name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dance
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation: /dɑːns/
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Northern-England, Scotland: /dans/
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Northern-England, Scotland: [däns ~ dans]
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General-American: /dæns/
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General-American: [dɛəns ~ deəns] æ-raising
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Australian: /dæːns/
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/dɐːns/ Cultivated Australian, South Australia, New Zealand
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[dɐ̞ːns] Cultivated Australian, South Australia, New Zealand
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India: /ɖɑːns/
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India: /ɖæːns/
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Madhya Pradesh Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -æns
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CMU ARPABET: D AE1 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- I do a dance when she plays the drums!
- He does the Gangnam Style dance with his friends in school.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The dance we had in August 2008 is one of the greatest moments of my life!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The art, profession, and study of dancing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Ellipsis of electronic dance music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Examples
- So how much longer are we gonna do this dance?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Any strenuous or difficult movement, action, or task.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, figuratively, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: agriculture, beekeeping, business, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- I danced with her all night long.
- These drum beats are making me dance!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
Examples
- His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke. She accused her political opponent of dancing around the issue instead of confronting it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
To perform the steps to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Have you ever danced the tango?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 14
To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 15
To make love or have sex.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, figuratively
Examples
- You make me feel like dancing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 16
To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, beekeeping, business, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 17
To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dancing, terpsichore, saltation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: diversion, recreation, performing arts
Narrower terms: adagio, break dancing, break dance, courante, nautch, nauch, nautch dance, pavane, pavan, phrase, saraband, skank, slam dancing, slam dance, step dancing, hoofing, toe dancing, toe dance, stage dancing, choreography, pas seul, variation, pas de deux, duet, pas de trois, pas de quatre, social dancing, mambo, ritual dancing, ritual dance, ceremonial dance
noun
Meaning 19
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: art, fine art
Narrower terms: extension, choreography
noun
Meaning 20
a party for social dancing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: party
Narrower terms: ball, formal, barn dance, hop, record hop, rave
noun
Meaning 21
a party of people assembled for dancing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: party
Narrower terms: ball
verb
Meaning 22
move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
Narrower terms: jive, hoof, clog, tap dance, belly dance, heel, shimmy, bop, bebop, bump, twist, waltz, waltz around, tapdance, tap, tango, shag, foxtrot, contradance, country-dance, contredanse, contra danse, break dance, break-dance, break, cakewalk, conga, samba, two-step, Charleston, boogie, cha-cha, disco, mambo, polka, one-step, rhumba, rumba, slam dance, slam, mosh, thrash, jig, jitterbug, folk dance, square dance, quickstep, kick, skank, grind
verb
Meaning 23
move in a graceful and rhythmical way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The young girl danced into the room
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
Narrower terms: glissade, chasse, sashay, capriole
verb
Meaning 24
skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Dancing flames
- The children danced with joy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: move
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Vulgar Latin *dantiāreder. Anglo-Norman dauncerbor. Middle English dauncen English dance From Middle English dauncen, from Anglo-Norman dauncer, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre, of uncertain origin. Displaced native Old English sealtian, Old English frīcian, and partially displaced Old English hlēapan (“to leap, dance, run”) (whence modern leap). Doublet of danza.
Related to dancy, dancetté, French danché.
