dalliance

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdælɪəns/
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• General-American: /ˈdæli.əns/
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• CMU ARPABET: D AE1 L IY0 AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English daliaunce et al., from dalien (“to exchange pleasantries, to chat; to flirt”), from Old French dalier, dailer. By surface analysis, dally + -ance.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: флирт (flirt) — playful flirtation
• Czech: flirtování — playful flirtation
• Czech: laškování — playful flirtation
• Czech: koketování — playful flirtation
• Dutch: flirt — playful flirtation
• Finnish: flirtti — playful flirtation
• Finnish: flirttailu — playful flirtation
• Finnish: teerenpeli — playful flirtation
• Finnish: peli — playful flirtation
• French: flirt — playful flirtation
• French: conter fleurette — playful flirtation
• French: coquetage — playful flirtation
• German: Liebesspiel — playful flirtation
• German: Flirt — playful flirtation
• German: Tändelei — playful flirtation
• Greek: ερωτοτροπία (erototropía) — playful flirtation
• Greek: χαριεντισμός (charientismós) — playful flirtation
• Hungarian: flört — playful flirtation
• Hungarian: flörtölés — playful flirtation
• Hungarian: kacérkodás — playful flirtation
• Hungarian: kokettálás — playful flirtation
• Polish: flirt — playful flirtation
• Polish: zaloty — playful flirtation
• Portuguese: paquera — playful flirtation
• Russian: флирт (flirt) — playful flirtation
• Russian: заи́грывание (zaígryvanije) — playful flirtation
• Russian: коке́тство (kokétstvo) — playful flirtation
• Scottish Gaelic: mànran — playful flirtation
• Spanish: coqueteo — playful flirtation
• Spanish: requiebro — playful flirtation
• Spanish: flirteo — playful flirtation
• Spanish: galanteo — playful flirtation
• Bulgarian: губене на време (gubene na vreme) — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• Dutch: verspilling — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• Dutch: tijdverlies — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• Dutch: gelanterfanter — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• Finnish: ajan tappaminen — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• Finnish: notkuminen — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• Finnish: hengailu — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• Finnish: lorvailu — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• French: baguenaudage — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• French: perte de temps — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• French: glandouillage — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• German: Trödelei — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• German: Zeitverschwendung — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• Greek: χασομέρι (chasoméri) — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• Russian: праздное времяпрепровожде́ние (prazdnoje vremjapreprovoždénije) — a wasting of time in idleness or trifles
• Czech: aférka — A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit
• German: Seitensprung — A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit
• Russian: интрижка (intrižka) — A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit
• Spanish: devaneo — A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit
• Spanish: amorío — A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit