name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
waltz
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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UK: wŏlts
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UK: wôlts
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UK: /wɒlts/
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UK: /wɔːlts/
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US: wôlts
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US: /wɔlts/
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cot-caught-merger: wälts
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cot-caught-merger: /wɑlts/
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rhymes with -ɔːlts
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rhymes with -ɒlts
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CMU ARPABET: W AO1 L T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: W AO1 L S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A place in the United States:
A township in Wabash County, Indiana.
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
name
Meaning 3
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Rowan County, Kentucky.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 4
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Huron Township, Wayne County, Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A piece of music for this dance (or in triple time).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A simple task.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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verb
Meaning 8
To dance the waltz (with).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Examples
- They waltzed for twenty-one hours and seventeen minutes straight, setting a record.
- While waltzing her around the room, he stepped on her toes only once.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To move briskly and unhesitatingly, especially in an inappropriately casual manner, or when unannounced or uninvited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive, usually
Qualifier: into; around; into; around
Examples
- He waltzed into the room like he owned the place.
- You can't just waltz him in here without documentation!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 10
To accomplish a task with little effort.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- Don't worry about the interview — you'll waltz it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breeze through
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To move with fanfare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 12
a ballroom dance in triple time with a strong accent on the first beat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: valse
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ballroom dancing, ballroom dance
noun
Meaning 13
music composed in triple time for waltzing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dance music
noun
Meaning 14
an assured victory (especially in an election)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: walk-in
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: victory, triumph
verb
Meaning 15
dance a waltz
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: waltz around
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
History
Etymology
From German Walzer, from walzen (“to dance”), from Old High German walzan (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *walt- (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn”). Doublet of valse. More at *waltaną.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: فَالْس (fāls) — a ballroom dance
- Arabic: رَقْصَة الْفَالْس (raqṣat al-fāls) — a ballroom dance
- Armenian: վալս (vals) — a ballroom dance
- Azerbaijani: vals — a ballroom dance
- Bulgarian: валс (vals) — a ballroom dance
- Catalan: vals — a ballroom dance
- Chinese Cantonese: 華爾茲 /华尔兹 (waa4 ji5 zi1) — a ballroom dance
- Hakka Chinese: 華爾滋 /华尔滋 (pà-lo-chṳ́, hôa-èr-chṳ) — a ballroom dance
- Chinese: 華爾滋 /华尔滋 (hôa-ní-chu) — a ballroom dance
- Chinese: 三步舞 (san-pō͘-bú) — a ballroom dance
- Chinese: oa-lù-chuh — a ballroom dance
- Chinese Mandarin: 華爾茲 /华尔兹 (huá'ěrzī) — a ballroom dance
- Chinese Mandarin: 華爾滋 /华尔滋 (huá'ěrzī) — a ballroom dance
- Czech: valčík — a ballroom dance
- Danish: vals — a ballroom dance
- Estonian: valss — a ballroom dance
- Finnish: valssi — a ballroom dance
- French: valse — a ballroom dance
- Galician: valse — a ballroom dance
- German: Walzer — a ballroom dance
- Hungarian: keringő — a ballroom dance
- Hungarian: valcer — a ballroom dance
- Ingrian: valssi — a ballroom dance
- Irish: válsa — a ballroom dance
- Italian: valzer — a ballroom dance
- Japanese: ワルツ (warutsu) — a ballroom dance
- Japanese: 円舞曲 (enbukyoku) — a ballroom dance
- Korean: 왈츠 (walcheu) — a ballroom dance
- Latvian: valsis — a ballroom dance
- Lithuanian: valsas — a ballroom dance
- Manx: valse — a ballroom dance
- Māori: warahi — a ballroom dance
- Māori: tengitengi — a ballroom dance
- Norman: valse — a ballroom dance
- Norwegian Bokmål: vals — a ballroom dance
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vals — a ballroom dance
- Occitan: valsa — a ballroom dance
- Persian: والس (vâls) — a ballroom dance
- Plautdietsch: Waulz — a ballroom dance
- Polish: walc — a ballroom dance
- Portuguese: valsa — a ballroom dance
- Russian: вальс (valʹs) — a ballroom dance
- Serbo-Croatian: валцер — a ballroom dance
- Serbo-Croatian: valcer — a ballroom dance
- Spanish: vals — a ballroom dance
- Swedish: vals — a ballroom dance
- Turkish: vals — a ballroom dance
- Vietnamese: van — a ballroom dance
- Vietnamese: van-xơ — a ballroom dance
- Volapük: valt — a ballroom dance
- Catalan: vals — piece of music
- Chinese Cantonese: 華爾茲 /华尔兹 (waa4 ji5 zi1) — piece of music
- Chinese Cantonese: 圓舞曲 /圆舞曲 (jyun4 mou5 kuk1) — piece of music
- Chinese: 華爾滋 /华尔滋 (hôa-ní-chu) — piece of music
- Chinese: oa-lù-chuh — piece of music
- Chinese Mandarin: 華爾茲 /华尔兹 (huá'ěrzī) — piece of music
- Chinese Mandarin: 華爾滋 /华尔滋 (huá'ěrzī) — piece of music
- Chinese Mandarin: 圓舞曲 /圆舞曲 (yuánwǔqǔ) — piece of music
- Danish: vals — piece of music
- Finnish: valssi — piece of music
- French: valse — piece of music
- Galician: valse — piece of music
- German: Walzer — piece of music
- Italian: valzer — piece of music
- Manx: kiaull valse — piece of music
- Norwegian Bokmål: vals — piece of music
- Norwegian Nynorsk: vals — piece of music
- Polish: walc — piece of music
- Portuguese: valsa — piece of music
- Russian: вальс (valʹs) — piece of music
- Swedish: vals — piece of music
- Finnish: tanssi — simple task
- Armenian: վալսել (valsel) — dance
- Armenian: վալս պարել (vals parel) — dance
- Danish: danse vals — dance
- Esperanto: valsi — dance
- Finnish: tanssia valssia — dance
- Finnish: valssata — dance
- French: valser — dance
- Galician: valsear — dance
- Greek: βαλσάρω (valsáro) — dance
- Hungarian: keringőzik — dance
- Hungarian: valcerezik — dance
- Irish: válsáil — dance
- Manx: valse — dance
- Occitan: valsar — dance
- Portuguese: valsar — dance
- Russian: вальси́ровать (valʹsírovatʹ) — dance
- Spanish: valsar — dance
- Spanish: bailar vals — dance
- Dutch: binnenstormen — move briskly and unhesitatingly
- Finnish: tanssia — move briskly and unhesitatingly
- Finnish: viedä — move briskly and unhesitatingly
- Finnish: tanssia — accomplish with little effort
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