danse macabre

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French danse macabre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɑns məˈkɑb(ɹə)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɑns məˈkɑb(ɹə)/

Noun

danse macabre (plural danses macabres)

1. (art) 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.

Synonyms

• dance of death

Translations

a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing

• Breton: dañs bekabe
• Catalan: dansa de la mort
• Danish: danse macabre c, dødsdans c
• Dutch: dodendans (nl)
• Estonian: surmatants
• Finnish: kuolemantanssi
• French: danse macabre (fr)
• German: Totentanz (de)
• Hungarian: haláltánc (hu)
• Icelandic: dauðadans
• Irish: damhsa an bháis m
• Italian: danza macabra
• Japanese: 死の舞踏 (しのぶとう, shinobutō), ダンスマカブレ (Dansumakabure), ダンスマカブレ (Dansumakabure)
• Korean: 죽음의 무도 (jugeumui mudo)
• Latin: chorea macchabæorum
• Norwegian Bokmål: dødsdans
• Occitan: dança macabra
• Polish: taniec śmierci (pl)
• Portuguese: dança macabra, dança da morte
• Romanian: dans macabru (ro) n
• Russian: пля́ска сме́рти (pljáska smérti)
• Slovene: mrtvaški ples
• Spanish: danza de la muerte
• Swedish: dödsdans
• Turkish: iskeletlerin dansı

See also

• vanitas

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

danse macabre f (plural danses macabres)

1. (art) danse macabre