dancehall
English
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A public hall for dancing.
- (uncountable) A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae.
Etymology
Compound from English dance + English hall.
Origin
English
hall
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurodance English
- Meadowhall English
- adance English
- bedance English
- belly dance English
- braindance English
- breakdance English
- dance English
- dance-happy English
- danceability English
- danceable English
- danceaholic English
- danceathon English
- danced English
- dancefest English
- dancegoer English
- dancegoing English
- danceless English
- dancelike English
- danceline English
- dancemaker English
- dancemaking English
- dancen English
- dancer English
- dancery English
- dancescape English
- dancesport English
- dancest English
- danceth English
- dancewear English
- dancy English
- firehall English
- gravedance English
- guildhall English
- hall English
- hall pass English
- hallage English
- hallful English
- hallmark English
- hallmate English
- hallmote English
- hallpass English
- hallstand English
- hallway English
- interhall English
- moot-hall English
- nondance English
- outdance English
- predance English
- riverdance English
- slaughterhall English
- step dance English
- sundance English
- synthdance English
- woolhall English
- danser French
- hall French
- холл Russian
- hall Portuguese
- ダンスホール Japanese
- ホール Japanese
- hol Polish
- dauncen Middle English
- halle Middle English
- hall Danish
- danci Esperanto
- dansar Ido
- hol Turkish
- danns Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- hall Chinese
- dansi Swahili
- 댄스 Korean
- dansa Zulu
- ihholo Zulu
- iholo South Ndebele
- ndaci Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- hall
- dance
- dancy
- dancen
- adance
- danced
- dancer
- bedance
- dancest
- hallful
- dancery
- hallway
- danceth
- hallage
- hallmote
- hallpass
- hallmate
- hallmark
- nondance
- outdance
- woolhall
- predance
- firehall
- sundance
- dancelike
- hallstand
- Eurodance
- dancewear
- danceline
- dancegoer
- danceless
- interhall
- hall pass
- moot-hall
- guildhall
- dancefest
- danceable
- braindance
- synthdance
- danceathon
- dancescape
- dancegoing
- gravedance
- riverdance
- dancemaker
- Meadowhall
- step dance
- dancesport
- breakdance
- belly dance
- dance-happy
- danceaholic
- dancemaking
- danceability
- slaughterhall