dancer

See also: Dancer

English

Alternative forms

dauncer, dawncer (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English dauncer, dawncere, dancere, equivalent to dance +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːns.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈdæns.ə(ɹ)/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːnsə(ɹ), -ænse(ɹ)

Noun

dancer (plural dancers)

a person who dances, usually as a job or profession
(euphemistic) a stripper
Synonym: exotic dancer

Derived terms

ballet dancer
gogo-dancer
pole-dancer

Related terms

Translations

person who dances

Afrikaans: danser
Albanian: valltar (sq) m, valltare (sq) f, kërcimtar (sq) m, kërcimtare (sq) f
Amharic: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: رَاقِص‎ m (rāqiṣ), رَاقِصَة‎ f (rāqiṣa)
Egyptian Arabic: رقاص‎ m (raʔaaṣ), رقاصة‎ f (raʔaaṣa)
Armenian: (male) պարող (hy) (paroł), (female) պարուհի (hy) (paruhi)
Asturian: baillador m, baillarín m
Azerbaijani: rəqqas
Bashkir: бейеүсе (beyewse)
Basque: dantzari
Belarusian: танцо́р m (tancór), танцо́рка f (tancórka)
Bengali: নর্তকী (nôrtôki)
Bulgarian: танцьо́р m (tancjór), балети́ст (bg) m (baletíst)
Burmese: ကချေသည် (my) (ka.hkyesany)
Catalan: ballador m, ballarí m (professional)
Chechen: хелхархо (χelχarχo)
Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 舞蹈家 (zh) (wǔdǎojiā), 舞蹈演員, 舞蹈演员 (wǔdǎo yǎnyuán), 跳舞者 (tiàowǔ-zhě)

Min Nan: 舞蹈家 (bú-tō-ka)
Czech: tanečník (cs) m, tanečnice (cs) f
Danish: danser (da) c, danserinde c (female), danserske c (female)
Dutch: danser (nl) m, danseres (nl) f
Esperanto: dancisto, virdancisto (male), dancistino (female)
Estonian: tantsija
Faroese: dansari m
Finnish: tanssija (fi), tanssijatar (fi)
French: danseur (fr) m, danseuse (fr) f
Friulian: please add this translation if you can
Galician: bailador m, bailarín (gl) m, danzarín m
Georgian: მოცეკვავე (moceḳvave)
German: Tänzer (de) m, Tänzerin (de) f
Greek: χορευτής (el) m (choreftís), χορεύτρια (el) f (choréftria)
Ancient: ὀρχηστής m (orkhēstḗs), ὀρχηστρίς f (orkhēstrís)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: רקדן \ רַקְדָן‎ (he) m (rakdán), רקדנית \ רַקְדָנִית‎ f (rakdanít)
Hindi: नृत्यनर्तक m (nŕtyanartak) (male), नर्तकी (hi) f (nartakī) (female)
Hungarian: táncos (hu) m, táncosnő (hu) f
Icelandic: dansari (is) m
Ido: dansanto (io), dansantulo (male), dansantino (female), dansero (io), danserulo (io) (male), danserino (io) (female) dansisto (io), dansistulo (male), dansistino (io) (female)
Indonesian: penari (id)
Irish: rinceoir m, damhsóir m
Italian: ballerino (it) m, ballerina (it) f, danzatore m, danzatrice f
Japanese: ダンサー (ja) (dansā), 踊り子 (おどりこ, odoriko) (female dancer), 舞踊家 (ぶようか, buyōka)
Kannada: ಪಾಣ (kn) (pāṇa)
Kazakh: биші (kk) (bïşi)
Khmer: អ្នករាំ (neak roam)
Korean: 춤꾼 (ko) (chumkkun)

Kyrgyz: бийчи киши (biyçi kişi) (male), бийчи (ky) (biyçi)
Lao: ນັກເຕັ້ນລຳ (nak ten lam), ນັກຟ້ອນ (nak fǭn) (female)
Latin: saltator m, saltatrix f, histrio m, ludius m, ludia f
Latvian: dejotājs m, dejotāja f
Lithuanian: šokėjas m
Luxembourgish: Dänzer m, Dänzerin f
Macedonian: танчер m (tančer), танчерка f (tančerka)
Malay: penari
Malayalam: തുളളിച്ചാടുന്നവൻ (tuḷaḷiccāṭunnavan)
Mongolian: бүжигчин (mn) (büžigčin)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: danser (no) m, danserinne m or f (female), danserske m or f (female)

