dancing

• (UK, Cockney, Estuary English, Jamaica) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːns.ɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdæns.ɪŋ/
  • (æ-raising) IPA^(key): [dɛə̯ns.ɪŋ], [deə̯ns.ɪŋ]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnsɪŋ, -ænsɪŋ
• Hyphenation: danc‧ing

dancing (countable and uncountable, plural dancings)

1. The activity of taking part in a dance.
2. (historical) A dance club in France.
   • 2001, William Alfred Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars‎^[1], →ISBN, page 56:

     New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.

   • 2003, Jeffrey H. Jackson, Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris‎^[2], →ISBN, page 44:

     Different dancings also attracted different crowds. Indeed, the diversity of dancers throughout the city makes drawing a detailed portrait of them difficult.

dancing

1. present participle and gerund of dance

• “dancing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dancing. First attested in 1926^[1].

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛːn.sɪŋ/, /ˈdɛn.sɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛːnsɪŋ, -ɛnsɪŋ
• Hyphenation: dan‧cing

dancing m (plural dancings, no diminutive)

2. (dated) dancehall (public hall for dancing)

   Synonyms: danshuis, danszaal

   De dancing was gisteravond gesloten. ― The dancehall was closed last night.

• “dancing” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

• dancingue

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dancing.

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃.siŋ/

• Audio (France (Nancy)):

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• Hyphenation: dan‧cing

dancing m (plural dancings)

2. dancehall (public hall for dancing)

   Synonyms: boite de nuit, discothèque, (Quebec) salle de danse

• “dancing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dancing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛn.sinɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɛnsinɡ
• Hyphenation: dan‧cing

dancing m (invariable)

2. dancehall (public hall for dancing)

• dancing in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• dancing in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• dancing in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Unadapted borrowing from English dancing (house).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdan.siŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ansiŋk
• Syllabification: dan‧cing
• Homophone: dansing

dancing m inan (related adjective dancingowy)

2. alternative form of dansing (“dancehall”) (public hall for dancing and a party there)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impreza

   Hypernym: zabawa

   nocny dancing ― night dancehall

   • 1947, Kazimierz Koźniewski, Przez dziesięć wojen, Kraków: Czytelnik, →OCLC, page 167:

     Dancingów tych jest wiele stopni. Od bardzo wytwornych lokali, z eleganckimi fortancerkami i artystycznymi produkcjami, do knajp typu marynarskiego, zakazanych i obskurnych spelunek.

     There are many levels to these dancehalls. From highly sophisticated venues with elegant taxi dancers and artistic performances, to sailor-style joints, forbidden dives, and dingy holes-in-the-wall.

   • 1947, Stefan Krzywoszewski, Długie życie, volume 1, Warszawa: Biblioteka Polska, →OCLC, page 340:

     Tańczono rano, w dzień i w nocy […] Najwięcej w dancingach, najmniej — w salonach prywatnych.

     People danced in the morning, during the day, and at night […] Mostly at dancehalls, and least of all in private parlors.

   • 1996, Marek Ławrynowicz, Diabeł na dzwonnicy [The Devil in the Belfry]‎^[3] (fiction), quoted in NKJP, Warszawa: W.A.B., published 1998, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 92:

     Wieczory spędzali na dancingu, gdzie z braku orkiestry wygrywał wiedeńskie walce i argentyńskie tanga znaleziony u burmistrza solidny niemiecki gramofon z monstrualną tubą.

     They spent their evenings at the dancehall, where, for lack of an orchestra, a sturdy German gramophone with a monstrous horn found at the mayor's house played Viennese waltzes and Argentine tangos.

   • 2001 January 15, Justyna Cyrus, “Nauka lekkości i gracji”, in Dziennik Zachodni, quoted in NKJP, Katowice; Bielsko-Biała; Częstochowa; Sosnowiec: Polskapresse (Oddział Prasa Śląska), →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Dawniej na dyskotekach, dancingach czy prywatkach wiele tańczyło się parami. Obecnie samotnie drepcze się w miejscu z beznamiętną miną.

     Back in the day at discos, dancehalls, or house parties, people used to dance in pairs. Nowadays, everyone just shuffles in place alone with a blank stare.

   • 2005 October 3, (old), “Straszny dwór”, in Dziennik Polski, quoted in NKJP, Kraków: Jagiellonia, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     W Bukownie wiele osób pamięta czasy świetności Leśnego Dworu, który tętnił życiem, odbywały się w nim dancingi, a zabawy przeciągały się do rana.

     In Bukowno, many people remember the glory days of Leśny Dwór, which was full of life, hosted dancehalls, and where the parties lasted until dawn.

• “dancing”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “dancing”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)
• Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “dancing”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎^[6], 4. online edition, Warszawa

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from dancing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdanθin/ [ˈd̪ãn̟.θĩn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdansin/ [ˈd̪ãn.sĩn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθin (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansin (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: dan‧cing

dancing m (plural dancings)

2. dancehall (public hall for dancing)