danse macabre
danse macabre · danses macabres
пляска смерти
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A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that…A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave.
UK/dɑns məˈkɑb(ɹə)/US/dɑns məˈkɑb/
Meaning
1 sensesA conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave.
Totentanz
пля́ска сме́ртиpljáska smérti
More definitions
- a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing:
Origin
Borrowed from French danse macabre.Borrowed from French danse macabre.
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Forms
plural: danses macabres| Singular | danse macabre |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave:dance of death
Word family
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