folk dance
folk dance · folk dances
народный танец
Volkstanz
Any dance traditionally performed by the common people of a specific regionAny dance traditionally performed by the common people of a specific region.
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Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Any dance traditionally performed by the common people of a specific region.
Volkstanz
наро́дный та́нецnaródnyj tánec
More definitions
- a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)
Examples
9 sentencesDo you like folk dancing?
Mary just started a folk dancing class.
"I made up a folk dance." "I don't think it works that way."
"I made up a folk dance." "I don't think it works like that."
I don't want to hold hands with a boy in a folk dance.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
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Forms
plural: folk dances| Singular | folk dance |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts):folk dancing
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
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