dance

A1 Topic:Art & Music

US /dæns/ See IPA manual

Freq #621

Meanings

1

verb
To move your body in time to music.

They danced all night at the wedding.
2

noun
A series of steps and movements done in time to music.

She taught us a simple dance in thirty minutes.
3

noun
A social event where people dance.

The school is holding a dance on Friday evening.
4

noun
A piece of music written to be danced to.

The band played a slow dance for the couples.

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Synonyms

copulate

Word family

Forms danceddances

Derived forms adanceantidanceavant-dancebedancebelly-dancebraindancebreak-dancebreakdancecinedancecountry-dancecushion-dancedance-card

Related forms acrobatics ballet ballroom discofoxtrothiphopjazz modern terpsichorean

Etymology

Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *dantiāreder. Anglo-Norman dauncerbor. Middle English dauncen English dance From Middle English dauncen, from Anglo-Norman dauncer, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre, of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English sealtian, and partially displaced Old English hlēapan (“to leap, dance, run”) (whence modern leap). Doublet of danza.

dauncen Middle English dancier xno *dantiāre la-vul

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# dance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /dæns/
**Frequency rank:** 621

## Meanings
1. To move your body in time to music.
2. A series of steps and movements done in time to music.
3. A social event where people dance.
4. A piece of music written to be danced to.

## Examples
- They danced all night at the wedding.
- She taught us a simple dance in thirty minutes.
- The school is holding a dance on Friday evening.
- The band played a slow dance for the couples.

## Synonyms
- copulate

## Derived Forms
- adance
- antidance
- avant-dance
- bedance
- belly-dance
- braindance
- break-dance
- breakdance
- cinedance
- country-dance
- cushion-dance
- dance-card

## Related Forms
- acrobatics
- ballet
- ballroom
- disco
- foxtrot
- hiphop
- jazz
- modern
- terpsichorean

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: dauncen
- Root: dancier
- Root: *dantiāre

## Etymology
Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *dantiāreder. Anglo-Norman dauncerbor. Middle English dauncen English dance From Middle English dauncen, from Anglo-Norman dauncer, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre, of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English sealtian, and partially displaced Old English hlēapan (“to leap, dance, run”) (whence modern leap). Doublet of danza.

## AI Etymology
dance comes from Middle English dauncen, from Anglo-Norman dauncer, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre, of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English sealtian, and partially displaced Old English hlēapan (“to leap, dance, run”) (whence modern leap). Doublet of danza. The historical chain includes Middle English dauncen, xno dancier, la-vul *dantiāre. Current senses include to move your body in time to music and A series of steps and movements done in time to music. English relatives and later formations include adance, antidance, avant-dance, acrobatics, ballet.

## Topics
- Art & Music

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