Phrase guide

dance floor

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A large floor, usually made of hardwood, used primarily for dancing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a bare floor polished for dancing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: floor, flooring

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Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَالَةُ رَقْص (ṣālatu raqṣ) — an area for dancing
  • Armenian: պարահրապարակ (parahraparak) — an area for dancing
  • Azerbaijani: rəqs meydançası — an area for dancing
  • Belarusian: танцпляцо́ўка (tancpljacówka) — an area for dancing
  • Belarusian: танцава́льная пляцо́ўка (tancaválʹnaja pljacówka) — an area for dancing
  • Bulgarian: да́нсинг (dánsing) — an area for dancing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舞池 (wǔchí) — an area for dancing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 池子 (chízi) — an area for dancing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 舞蹈場 /舞蹈场 (wǔdǎochǎng) — an area for dancing
  • Czech: taneční parket — an area for dancing
  • Danish: dansegulv — an area for dancing
  • Dutch: dansvloer — an area for dancing
  • Estonian: tantsupõrand — an area for dancing
  • Faroese: dansigólv — an area for dancing
  • Finnish: tanssilattia — an area for dancing
  • Finnish: parketti — an area for dancing
  • French: piste de danse — an area for dancing
  • Georgian: საცეკვაო მოედანი (saceḳvao moedani) — an area for dancing
  • German: Tanzfläche — an area for dancing
  • Greek: πίστα (písta) — an area for dancing
  • Hebrew: רְחָבָה (r'khavá) — an area for dancing
  • Hungarian: táncparkett — an area for dancing
  • Icelandic: dansgólf — an area for dancing
  • Indonesian: lantai dansa — an area for dancing
  • Irish: urlár rince — an area for dancing
  • Italian: pista da ballo — an area for dancing
  • Japanese: ダンスフロア (dansu furoa) — an area for dancing
  • Japanese: 踊り場 (odoriba) — an area for dancing
  • Kazakh: би алаңы (bi alañy) — an area for dancing
  • Korean: 댄스 플로어 (daenseu peullo'eo) — an area for dancing
  • Korean: 무도장 (mudojang) — an area for dancing
  • Māori: papa kanikani — an area for dancing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dansegulv — an area for dancing
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dansegolv — an area for dancing
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dansegolv — an area for dancing
  • Iranian Persian: صَحْنِهٔ رَقْص (sahne-ye raġs) — an area for dancing
  • Iranian Persian: پیسْتِ رَقْص (pist-e raġs) — an area for dancing
  • Polish: parkiet taneczny — an area for dancing
  • Polish: parkiet — an area for dancing
  • Polish: parkiet do tańca — an area for dancing
  • Polish: dansing — an area for dancing
  • Portuguese: pista de dança — an area for dancing
  • Romanian: ring de dans — an area for dancing
  • Russian: танцплоща́дка (tancploščádka) — an area for dancing
  • Russian: танцева́льная площа́дка (tanceválʹnaja ploščádka) — an area for dancing
  • Russian: танцпол (tancpol) — an area for dancing
  • Serbo-Croatian: подијум за плес — an area for dancing
  • Serbo-Croatian: подијум за игру — an area for dancing
  • Serbo-Croatian: podijum za ples — an area for dancing
  • Serbo-Croatian: podijum za igru — an area for dancing
  • Slovak: tanečný parket — an area for dancing
  • Spanish: pista de baile — an area for dancing
  • Swedish: dansgolv — an area for dancing
  • Tajik: майдони рақс (maydon-i raqs) — an area for dancing
  • Turkish: dans pisti — an area for dancing
  • Ukrainian: танцмайда́нчик (tancmajdánčyk) — an area for dancing
  • Ukrainian: танцюва́льний майда́нчик (tancjuválʹnyj majdánčyk) — an area for dancing
  • Urdu: رَقْص گاہ (raqs gāh) — an area for dancing
  • Uzbek: tansa maydoni — an area for dancing
  • Welsh: dawnslawr — an area for dancing