dancing

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːn.sɪŋ/, /ˈdæn.sɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːnsɪŋ, -ænsɪŋ

dancing (countable and uncountable, plural dancings)

1. The activity of taking part in a dance.
2. (historical) A dance club in France.
   • 2001, William A. Shack, Harlem in Montmartre: A Paris Jazz Story Between the Great Wars

     New dancings pervaded the length and breadth of Montmartre in order to suit the taste of foreign patrons.

   • 2003, Jeffrey H. Jackson, Making Jazz French: Music and Modern Life in Interwar Paris (page 44)

     Different dancings also attracted different crowds. Indeed, the diversity of dancers throughout the city makes drawing a detailed portrait of them difficult.

dancing

1. present participle of dance

From English.

dancing m (invariable)

1. dance hall

From English.

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈdanθin/, [ˈd̪ãn̟θĩn]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈdansin/, [ˈd̪ãnsĩn]

dancing m (plural dancings)

1. dance hall