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A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a medieval dance in which a skeleton representing death leads a procession of others to the grave
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dance of death
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ritual dancing, ritual dance, ceremonial dance
Borrowed from French danse macabre.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Breton:
dañs bekabe
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Catalan:
dansa de la mort
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Danish:
danse macabre
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Danish:
dødsdans
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Dutch:
dodendans
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Esperanto:
mortodanco
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Estonian:
surmatants
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Finnish:
kuolemantanssi
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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French:
danse macabre
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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German:
Totentanz
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Hungarian:
haláltánc
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Icelandic:
dauðadans
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Irish:
damhsa an bháis
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Italian:
danza macabra
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Japanese:
死の舞踏
(shinobutō)
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Japanese:
ダンスマカブレ
(Dansumakabure)
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Korean:
죽음의 무도
(jugeumui mudo)
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Latin:
chorea macchabæorum
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Norwegian Bokmål:
dødsdans
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Occitan:
dança macabra
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Polish:
taniec śmierci
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Portuguese:
dança macabra
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Portuguese:
dança da morte
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Romanian:
dans macabru
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Russian:
пля́ска сме́рти
(pljáska smérti)
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Slovene:
mrtvaški ples
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Spanish:
danza de la muerte
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Swedish:
dödsdans
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
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Turkish:
iskeletlerin dansı
— a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing
