beguine

beguine

See also: béguine and Beguine

English

Etymology

From American French béguine, from French béguin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /beɪˈɡiːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /bə.ˈɡiːn/

Noun

beguine (plural beguines)

1. A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
   • 1935, Cole Porter, Begin the Beguine,

     When they begin the beguine, / It brings back the sound of music so tender / It brings back the night of tropical splendor, / It brings back a memory ever green.

   • 1956, Langston Hughes, I Wonder as I Wander, 2003, Arnold Rampersad, Dolan Hubbard (editors), The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 14: Autobiography, page 69,

     It was a haunting kind of beguine with a strange sad lyric about slavery and freedom set against insistent drums and voluptuous maracas:

   • 2003, Brent Hayes Edwards, The Practice of Diaspora, page 174,

     He is especially fascinated by the chacha, the percussion instrument that sets the basic rolling rhythmic foundation of the beguine and propels the dancers, writing that “the tempo is set by a shiny tin container filled with pebbles. […] ″

Translations

ballroom dance

Chinese: Mandarin: 比根 (bǐgēn), 比根舞 (bǐgēnwǔ) Finnish: beguine (fi) French: beguine (fr) Georgian: ბეგინი (begini) German: Beguine Italian: beguine Polish: beguine Russian: беги́н (begín) Spanish: beguine

music

Chinese: Mandarin: 比跟音樂, 比跟音乐 (bǐgēn yīnyuè) Dutch: beguine Finnish: beguine (fi) French: beguine (fr) Georgian: ბეგინი (begini) Spanish: beguine

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Finnish

Etymology

From French béguine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeɡiːn/, [ˈbe̞ɡiːn]

Noun

beguine

1. beguine (dance and music)

Declension

Inflection of beguine (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		beguine	beguinet
genitive		beguinen	beguinejen
partitive		beguinea	beguineja
illative		beguineen	beguineihin
		singular	plural
nominative		beguine	beguinet
accusative	nom.	beguine	beguinet
	gen.	beguinen
genitive		beguinen	beguinejen
partitive		beguinea	beguineja
inessive		beguinessa	beguineissa
elative		beguinesta	beguineista
illative		beguineen	beguineihin
adessive		beguinella	beguineilla
ablative		beguinelta	beguineilta
allative		beguinelle	beguineille
essive		beguinena	beguineina
translative		beguineksi	beguineiksi
instructive		—	beguinein
abessive		beguinetta	beguineitta
comitative		—	beguineineen

Possessive forms of beguine (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	beguineni	beguinemme
2nd person	beguinesi	beguinenne
3rd person	beguinensa