beguine

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English

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Etymology

From American French béguine, from French béguin.

Pronunciation

Noun

beguine (plural beguines)

  1. A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
    • 1935, Cole Porter, Begin the Beguine:
      When they begin the beguine, / It brings back the sound of music so tender / It brings back the night of tropical splendor, / It brings back a memory ever green.
    • 1956, Langston Hughes, I Wonder as I Wander, 2003, Arnold Rampersad, Dolan Hubbard (editors), The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 14: Autobiography, page 69,
      It was a haunting kind of beguine with a strange sad lyric about slavery and freedom set against insistent drums and voluptuous maracas:
    • 2003, Brent Hayes Edwards, The Practice of Diaspora, page 174:
      He is especially fascinated by the chacha, the percussion instrument that sets the basic rolling rhythmic foundation of the beguine and propels the dancers, writing that “the tempo is set by a shiny tin container filled with pebbles. […] ″

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From French béguine.

Pronunciation

Noun

beguine

  1. beguine (dance and music)

Declension

Inflection of beguine (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative beguine beguinet
genitive beguinen beguinejen
partitive beguinea beguineja
illative beguineen beguineihin
singular plural
nominative beguine beguinet
accusative nom. beguine beguinet
gen. beguinen
genitive beguinen beguinejen
partitive beguinea beguineja
inessive beguinessa beguineissa
elative beguinesta beguineista
illative beguineen beguineihin
adessive beguinella beguineilla
ablative beguinelta beguineilta
allative beguinelle beguineille
essive beguinena beguineina
translative beguineksi beguineiksi
abessive beguinetta beguineitta
instructive — beguinein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of beguine (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative beguineni beguineni
accusative nom. beguineni beguineni
gen. beguineni
genitive beguineni beguinejeni
partitive beguineani beguinejani
inessive beguinessani beguineissani
elative beguinestani beguineistani
illative beguineeni beguineihini
adessive beguinellani beguineillani
ablative beguineltani beguineiltani
allative beguinelleni beguineilleni
essive beguinenani beguineinani
translative beguinekseni beguineikseni
abessive beguinettani beguineittani
instructive — —
comitative — beguineineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative beguinesi beguinesi
accusative nom. beguinesi beguinesi
gen. beguinesi
genitive beguinesi beguinejesi
partitive beguineasi beguinejasi
inessive beguinessasi beguineissasi
elative beguinestasi beguineistasi
illative beguineesi beguineihisi
adessive beguinellasi beguineillasi
ablative beguineltasi beguineiltasi
allative beguinellesi beguineillesi
essive beguinenasi beguineinasi
translative beguineksesi beguineiksesi
abessive beguinettasi beguineittasi
instructive — —
comitative — beguineinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative beguinemme beguinemme
accusative nom. beguinemme beguinemme
gen. beguinemme
genitive beguinemme beguinejemme
partitive beguineamme beguinejamme
inessive beguinessamme beguineissamme
elative beguinestamme beguineistamme
illative beguineemme beguineihimme
adessive beguinellamme beguineillamme
ablative beguineltamme beguineiltamme
allative beguinellemme beguineillemme
essive beguinenamme beguineinamme
translative beguineksemme beguineiksemme
abessive beguinettamme beguineittamme
instructive — —
comitative — beguineinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative beguinenne beguinenne
accusative nom. beguinenne beguinenne
gen. beguinenne
genitive beguinenne beguinejenne
partitive beguineanne beguinejanne
inessive beguinessanne beguineissanne
elative beguinestanne beguineistanne
illative beguineenne beguineihinne
adessive beguinellanne beguineillanne
ablative beguineltanne beguineiltanne
allative beguinellenne beguineillenne
essive beguinenanne beguineinanne
translative beguineksenne beguineiksenne
abessive beguinettanne beguineittanne
instructive — —
comitative — beguineinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative beguinensa beguinensa
accusative nom. beguinensa beguinensa
gen. beguinensa
genitive beguinensa beguinejensa
partitive beguineaan
beguineansa 		beguinejaan
beguinejansa
inessive beguinessaan
beguinessansa 		beguineissaan
beguineissansa
elative beguinestaan
beguinestansa 		beguineistaan
beguineistansa
illative beguineensa beguineihinsa
adessive beguinellaan
beguinellansa 		beguineillaan
beguineillansa
ablative beguineltaan
beguineltansa 		beguineiltaan
beguineiltansa
allative beguinelleen
beguinellensa 		beguineilleen
beguineillensa
essive beguinenaan
beguinenansa 		beguineinaan
beguineinansa
translative beguinekseen
beguineksensa 		beguineikseen
beguineiksensa
abessive beguinettaan
beguinettansa 		beguineittaan
beguineittansa
instructive — —
comitative — beguineineen
beguineinensa

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