Nynorsk: dansar m, dansarinne f (female)
Occitan: dançaire m
Old English: hlēapere m, hlēapestre f; hoppere m, tumbere m
Oriya: ନର୍ତ୍ତକ (or) (narttaka)
Pashto: please add this translation if you can
Persian: رقاص‎ (fa) (raqqâs)
Polish: tancerz (pl) m, tancerka (pl) f
Portuguese: bailarino (pt) m, bailarina (pt) f, dançarino (pt) m, dançarina (pt) f
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
Quechua: tusuq
Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: dansator (ro) m, dansatoare (ro) f
Russian: танцо́р (ru) m (tancór), танцо́рка (ru) f (tancórka), танцо́вщик (ru) m (tancóvščik), танцо́вщица (ru) f (tancóvščica); балеру́н (ru) m (balerún), балери́на (ru) f (balerína) (ballet dancer); плясу́н (ru) m (pljasún), плясу́нья (ru) f (pljasúnʹja)
Saanich: SJELW̱EṈ
Scottish Gaelic: dannsair m
Serbo-Croatian: plèsāč (sh) m, plesàčica (sh) f
Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
Slovak: tanečník (sk) m, tanečnica f
Slovene: plesalec (sl) m, plesalka f
Spanish: bailarín (es) m, bailarina f, bailador (es) m, bailadora (es) f
Swedish: dansare (sv) c, danserska (sv) c (female), dansös (sv) c (female)
Tagalog: mananayaw
Tajik: раққос (raqqos)
Tamil: நடனக்காரர் (naṭaṉakkārar)
Taos: tò’óna
Tatar: биюче (tt) (biyuçe)
Telugu: నర్తకి (te) (nartaki)
Thai: นักเต้น (nák-dtên), หางเครื่อง (hăang krêuang)
Turkish: dansçı (tr)
Turkmen: tansçy
Ukrainian: танцюри́ст m (tancjurýst), танцюри́стка f (tancjurýstka)
Uzbek: tansachi (uz), raqqos (uz)
Vietnamese: người nhảy, người múa, người khiêu vũ, vũ công
Volapük: danüdan (vo), hidanüdan (male), jidanüdan (vo) (female)
Yiddish: טענצער‎ m (tentser), טענצערין‎ f (tentserin)

euphemism for stripper

Bulgarian: танцьорка f (tancjorka)
Dutch: exotisch danser m, karakterdanser m, stripdanser m
Finnish: tanssija (fi), tanssijatar (fi)

German: Tänzer (de) m, Tänzerin (de) f, exotischer Tänzer m, exotische Tänzerin f
Greek: χορεύτρια (el) f (choréftria)
Portuguese: dançarino exótico f, dançarina exótica f

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Translations to be checked

Estonian: ^{(please verify)} tantsija
Guaraní: ^{(please verify)} jerokyha
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} dansator m, ^{(please verify)} dansatrice f; ^{(please verify)} ballerino m, ^{(please verify)} ballerina f (= ballet dancer)

Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} danser (ku) m or f, ^{(please verify)} semavan (ku) m or f, ^{(please verify)} reqas (ku) m or f, ^{(please verify)} dansoz (ku) f
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} plesalec (sl) m, ^{(please verify)} plesalka f
Tupinambá: ^{(please verify)} poraseitara

Anagrams

Carden, ancred, cedarn, craned, nacred, narced

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French dancier (“to dance”).

Verb

dancer

to dance

Conjugation

As parler except c becomes ç before a and o. May remain c in older manuscripts.
Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of dancer

		simple			compound
infinitive		dancer			avoir dancé
gerund		en dançant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		dançant
past participle		dancé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	dance	dances	dance	dançons	dancez	dancent
	imperfect	dançois, dançoys	dançois, dançoys	dançoit, dançoyt	dancions, dançons	danciez, dancyez	dançoient, dançoyent
	past historic	dança	danças	dança	dançasmes	dançastes	dancerent
	future	dancerai, danceray	danceras	dancera	dancerons	dancerez	danceront
	conditional	dancerois, danceroys	dancerois, danceroys	danceroit, danceroyt	dancerions, danceryons	danceriez, danceryez	danceroient, danceroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	dance	dances	dance	dançons	dancez	dancent
simple tenses	imperfect	dançasse	dançasses	dançast	dançassions	dançassiez	dançassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	dance	—	dançons	dancez	—

Old French

Verb

dancer

Alternative form of dancier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of dancer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		dancer			avoir dancé
gerund		en dançant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		dançant
past participle		dancé
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	danz	dances	dance	dançons	dancez	dancent
	imperfect	dançoie, danceie, dançoe, danceve	dançoies, danceies, dançoes, danceves	dançoit, danceit, dançot, danceve	danciiens, danciens	danciiez, danciez	dançoient, danceient, dançoent, dancevent
	preterite	dançai	danças	dança	dançames	dançastes	dancerent
	future	dancerai	danceras	dancera	dancerons	danceroiz, dancereiz, dancerez	danceront
	conditional	danceroie, dancereie	danceroies, dancereies	danceroit, dancereit	danceriiens, danceriens	danceriiez, danceriez	danceroient, dancereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	danz	danz	danzt	dançons	dancez	dancent
simple tenses	imperfect	dançasse	dançasses	dançast	dancissons, dancissiens	dancissoiz, dancissez, dancissiez	dançassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	dance	—	dançons	dancez	—

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