biguine
See also: biguiné
English
Noun
biguine (uncountable)
- (music) A style of music that originated in Martinique in the 19th century, combining the traditional bélé music with the polka.
- 2007 August 2, Jon Pareles, “A Wide Range of Sounds, From Antillean to Zouk”, in New York Times:
- The band had three contrasting lead singers: Mr. Desvarieux, who was gruff and smoky; Mr. Marthely, a buoyant tenor; and Ms. Beroard, whose voice can be bright and poppy or sweetly affectionate. Mr. Naimro’s keyboards could sound like zinging dance-club synthesizers, an accordion, a steel drum or the clarinet used in old Martinican biguine music. Mr. Desvarieux’s guitar sometimes hinted at blues-rock or the intertwining lines of African rock before slipping back into the rhythm section.
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French
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Homophones: biguinent, biguines
Noun
biguine f (plural biguines)
- biguine
Verb
biguine
- inflection of biguiner:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “biguine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.