polonaise

• (woman's dress): polonese

Borrowed from French polonaise (“Polish”).

• Rhymes: -eɪz
• IPA^(key): /ˌpɒləˈneɪz/, /ˌpoʊləˈneɪz/

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polonaise (plural polonaises)

1. (dance) A stately Polish dance in triple time and moderate tempo.
2. (music) Music for this dance.
3. A woman's dress having a tight bodice and a skirt divided to show a coloured underskirt.

   Synonym: robe à la polonaise

4. A short overcoat bordered with fur.
5. (cooking) A garnish made with melted butter, breadcrumbs, and herbs.
6. Synonym of Polish bed.

polonaise (third-person singular simple present polonaises, present participle polonaising, simple past and past participle polonaised)

1. (intransitive) To dance the polonaise.

Borrowed from French polonaise.

• IPA^(key): /poː.loːˈnɛː.zə/

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• Hyphenation: po‧lo‧nai‧se
• Rhymes: -ɛːzə

polonaise f (plural polonaises)

1. polonaise (stately Polish dance)
2. polonaise (music accompanying this dance)
3. an informal dance, similar to a conga line, where a chain of people is formed, each placing their hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.lɔ.nɛz/

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• Rhymes: -ɛz

polonaise

1. feminine singular of polonais

   Ma femme est moitié polonaise, moitié allemande.

   My wife is half Polish, half German.

polonaise f (plural polonaises)

1. polonaise

   Synonym: polacca

• → English: polonaise
• → Dutch: polonaise
• → German: Polonäse
• → Greek: πολωνέζα (polonéza)
• → Persian: پولونز (polonez)
• → Polish: polonez
• → Russian: полоне́з (polonéz)
• → Turkish: polonez

• “polonaise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.