Across languages
Translations
503 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: dans — movements to music
- Ahom: 𑜀𑜠 (ka) — movements to music
- Albanian: vallëzim — movements to music
- Albanian: Kërcim — movements to music
- Aleut: ax̂alix — movements to music
- Southern Altai: бийе (biye) — movements to music
- Southern Altai: бије (biǰe) — movements to music
- Amharic: ጭፈራ (č̣əfära) — movements to music
- Antillean Creole: dans — movements to music
- Antillean Creole: zouk — movements to music
- Arabic: رَقْص (raqṣ) — movements to music
- Arabic: رقص (raʔṣ) — movements to music
- Arabic: رقص (ragṣ) — movements to music
- Arabic: شطيح (šṭīḥ) — movements to music
- Armenian: պար (par) — movements to music
- Assamese: নাচ (nas) — movements to music
- Assamese: নাচোন (nasün) — movements to music
- Assamese: নৃত্য (nriitto) — movements to music
- Asturian: baille — movements to music
- Atayal: myugi — movements to music
- Atayal: mzyugi — movements to music
- Azerbaijani: rəqs — movements to music
- Azerbaijani: oyun — movements to music
- Baluchi: ناچ (nác) — movements to music
- Baluchi: چاپ (cáp) — movements to music
- Bashkir: бейеү (beyew) — movements to music
- Basque: dantza — movements to music
- Belarusian: та́нец (tánjec) — movements to music
- Bengali: নৃত্য (nritto) — movements to music
- Betawi: dangsa — movements to music
- Betawi: jogèt — movements to music
- Betawi: ibing — movements to music
- Betawi: igel — movements to music
- Betawi: tandak — movements to music
- Breton: dañs — movements to music
- Breton: koroll — movements to music
- Bulgarian: танц (tanc) — movements to music
- Burmese: အက (a.ka.) — movements to music
- Carpathian Rusyn: та́нець (tánecʹ) — movements to music
- Catalan: ball — movements to music
- Catalan: dansa — movements to music
- Cebuano: sayaw — movements to music
- Chakma: 𑄚𑄌𑄴 (nāc) — movements to music
- Chechen: хелхар (xelxar) — movements to music
- Chickasaw: hilha' — movements to music
- Chinese Cantonese: 舞蹈 (mou5 dou6) — movements to music
- Chinese Cantonese: 跳舞 (tiu3 mou5) — movements to music
- Chinese: тёву (tiovu) — movements to music
- Chinese: 舞蹈 (bú-tō / bú-tō͘) — movements to music
- Chinese: 跳舞 (thiàu-bú) — movements to music
- Chinese Mandarin: 舞蹈 (wǔdǎo) — movements to music
- Chinese Mandarin: 跳舞 (tiàowǔ) — movements to music
- Wu Chinese: 舞蹈 (6wu-dau) — movements to music
- Wu Chinese: 跳舞 — movements to music
- East Circassian: къафэ (qafɛ) — movements to music
- East Circassian: удж (wudž) — movements to music
- West Circassian: къашъо (qašwo) — movements to music
- West Circassian: удж (wudž) — movements to music
- Crimean Tatar: oyun — movements to music
- Czech: tanec — movements to music
- Danish: dans — movements to music
- Dutch: dans — movements to music
- Esperanto: danco — movements to music
- Estonian: tants — movements to music
- Ewe: ɣeɖuɖu — movements to music
- Faroese: dansur — movements to music
- Finnish: tanssi — movements to music
- French: danse — movements to music
- Galician: danza — movements to music
- Galician: baile — movements to music
- Georgian: ცეკვა (ceḳva) — movements to music
- German: Tanz — movements to music
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks) — movements to music
- Greek: χορός (chorós) — movements to music
- Ancient Greek: χορός (khorós) — movements to music
- Ancient Greek: ὄρχησις (órkhēsis) — movements to music
- Ancient Greek: βαλλισμός (ballismós) — movements to music
- Greenlandic: tiffaseq — movements to music
- Haitian Creole: dans — movements to music
- Haitian Creole: bal — movements to music
- Hebrew: ריקוד — movements to music
- Hebrew: רִקּוּד (rikúd) — movements to music
- Hebrew: מָחוֹל (makhól) — movements to music
- Hindi: नाच (nāc) — movements to music
- Hindi: नृत्य (nŕtya) — movements to music
- Hungarian: tánc — movements to music
- Icelandic: dans — movements to music
- Ido: danso — movements to music
- Ilocano: sala — movements to music
- Indonesian: tari — movements to music
- Ingrian: tantsu — movements to music
- Ingrian: tantsi — movements to music
- Interlingua: dansa — movements to music
- Irish: damhsa — movements to music
- Irish: rince — movements to music
- Italian: ballo — movements to music
- Italian: danza — movements to music
- Japanese: ダンス (dansu) — movements to music
- Japanese: 踊り (odori) — movements to music
- Japanese: 舞踊 (buyō) — movements to music
- Javanese: joget — movements to music
- Kabuverdianu: badju — movements to music
- Kabuverdianu: bóie — movements to music
- Kalmyk: би (bi) — movements to music
- Kannada: ನೃತ್ಯ (nṛtya) — movements to music
- Kapampangan: terak — movements to music
- Kashmiri: ناچ (nāc) — movements to music
- Kazakh: би (bi) — movements to music
- Khmer: របាំ (rɔɔrɔbam) — movements to music
- Khmer: នាដ (niət) — movements to music
- Korean: 춤 (chum) — movements to music
- Korean: 댄스 (daenseu) — movements to music
- Korean: 무용 (muyong) — movements to music
- Korean: 춤추기 (chumchugi) — movements to music
- Central Kurdish: لەنجە (lence) — movements to music
- Central Kurdish: سەما (sema) — movements to music
- Northern Kurdish: dans — movements to music
- Northern Kurdish: sema — movements to music
- Northern Kurdish: reqis — movements to music
- Northern Kurdish: dîlan — movements to music
- Northern Kurdish: govend — movements to music
- Northern Kurdish: dawet — movements to music
- Kyrgyz: бий (biy) — movements to music
- Kyrgyz: танец (tanets) — movements to music
- Ladin: bal — movements to music
- Lao: ນັດຈະ (nat cha) — movements to music
- Latin: saltatio — movements to music
- Latin: tripudium — movements to music
- Latin: saltatus — movements to music
- Latvian: deja — movements to music
- Latvian: dancis (folkloric) — movements to music
- Lingala: bobina — movements to music
- Lithuanian: šokis — movements to music
- Luganda: amazina — movements to music
- Luxembourgish: Danz — movements to music
- Macedonian: танц (tanc) — movements to music
- Malay: tari — movements to music
- Malayalam: ആട്ടം (āṭṭaṁ) — movements to music
- Malayalam: നാട്യം (nāṭyaṁ) — movements to music
- Malayalam: നൃത്തം (nr̥ttaṁ) — movements to music
- Maltese: żfin — movements to music
- Manchu: ᠮᠠᡴᠰᡳᠨ (maksin) — movements to music
- Māori: kanikani — movements to music
- Marathi: नाच (nāc) — movements to music
- Marathi: नृत्य (nŕtya) — movements to music
- Mongo: bobina — movements to music
- Mongolian: бүжиг (büžig) — movements to music
- Mongolian: танц (tanc) — movements to music
- Mwani: ngoma — movements to music
- Navajo: azhish — movements to music
- Neapolitan: ballà — movements to music
- Norman: dànserie — movements to music
- Norman: dans'sie — movements to music
- Norman: daunche — movements to music
- Norwegian Bokmål: dans — movements to music
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dans — movements to music
- Northern Ohlone: irshah — movements to music
- Northern Ohlone: hánaikis — movements to music
- Northern Ohlone: ló̄le — movements to music
