danse macabre

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danse macabre

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Etymology

Borrowed from French danse macabre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɑns məˈkɑb(ɹə)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɑns məˈkɑb(ɹə)/

Noun

danse macabre (plural danses macabres)

1. (art) 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.

Synonyms

• dance of death

Translations

a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing

Breton: dañs bekabe Catalan: dansa de la mort Danish: danse macabre c, dødsdans c Dutch: dodendans (nl) Esperanto: mortodanco Estonian: surmatants Finnish: kuolemantanssi French: danse macabre (fr) German: Totentanz (de) Hungarian: haláltánc (hu) Icelandic: dauðadans Irish: damhsa an bháis m Italian: danza macabra Japanese: 死の舞踏 (しのぶとう, shinobutō), ダンスマカブレ (Dansumakabure), ダンスマカブレ (Dansumakabure) Korean: 죽음의 무도 (jugeumui mudo) Latin: chorea macchabæorum Norwegian Bokmål: dødsdans Occitan: dança macabra Polish: taniec śmierci (pl) Portuguese: dança macabra, dança da morte Romanian: dans macabru (ro) n Russian: пля́ска сме́рти (pljáska smérti) Slovene: mrtvaški ples Spanish: danza de la muerte Swedish: dödsdans Turkish: iskeletlerin dansı

See also

• vanitas

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑ̃s ma.kabʁ/

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Noun

danse macabre f (plural danses macabres)

1. (art) danse macabre