polonaise
See also: Polonaise
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (woman's dress): polonese
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French polonaise (“Polish”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
polonaise (plural polonaises)
- (dance) A stately Polish dance in triple time and moderate tempo.
- (music) Music for this dance.
- A woman's dress having a tight bodice and a skirt divided to show a coloured underskirt.
- A short overcoat bordered with fur.
- (cooking) A garnish made with melted butter, breadcrumbs, and herbs.
- Synonym of Polish bed
Translations edit
dance
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music for this dance
woman's dress
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Verb edit
polonaise (third-person singular simple present polonaises, present participle polonaising, simple past and past participle polonaised)
- (intransitive) To dance the polonaise.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
polonaise
- feminine singular of polonais
- Ma femme est moitié polonaise, moitié allemande.
- My wife is half Polish, half German.
Noun edit
polonaise f (plural polonaises)
Descendants edit
- → English: polonaise
- → German: Polonäse
- → Greek: πολωνέζα (polonéza)
- → Persian: پولونز (polonez)
- → Russian: полоне́з (polonéz)
- → Turkish: polonez
Further reading edit
- “polonaise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.