bal musette

English

Etymology

French bal musette

Noun

bal musette (plural bals musettes)

1. A French dance hall with an accordion player.
   • 1926, Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises, Folio Society, published 2008, page 45:

     The dancing-club was a bal musette in the Rue de la Montagne Sainte Geneviève.

Anagrams

• ambulettes

French

Etymology

From earlier bal à la musette (“ball in the style of musette”), from the name of a wind instrument and type of dance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bal my.zɛt/

Noun

bal musette m (plural bals musettes)

1. bal musette

   Synonyms: bastringue, guinguette, musette

See also

• java
• valse musette

Further reading

• bal musette on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr