dance
English
/dæns/, [dɛəns], [dæns], [dæːns], /dɑːns/, [dɑːns], [däːns]
noun
Definitions
- A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
- A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
- (heraldiccharge) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
- A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
- (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
- A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
- (figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English dauncen derived from dauncer derived from Frankish *þansōn (gesture, draw, stretch out, pull) derived from *þansōn.
Origin
*þansōn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurodance English
- adance English
- bedance English
- belly English
- belly dance English
- brain English
- braindance English
- break English
- breakdance English
- breakdancer English
- dance-happy English
- danceability English
- danceable English
- danceaholic English
- danceathon English
- danced English
- dancefest English
- dancegoer English
- dancegoing English
- dancehall English
- danceless English
- dancelessness English
- dancelike English
- danceline English
- dancemaker English
- dancemaking English
- dancen English
- dancer English
- danceress English
- dancerly English
- dancery English
- dancescape English
- dancesport English
- dancest English
- danceth English
- dancewear English
- dancily English
- danciness English
- dancy English
- goer English
- going English
- grave English
- gravedance English
- gravedancer English
- hall English
- line English
- macho dancer English
- maker English
- making English
- nondance English
- nondancer English
- outdance English
- predance English
- river English
- riverdance English
- riverdancer English
- rope dancer English
- slamdancer English
- sport English
- step English
- step dance English
- stepdancer English
- sun English
- sundance English
- synth English
- synthdance English
- undanceable English
- undanced English
- underdanced English
- wire-dancer English
- break-tanssi Finnish
- *danciō Latin
- tanzen German
- danzare Italian
- danser French
- dans Norwegian Bokmål
- dans Swedish
- ダンサー Japanese
- ダンスホール Japanese
- ブレークダンス Japanese
- breakdance Polish
- eurodance Polish
- dans Norwegian Nynorsk
- dauncen Middle English
- dauncer Middle English
- dans Old Norse
- dance Old French
- dancier Old French
- dancadi Esperanto
- dancado Esperanto
- danci Esperanto
- dansa Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- แดนเซอร์ Thai
- macho dancer Cebuano
- dansar Ido
- danns Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dannsair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- danser Norman
- macho dancer Tagalog
- dance Middle French
- dancer Middle French
- danser Middle French
- *þansōn gmw-pro
- dansi Swahili
- 댄스 Korean
- dansa Zulu
- umdanso Zulu
- *þansōn Frankish
- daunce xno
- dauncer xno
- danse Haitian, Haitian Creole
- dansé Antillean Creole
- ndaci Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- sun
- hall
- goer
- step
- line
- brain
- maker
- grave
- synth
- going
- belly
- dancy
- river
- sport
- break
- dancen
- making
- dancer
- danced
- adance
- bedance
- dancest
- dancery
- danceth
- dancily
- nondance
- predance
- dancerly
- sundance
- undanced
- outdance
- Eurodance
- danceline
- danceless
- dancefest
- danceable
- danceress
- dancehall
- dancelike
- dancewear
- dancegoer
- nondancer
- danciness
- braindance
- stepdancer
- dancescape
- gravedance
- dancemaker
- synthdance
- dancesport
- danceathon
- slamdancer
- dancegoing
- riverdance
- step dance
- breakdance
- riverdancer
- wire-dancer
- danceaholic
- dancemaking
- breakdancer
- underdanced
- belly dance
- dance-happy
- undanceable
- rope dancer
- gravedancer
- danceability
- macho dancer
- dancelessness