- Southern Ohlone: ruune — movements to music
- Southern Ohlone: mooloy — movements to music
- Old English: frīcian — movements to music
- Ossetian: кафт (kaft) — movements to music
- Pannonian Rusyn: танєц (tanjec) — movements to music
- Pashto: رقص (raqs) — movements to music
- Pashto: ډانس (ḍāns) — movements to music
- Pashto: ناچ (nāč) — movements to music
- Pashto: رخس (raxs) — movements to music
- Dari: رَقْص (raqs) — movements to music
- Iranian Persian: رَقْص (raġs) — movements to music
- Iranian Persian: دانْس (dâns) — movements to music
- Iranian Persian: پایْکوبی (pâykubi) — movements to music
- Middle Persian: nart — movements to music
- Plautdietsch: Dauns — movements to music
- Polish: taniec — movements to music
- Polish: pląs — movements to music
- Polish: gulać — movements to music
- Portuguese: dança — movements to music
- Portuguese: baile — movements to music
- Punjabi: ਡਾਂਸ (ḍāns) — movements to music
- Quechua: tusuy — movements to music
- Romagnol: bal — movements to music
- Romanian: dans — movements to music
- Romansh: saut — movements to music
- Romansh: sault — movements to music
- Romansh: sòlt — movements to music
- Romansh: solt — movements to music
- Romansh: sot — movements to music
- Russian: та́нец (tánec) — movements to music
- Russian: пляс (pljas) — movements to music
- Russian: пля́ска (pljáska) — movements to music
- Northern Sami: dánsa — movements to music
- Northern Sami: dánsu — movements to music
- Sanskrit: नटनम् (naṭanam) — movements to music
- Sanskrit: नाट्यम् (nāṭyam) — movements to music
- Sanskrit: नृत्तम् (nṛttam) — movements to music
- Sanskrit: नट (naṭa) — movements to music
- Savosavo: dele — movements to music
- Scottish Gaelic: dannsa — movements to music
- Serbo-Croatian: пле̑с — movements to music
- Serbo-Croatian: игранка — movements to music
- Serbo-Croatian: та̏нац — movements to music
- Serbo-Croatian: plȇs — movements to music
- Serbo-Croatian: igranka — movements to music
- Serbo-Croatian: tȁnac — movements to music
- Slovak: tanec — movements to music
- Slovene: ples — movements to music
- Spanish: baile — movements to music
- Spanish: danza — movements to music
- Sranan Tongo: dansi — movements to music
- Swahili: ngoma — movements to music
- Swahili: dansi — movements to music
- Swahili: densi — movements to music
- Swedish: dans — movements to music
- Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠌ (nas) — movements to music
- Tagalog: sayaw — movements to music
- Tagalog: indak — movements to music
- Tajik: рақс (raqs) — movements to music
- Tajik: арғушт (arġušt) — movements to music
- Tajik: усул (usul) — movements to music
- Tamil: ஆடல் (āṭal) — movements to music
- Tamil: கூத்து (kūttu) — movements to music
- Tamil: நடனம் (naṭaṉam) — movements to music
- Taos: tòʼóne — movements to music
- Telugu: నృత్యం (nr̥tyaṁ) — movements to music
- Thai: เต้นรํา (dtên-ram) — movements to music
- Tibetan: ཞབས་བྲོ (zhabs bro) — movements to music
- Turkish: dans — movements to music
- Turkish: raks — movements to music
- Turkish: bar — movements to music
- Ottoman Turkish: رقص (raks) — movements to music
- Turkmen: tans — movements to music
- Udmurt: эктон (ekton) — movements to music
- Udmurt: танец (tańec) — movements to music
- Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎗𐎖𐎄 (mrqd) — movements to music
- Ukrainian: та́нець (tánecʹ) — movements to music
- Ukrainian: та́нок (tánok) — movements to music
- Urdu: رَقْص (raqs) — movements to music
- Urdu: ناچ (nāc) — movements to music
