rue de la Montagne Sainte Geneviève.
- 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society 2008, p. 45:
Anagrams
- ambulettes
French
Etymology
From earlier bal à la musette (“ball in the style of musette”), from the name of a wind instrument and type of dance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bal my.zɛt/
Noun
bal musette m (plural bals musettes)
- bal musette
- Synonyms: bastringue, guinguette, musette
See also
- java
- valse musette
Further reading
- bal musette on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr