charleston
See also: Charleston and charlestón
English
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
charleston (third-person singular simple present charlestons, present participle charlestoning, simple past and past participle charlestoned)
- (intransitive) To dance the Charleston.
- 1950, Anthony West, The Vintage:
- The Cambridge professor was charlestoning madly with a well-built woman in a backless evening dress; there were dark patches under his arms where the sweat had soaked through his suit.
- 1973, Ian Whitcomb, After the Ball: Pop music from rag to rock:
- […] in the Jazz Age she shook, shimmied and charlestoned whilst men just ogled.
Anagrams
Basque
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃarles̺ton/ [t͡ʃar.les̺.t̪õn]
- Rhymes: -es̺ton, -on
- Hyphenation: char‧les‧ton
Noun
charleston inan
- Charleston (dance)
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | charleston | charlestona | charlestonak |
| ergative | charlestonek | charlestonak | charlestonek |
| dative | charlestoni | charlestonari | charlestonei |
| genitive | charlestonen | charlestonaren | charlestonen |
| comitative | charlestonekin | charlestonarekin | charlestonekin |
| causative | charlestonengatik | charlestonarengatik | charlestonengatik |
| benefactive | charlestonentzat | charlestonarentzat | charlestonentzat |
| instrumental | charlestonez | charlestonaz | charlestonez |
| inessive | charlestonetan | charlestonean | charlestonetan |
| locative | charlestonetako | charlestoneko | charlestonetako |
| allative | charlestonetara | charlestonera | charlestonetara |
| terminative | charlestonetaraino | charlestoneraino | charlestonetaraino |
| directive | charlestonetarantz | charlestonerantz | charlestonetarantz |
| destinative | charlestonetarako | charlestonerako | charlestonetarako |
| ablative | charlestonetatik | charlestonetik | charlestonetatik |
| partitive | charlestonik | — | — |
| prolative | charlestontzat | — | — |
Further reading
- “charleston”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
Czech
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English Charleston.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃaːrl̩ston]
Noun
charleston m inan
- Charleston (dance)
Declension
Declension of charleston (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | charleston | charlestony |
| genitive | charlestonu | charlestonů |
| dative | charlestonu | charlestonům |
| accusative | charleston | charlestony |
| vocative | charlestone | charlestony |
| locative | charlestonu | charlestonech |
| instrumental | charlestonem | charlestony |
Further reading
- “charleston”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “charleston”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
Etymology
From English charleston.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʃɑːrlston/, [ˈt̪ʃɑ̝ːrls̠to̞n]
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɑːrlston/, [ˈʃɑ̝ːrls̠to̞n]
- Rhymes: -ɑːrlston
Noun
charleston
Declension
| Inflection of charleston (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | charleston | charlestonit | |
| genitive | charlestonin | charlestonien | |
| partitive | charlestonia | charlestoneja | |
| illative | charlestoniin | charlestoneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | charleston | charlestonit | |
| accusative | nom. | charleston | charlestonit |
| gen. | charlestonin | ||
| genitive | charlestonin | charlestonien | |
| partitive | charlestonia | charlestoneja | |
| inessive | charlestonissa | charlestoneissa | |
| elative | charlestonista | charlestoneista | |
| illative | charlestoniin | charlestoneihin | |
| adessive | charlestonilla | charlestoneilla | |
| ablative | charlestonilta | charlestoneilta | |
| allative | charlestonille | charlestoneille | |
| essive | charlestonina | charlestoneina | |
| translative | charlestoniksi | charlestoneiksi | |
| abessive | charlestonitta | charlestoneitta | |
| instructive | — | charlestonein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “charleston”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
charleston m (plural charlestons)
- Charleston (dance)
Further reading
- “charleston”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from English charleston.
Noun
charleston n (plural charlestonuri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | charleston | charlestonul | charlestonuri | charlestonurile | |
| genitive-dative | charleston | charlestonului | charlestonuri | charlestonurilor | |
| vocative | charlestonule | charlestonurilor | |||
References
- charleston in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Noun
charleston m (plural charlestons)
- Charleston (dance)