- Uyghur: تانسا (tansa) — movements to music
- Uyghur: رەقس (reqs) — movements to music
- Uyghur: ئۇسسۇل (ussul) — movements to music
- Uzbek: raqs — movements to music
- Uzbek: tansa — movements to music
- Vietnamese: điệu múa — movements to music
- Vietnamese: điệu nhảy — movements to music
- Vietnamese: nhảy múa — movements to music
- Vietnamese: khiêu vũ — movements to music
- Vietnamese: nhảy — movements to music
- Volapük: danüd — movements to music
- Volapük: glävadanüd — movements to music
- Walloon: danse — movements to music
- Welsh: dawns — movements to music
- Woiwurrung: ngarrga — movements to music
- Wolaytta: durssaa — movements to music
- Yakut: үҥкүү (üŋküü) — movements to music
- Yiddish: טאַנץ (tants) — movements to music
- Yucatec Maya: óokʼot — movements to music
- Betawi: dangsa — social gathering where dancing is the main activity
- Esperanto: balo — social gathering where dancing is the main activity
- Finnish: tanssit — social gathering where dancing is the main activity
- Finnish: tanssi — art, profession, and study of dancing
- Finnish: tanssitaide — art, profession, and study of dancing
- Finnish: tanssi — piece of music with a particular dance rhythm
- Japanese: 知恵比べ (chie-kurabe) — battle of wits
- Japanese: 知力ゲーム (chiryoku gēmu) — battle of wits
- Albanian: vallëzoj — move rhythmically to music
- Southern Altai: бийелеер (biyeleer) — move rhythmically to music
- Southern Altai: бийеер (biyeer) — move rhythmically to music
- Antillean Creole: dansé — move rhythmically to music
- Antillean Creole: zouké — move rhythmically to music
- Arabic: رَقَصَ (raqaṣa) — move rhythmically to music
- Arabic: رقص (raʔaṣ) — move rhythmically to music
- Arabic: شطح (šṭaḥ) — move rhythmically to music
- Arabic: زفن (zfan) — move rhythmically to music
- Arabic: رقص (rqaṣ) — move rhythmically to music
- Aragonese: bailar — move rhythmically to music
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܵܩܹܕ (raqed) — move rhythmically to music
- Armenian: պարել (parel) — move rhythmically to music
- Assamese: নচা (nosa) — move rhythmically to music
- Assamese: নাচা (nasa) — move rhythmically to music
- Asturian: baillar — move rhythmically to music
- Azerbaijani: rəqs etmək — move rhythmically to music
- Azerbaijani: oynamaq — move rhythmically to music
- Bangi: bina — move rhythmically to music
- Bashkir: бейеү (beyew) — move rhythmically to music
- Basque: dantza egin — move rhythmically to music
- Bassa: dye — move rhythmically to music
- Belarusian: танцава́ць (tancavácʹ) — move rhythmically to music
- Bengali: নাচা (naca) — move rhythmically to music
- Breton: korolliñ — move rhythmically to music
- Bulgarian: танцу́вам (tancúvam) — move rhythmically to music
- Burmese: က (ka.) — move rhythmically to music
- Carpathian Rusyn: плясати (pljasaty) — move rhythmically to music
- Catalan: ballar — move rhythmically to music
- Catalan: dansar — move rhythmically to music
- Cebuano: sayaw — move rhythmically to music
- Cherokee: ᎠᎵᏍᎩᎠ (alisgia) — move rhythmically to music
- Chichewa: kuvina — move rhythmically to music
- Chinese Cantonese: 跳舞 (tiu3 mou5) — move rhythmically to music
- Chinese: тёву (tiovu) — move rhythmically to music
- Chinese: винон (vinon) — move rhythmically to music
- Chinese Mandarin: 跳舞 (tiàowǔ) — move rhythmically to music
- Chuukese: pwöruk — move rhythmically to music
- Maore Comorian: uzina — move rhythmically to music
- Ngazidja Comorian: uzina — move rhythmically to music
