foxtrot
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Translingual
Noun
foxtrot
- alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɒkstɹɒt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
foxtrot (plural foxtrots)
- A ballroom dance with a slow-slow-quick-quick rhythm.
- 1930, Jefferis & Nichols, Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics, page 200:
- The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco.
- A pace with short steps, as in changing from trotting to walking.
- (international standards) alternative letter-case form of Foxtrot from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Derived terms
Translations
a ballroom dance
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Verb
foxtrot (third-person singular simple present foxtrots, present participle foxtrotting, simple past and past participle foxtrotted)
- To dance the foxtrot.
See also
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
foxtrot m inan
- foxtrot (dance)
Declension
Further reading
- “foxtrot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “foxtrot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English foxtrot.
Noun
foxtrot n (plural foxtroturi)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | foxtrot | foxtrotul | foxtroturi | foxtroturile | |
| genitive-dative | foxtrot | foxtrotului | foxtroturi | foxtroturilor | |
| vocative | foxtrotule | foxtroturilor | |||
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from English foxtrot.
Pronunciation
Noun
foxtrot m inan (genitive singular foxtrotu, nominative plural foxtroty, genitive plural foxtrotov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | foxtrot | foxtroty |
| genitive | foxtrotu | foxtrotov |
| dative | foxtrotu | foxtrotom |
| accusative | foxtrot | foxtroty |
| locative | foxtrote | foxtrotoch |
| instrumental | foxtrotom | foxtrotmi |
Further reading
- “foxtrot”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English foxtrot.
Pronunciation
Noun
foxtrot m (plural foxtrots)
Further reading
- “foxtrot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , December 10 2024
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English foxtrot.
Pronunciation
Noun
foxtrot c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | foxtrot | foxtrots |
| definite | foxtroten | foxtrotens | |
| plural | indefinite | foxtroter | foxtroters |
| definite | foxtroterna | foxtroternas |