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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English dauncer, dawncere, dancere, equivalent to dance + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
dancer (plural dancers)
- A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
- Synonym: stepper
I'm a terrible dancer.
- (euphemistic) A stripper.
- Synonym: exotic dancer
- (obsolete, slang) Synonym of garreter (“a thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows”)
1889, Charles Tempest Clarkson, J. Hall Richardson, Police!, page 260:[A]bout 40 were burglars, "dancers," "garreters," and other adepts with the skeleton keys.
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Translations
person who dances
- Afrikaans: danser
- Albanian: valltar (sq) m, kërcimtar (sq) m
- Amharic: ዳንኪረኛ (dankiräña)
- Arabic: رَاقِص m (rāqiṣ), رَاقِصَة f (rāqiṣa)
- Egyptian Arabic: رقاص m (raʔāṣ)
- Armenian: պարող (hy) (paroġ)
- Assamese: নর্তকী
- Asturian: baillador m, baillarín m
- Azerbaijani: rəqqas
- Bashkir: бейеүсе (beyewse)
- Basque: dantzari
- Belarusian: танцо́р m (tancór)
- Bengali: নর্তক (bn) (nortok)
- Bulgarian: танцьо́р m (tancjór), балети́ст (bg) m (baletíst)
- Burmese: ကချေသည် (my) (ka.hkyesany)
- Catalan: ballador m, ballarí m (professional), dansador m, dansaire m or f
- Chechen: хелхархо (xelxarxo)
- Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
- Chickasaw: hilha'
- Chinese:
- Hokkien: 舞蹈家 (bú-tō-ka)
- Mandarin: 舞蹈家 (zh) (wǔdǎojiā), 舞蹈演員/舞蹈演员 (wǔdǎo yǎnyuán), 跳舞者 (tiàowǔzhě)
- Czech: tanečník (cs) m, tanečnice (cs) f
- Danish: danser (da) c
- Dutch: danser (nl) m
- Esperanto: dancisto, virdancisto
- Estonian: tantsija
- Faroese: dansari m
- Finnish: tanssija (fi)
- French: danseur (fr) m
- Friulian: please add this translation if you can
- Galician: bailador m, bailarín (gl) m, danzarín m
- Georgian: მოცეკვავე (moceḳvave)
- German: Tänzer (de) m
- Greek: χορευτής (el) m (choreftís)
- Ancient: ὀρχηστής m (orkhēstḗs), ὀρχηστρίς f (orkhēstrís)
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: רקדן \ רַקְדָן (he) m (rakdán)
- Hindi: नर्तक (hi) m (nartak), नचनिया m (nacniyā), नाचनेवाला m (nācnevālā)
- Hungarian: táncos (hu) m
- Icelandic: dansari (is) m
- Ido: dansanto (io), dansantulo, dansero (io), danserulo (io), dansisto (io), dansistulo
- Indonesian: penari (id)
- Irish: rinceoir m, damhsóir m
- Italian: ballerino (it) m, danzatore (it) m
- Japanese: ダンサー (ja) (dansā), 舞踊家 (ぶようか, buyōka)
- Kalmyk: биич (biiç)
- Kannada: ಪಾಣ (kn) (pāṇa)
- Kapampangan: talaterak
- Kazakh: биші (bişı), билеуші (kk) (bileuşı)
- Khmer: អ្នករាំ (nĕək rŏəm)
- Korean: 춤꾼 (ko) (chumkkun)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: reqsker (ku), dansker (ku)
- Kyrgyz: бийчи киши (biyci kişi) (male), бийчи (ky) (biyci)
- Lao: ນັກເຕັ້ນລຳ (nak ten lam)
- Latin: saltātor m, saltātrīx f, histriō m, lūdius m, lūdia f
- Latvian: dejotājs m
- Lithuanian: šokėjas m
- Luganda: omuzinyi m
- Luxembourgish: Dänzer m
- Macedonian: танчер m (tančer)
- Malay: penari
- Malayalam: തുളളിച്ചാടുന്നവൻ (tuḷaḷiccāṭunnavaṉ)
- Maori: kaikanikani
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: бүжигчин (mn) (büžigčin)
- Mongolian: ᠪᠦᠵᠢᠭᠴᠢᠨ (büǰiɣčin)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: danser (no) m
- Nynorsk: dansar m
- Occitan: dançaire (oc) m
- Odia: ନର୍ତ୍ତକ (or) (nôrttôkô)
- Old English: hlēapere m, hoppere m, tumbere m
- Pashto: رقاص (ps) m (raqās), نڅاګر m (nacāgar)
- Persian: رَقّاص (fa) (raqqâs)
- Polish: tancerz (pl) m, tancerka (pl) f
- Portuguese: bailarino (pt) m, dançarino (pt) m
- Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
- Quechua: tusuq
- Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
- Romanian: dansator (ro) m
- Russian: танцо́р (ru) m (tancór), танцо́вщик (ru) m (tancóvščik), балеру́н (ru) m (balerún), (ballet dancer); плясу́н (ru) m (pljasún)
- Saanich: SJELW̱EṈ
- Scottish Gaelic: dannsair m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: плѐса̄ч m
- Roman: plèsāč (sh) m
- Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
- Slovak: tanečník (sk) m, tanečnica f
- Slovene: plesalec (sl) m
- Spanish: bailarín (es) m, bailador (es) m
- Sranan Tongo: dansiman
- Swedish: dansare (sv) c
- Tagalog: mananayaw
- Tajik: раққос (raqqos)
- Tamil: நடனக்காரர் (naṭaṉakkārar)
- Taos: tòʼóna
- Tatar: биюче (tt) (biyuçe)
- Telugu: నర్తకి (te) (nartaki)
- Thai: นักเต้น (nák-dtên), หางเครื่อง (hǎang-krʉ̂ʉang)
- Tigrinya: ሳዕሰዓይ (saʿsäʿay)
- Turkish: dansçı (tr)
- Turkmen: tansçy
- Ukrainian: танцюри́ст m (tancjurýst)
- Urdu: رَقّاص m (raqqās)
- Uyghur: ئۇسسۇلچى (ussulchi), تانسىچى (tansichi)
- Uzbek: tansachi (uz), raqqos (uz)
- Vietnamese: người nhảy, người múa, người khiêu vũ, vũ công
- Volapük: danüdan (vo), hidanüdan
- Welsh: dawnsiwr m or f, dawnswr m or f
- Yiddish: טענצער m (tentser)
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a female person who dances
- Albanian: valltare (sq) f, kërcimtare (sq) f
- Arabic: رَاقِصَة f (rāqiṣa)
- Egyptian Arabic: رقاصة f (raʔaaṣa)
- Armenian: պարուհի (hy) (paruhi)
- Belarusian: танцо́рка f (tancórka)
- Bengali: নর্তকী (nortoki)
- Bulgarian: танцьо́рка f (tancjórka)
- Chickasaw: hilha'
- Czech: tanečnice (cs) f
- Danish: danserinde c, danserske c
- Dutch: danseres (nl) f
- Esperanto: dancistino
- Finnish: tanssijatar (fi)
- French: danseuse (fr) f
- German: Tänzerin (de) f
- Greek: χορεύτρια (el) f (choréftria)
- Ancient: ὀρχηστρίς f (orkhēstrís)
- Hebrew: רקדנית \ רַקְדָנִית f (rakdanít)
- Hindi: नर्तकी (hi) f (nartakī)
- Hungarian: táncosnő (hu) f
- Ido: dansantino, danserino (io), dansistino (io)
- Italian: ballerina (it) f, danzatrice (it) f
- Japanese: 踊り子 (ja) (おどりこ, odoriko)
- Lao: ນັກຟ້ອນ (nak fǭn)
- Latin: saltatrix f, ludia f
- Latvian: dejotāja f
- Lithuanian: šokėja f
- Luxembourgish: Dänzerin f
- Macedonian: танчерка f (tančerka)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: danserinne m or f
- Nynorsk: dansarinne f
- Old English: hlēapestre f
- Pashto: رقاصه (ps) f (raqāsa), نڅاګره f (nacāgǝra)
- Persian: رَقّاصِه (fa) (raqqâse)
- Polish: tancerka (pl) f
- Portuguese: bailarina (pt) f, dançarina (pt) f
- Romanian: dansatoare (ro) f
- Russian: танцо́вщица (ru) f (tancóvščica), танцо́рка (ru) f (tancórka) (colloquial); балери́на (ru) f (balerína) (ballet dancer); плясу́нья (ru) f (pljasúnʹja)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: плеса̀чица f
- Roman: plesàčica (sh) f
- Slovak: tanečnica f
- Slovene: plesalka f
- Spanish: bailarina f, bailadora (es) f
- Swedish: danserska (sv) c dansös (sv) c
- Turkish: dansçı (tr), dansöz (tr)
- Ukrainian: танцюри́стка f (tancjurýstka)
- Urdu: رَقّاصَہ f (raqqāsa)
- Volapük: jidanüdan (vo)
- Yiddish: טענצערין f (tentserin)
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References
- (thief): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
Anagrams
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
infinitive
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simple
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dancer
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compound
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avoir + past participle
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present participle1 or gerund2
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simple
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dançant
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compound
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present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
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past participle
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dancé
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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ie (i’)
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tu
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il, elle
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nous
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vous
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ilz, elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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dance
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dances
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dance
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dançons
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dancez
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dancent
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imperfect
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dançois, dançoys
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dançois, dançoys
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dançoit, dançoyt
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dancions, dançons
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danciez, dancyez
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dançoient, dançoyent
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past historic
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dança
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danças
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dança
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dançasmes
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dançastes
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dancerent
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future
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dancerai, danceray
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danceras
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dancera
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dancerons
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dancerez
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danceront
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conditional
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dancerois, danceroys
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dancerois, danceroys
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danceroit, danceroyt
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dancerions, danceryons
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danceriez, danceryez
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danceroient, danceroyent
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(compound tenses)
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present perfect
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present indicative of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
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past anterior
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past historic of avoir + past participle
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future perfect
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future of avoir + past participle
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conditional perfect
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conditional of avoir + past participle
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subjunctive
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que ie (i’)
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que tu
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qu’il, qu’elle
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que nous
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que vous
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qu’ilz, qu’elles
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(simple tenses)
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present
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dance
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dances
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dance
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dançons
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dancez
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dancent
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imperfect
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dançasse
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dançasses
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dançast
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dançassions
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dançassiez
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dançassent
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(compound tenses)
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past
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present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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imperative
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–
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tu
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–
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nous
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vous
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–
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simple
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—
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dance
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—
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dançons
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dancez
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—
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compound
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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simple imperative of avoir + past participle
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—
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1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château , Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
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2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château , op. cit., p. 180).
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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.
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simple
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compound
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infinitive
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dancer
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avoir dancé
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gerund
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en dançant
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gerund of avoir + past participle
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present participle
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dançant
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past participle
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dancé
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person
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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jo
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tu
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il
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nos
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vos
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il
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simple tenses
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present
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danz
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dances
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dance
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dançons
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dancez
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dancent
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imperfect
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dançoie, danceie, dançoe, danceve
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dançoies, danceies, dançoes, danceves
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dançoit, danceit, dançot, danceve
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danciiens, danciens
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danciiez, danciez
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dançoient, danceient, dançoent, dancevent
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preterite
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dançai
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danças
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dança
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dançames
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dançastes
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dancerent
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future
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dancerai
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danceras
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dancera
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dancerons
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danceroiz, dancereiz, dancerez
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danceront
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conditional
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danceroie, dancereie
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danceroies, dancereies
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danceroit, dancereit
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danceriiens, danceriens
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danceriiez, danceriez
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danceroient, dancereient
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compound tenses
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present perfect
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present tense of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
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past anterior
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preterite tense of avoir + past participle
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future perfect
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future tense of avoir + past participle
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conditional perfect
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conditional tense of avoir + past participle
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subjunctive
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que jo
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que tu
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qu’il
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que nos
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que vos
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qu’il
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simple tenses
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present
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danz
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danz
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danzt
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dançons
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dancez
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dancent
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imperfect
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dançasse
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dançasses
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dançast
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dancissons, dancissiens
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dancissoiz, dancissez, dancissiez
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dançassent
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compound tenses
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past
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present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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pluperfect
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imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
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imperative
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–
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tu
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–
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nos
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vos
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–
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—
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dance
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—
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dançons
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dancez
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—
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