- Cornish: karolli — move rhythmically to music
- Plains-Cree: ᓂᒥᐦᑐ (nimihto) — move rhythmically to music
- Czech: tančit — move rhythmically to music
- Czech: tancovat — move rhythmically to music
- Czech: plesati — move rhythmically to music
- Danish: danse — move rhythmically to music
- Dutch: dansen — move rhythmically to music
- Egyptian: x-b-A32 (ḫbj) — move rhythmically to music
- Egyptian: i-b-A-Y6 (jbꜣ) — move rhythmically to music
- Elfdalian: dansa — move rhythmically to music
- Emilian: balēr — move rhythmically to music
- Esperanto: danci — move rhythmically to music
- Estonian: tantsima — move rhythmically to music
- Evenki: хоролдёми (horolʒomi) — move rhythmically to music
- Ewe: ɖu ɣe — move rhythmically to music
- Faroese: dansa — move rhythmically to music
- Finnish: tanssia — move rhythmically to music
- French: danser — move rhythmically to music
- West-Frisian: dûnsje — move rhythmically to music
- Friulian: balâ — move rhythmically to music
- Galician: danzar — move rhythmically to music
- Galician: bailar — move rhythmically to music
- Gallurese: baddà — move rhythmically to music
- Georgian: ცეკვავს (ceḳvavs) — move rhythmically to music
- German: tanzen — move rhythmically to music
- Gothic: 𐍀𐌻𐌹𐌽𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (plinsjan) — move rhythmically to music
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (laikan) — move rhythmically to music
- Greek: χορεύω (chorévo) — move rhythmically to music
- Ancient Greek: ὀρχέομαι (orkhéomai) — move rhythmically to music
- Ancient Greek: χορεύω (khoreúō) — move rhythmically to music
- Ancient Greek: βαλλίζω (ballízō) — move rhythmically to music
- Greenlandic: qitippoq — move rhythmically to music
- Paraguayan Guarani: jeroky — move rhythmically to music
- Haitian Creole: danse — move rhythmically to music
- Hebrew: רָקַד (rakád) — move rhythmically to music
- Hidatsa: níhshi — move rhythmically to music
- Hindi: नाचना (nācnā) — move rhythmically to music
- Hindi: नृत्य करना (nŕtya karnā) — move rhythmically to music
- Hungarian: táncol — move rhythmically to music
- Icelandic: dansa — move rhythmically to music
- Ido: dansar — move rhythmically to music
- Ilocano: agsala — move rhythmically to music
- Indonesian: menari — move rhythmically to music
- Ingrian: tantsia — move rhythmically to music
- Ingrian: karata — move rhythmically to music
- Interlingua: dansar — move rhythmically to music
- Irish: rinc — move rhythmically to music
- Isoko: gbe — move rhythmically to music
- Italian: ballare — move rhythmically to music
- Italian: danzare — move rhythmically to music
- Japanese: 踊る (odoru) — move rhythmically to music
- Japanese: ダンスする (dansu suru) — move rhythmically to music
- Javanese: njoget — move rhythmically to music
- Kabuverdianu: badja — move rhythmically to music
- Kabuverdianu: baiá — move rhythmically to music
- Kabuverdianu: dansa — move rhythmically to music
- Kabuverdianu: dansá — move rhythmically to music
- Kabyle: ⵞⴻⴹⵃⴻⵖ (čeḍḥeɣ) — move rhythmically to music
- Kala Lagaw Ya: girar — move rhythmically to music
- Kashmiri: نَژُن (naċun) — move rhythmically to music
- Kazakh: билеу (bileu) — move rhythmically to music
- Khmer: រាំ (rŏəm) — move rhythmically to music
- Korean: 춤추다 (chumchuda) — move rhythmically to music
- Korean: 추다 (chuda) — move rhythmically to music
- Korean: 춤을 추다 (chum-eul chuda) — move rhythmically to music
- Central Kurdish: سەما کردن (sema kirdin) — move rhythmically to music
- Northern Kurdish: reqisîn — move rhythmically to music
- Northern Kurdish: dans kirin — move rhythmically to music
- Northern Kurdish: sema kirin — move rhythmically to music
- Kyrgyz: бийлөө (biylöö) — move rhythmically to music
- Ladin: balé — move rhythmically to music
- Lao: ເຕັ້ນລໍາ (ten lam) — move rhythmically to music
- Lao: ຟ້ອນ (fǭn) — move rhythmically to music
- Lao: ເຕັ້ນ (ten) — move rhythmically to music
- Latin: saltō — move rhythmically to music
- Latin: tripudiō — move rhythmically to music
- Latin: ballō — move rhythmically to music
- Latin: balō — move rhythmically to music
- Latvian: dejot — move rhythmically to music
- Latvian: diet — move rhythmically to music
- Lingala: bina — move rhythmically to music
- Lithuanian: šokti — move rhythmically to music
- Low German: dansen — move rhythmically to music
- Luxembourgish: danzen — move rhythmically to music
- Macedonian: танцува (tancuva) — move rhythmically to music
- Malay: menari — move rhythmically to music
- Malayalam: ആടുക (āṭuka) — move rhythmically to music
- Maltese: żifen — move rhythmically to music
- Manchu: ᠮᠠᡴᠰᡳᠮᠪᡳ (maksimbi) — move rhythmically to music
- Māori: kanikani — move rhythmically to music
- Maranao: sayaw — move rhythmically to music
- Marathi: नाचणे (nācṇe) — move rhythmically to music
- Marathi: नृत्य करणे (nŕtya karṇe) — move rhythmically to music
- Mongo: bina — move rhythmically to music
- Mongolian: бүжиглэх (büžiglex) — move rhythmically to music
- Navajo: alzhish — move rhythmically to music
- Norman: danser — move rhythmically to music
- Norman: daunchi — move rhythmically to music
- Norwegian Bokmål: danse — move rhythmically to music
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dansa — move rhythmically to music
- Occitan: dançar — move rhythmically to music
- Church Slavic: плѧсати (plęsati) — move rhythmically to music
- Old East Slavic: плꙗсати (pljasati) — move rhythmically to music
- Old English: frīcian — move rhythmically to music
- Old English: sealtian — move rhythmically to music
- Oromo: shubbisuu — move rhythmically to music
- Pannonian Rusyn: танцовац (tancovac) — move rhythmically to music
- Papiamentu: baila — move rhythmically to music
- Pashto: ګډېدل (gëḍedël) — move rhythmically to music
- Iranian Persian: رَقْصیدَن (raġsidan) — move rhythmically to music
- Iranian Persian: رَقْص کَرْدَن (raġs kardan) — move rhythmically to music
- Polish: tańczyć — move rhythmically to music
- Polish: tańcować — move rhythmically to music
- Polish: pląsać — move rhythmically to music
- Portuguese: dançar — move rhythmically to music
- Portuguese: bailar — move rhythmically to music
- Quechua: tusuy — move rhythmically to music
- Rapa Nui: 'ori — move rhythmically to music
- Romanian: dansa — move rhythmically to music
- Romanian: juca — move rhythmically to music
- Romansh: sautar — move rhythmically to music
- Romansh: saltar — move rhythmically to music
- Romansh: suter — move rhythmically to music
- Romansh: sotar — move rhythmically to music
- Romansh: ballar — move rhythmically to music
- Romansh: baller — move rhythmically to music
- Russian: танцева́ть (tancevátʹ) — move rhythmically to music
- Russian: пляса́ть (pljasátʹ) — move rhythmically to music
- Russian: станцевать (stancevatʹ) — move rhythmically to music
- Russian: потанцевать (potancevatʹ) — move rhythmically to music
- Northern Sami: dánset — move rhythmically to music
- Northern Sami: dánsut — move rhythmically to music
- Sanskrit: नृत्यति (nṛtyati) — move rhythmically to music
- Campidanese Sardinian: baddai — move rhythmically to music
- Campidanese Sardinian: dantzai — move rhythmically to music
- Sardinian: baddare — move rhythmically to music
- Sardinian: dantzàre — move rhythmically to music
- Sassarese: baddà — move rhythmically to music
- Scottish Gaelic: danns — move rhythmically to music
- Serbo-Croatian: пле́сати — move rhythmically to music
- Serbo-Croatian: и̏грати — move rhythmically to music
- Serbo-Croatian: plésati — move rhythmically to music
- Serbo-Croatian: ȉgrati — move rhythmically to music
- Sinhalese: නටනවා (naṭanawā) — move rhythmically to music
- Slovak: tancovať — move rhythmically to music
- Slovene: plesati — move rhythmically to music
- Lower Sorbian: rejowaś — move rhythmically to music
- Upper Sorbian: rejować — move rhythmically to music
- Spanish: bailar — move rhythmically to music
- Spanish: danzar — move rhythmically to music
- Sranan Tongo: dansi — move rhythmically to music
- Swahili: -cheza ngoma — move rhythmically to music
- Swedish: dansa — move rhythmically to music
- Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠌꠣ (nasa) — move rhythmically to music
- Tagalog: sayaw — move rhythmically to music
- Tagalog: sumayaw — move rhythmically to music
- Tajik: рақс кардан (raqs kardan) — move rhythmically to music
- Tajik: рақсидан (raqsidan) — move rhythmically to music
- Tamil: ஆடு (āṭu) — move rhythmically to music
- Tamil: கூத்தாடு (kūttāṭu) — move rhythmically to music
- Tamil: நடனமாடு (naṭaṉamāṭu) — move rhythmically to music
- Tatar: бие-ргә (biye-rgä) — move rhythmically to music
- Telugu: నర్తించు (nartiñcu) — move rhythmically to music
- Thai: เต้นรํา (dtên-ram) — move rhythmically to music
- Thai: รํา (ram) — move rhythmically to music
- Thai: เต้น (dtên) — move rhythmically to music
- Tibetan: ཞབས་བྲོ་བརྒྱབ (zhabs bro brgyab) — move rhythmically to music
- Tocharian B: tsip- — move rhythmically to music
- Tooro: -zina — move rhythmically to music
- Tumbuka: kuvina — move rhythmically to music
- Turkish: dans etmek — move rhythmically to music
- Turkish: raks etmek — move rhythmically to music
- Turkish: oynamak — move rhythmically to music
- Ottoman Turkish: رقص ایتمك (raks etmek) — move rhythmically to music
- Ottoman Turkish: اوینامق (oynamak) — move rhythmically to music
- Turkmen: tans etmek — move rhythmically to music
- Udmurt: эктыны (ektyny) — move rhythmically to music
- Ukrainian: танцюва́ти (tancjuváty) — move rhythmically to music
- Urak Lawoi': ตารี (tari) — move rhythmically to music
- Urak Lawoi': เมอนารี (menari) — move rhythmically to music
- Urdu: ناچْنا (nācnā) — move rhythmically to music
- Uyghur: ئۇسسۇل ئوينىماق (ussul oynimaq) — move rhythmically to music
- Uyghur: تانسا ئوينىماق (tansa oynimaq) — move rhythmically to music
- Uzbek: raqs tushmoq — move rhythmically to music
- Uzbek: oʻyinga tushmoq — move rhythmically to music
- Uzbek: oʻynamoq — move rhythmically to music
- Vietnamese: nhảy — move rhythmically to music
- Vietnamese: múa — move rhythmically to music
- Volapük: danüdön — move rhythmically to music
- Walloon: danser — move rhythmically to music
- Welsh: dawnsio — move rhythmically to music
- Yao (Africa): kuŵina — move rhythmically to music
- Yiddish: טאַנצן (tantsn) — move rhythmically to music
- Yucatec Maya: óokʼot — move rhythmically to music
- Yup'ik: yurartuq — move rhythmically to music
- Yup'ik: agnguartuq — move rhythmically to music
- ǃXóõ: ǀxâã — move rhythmically to music
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