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Webster 1913 Edition
Dancer
Dan′cer
,Noun.
One who dances or who practices dancing.
The merry dancers
, beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See
Aurora borealis
, under Aurora
.Webster 1828 Edition
Dancer
D'ANCER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Dancer
dancer
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See also: Dancer
English
Alternative forms
Noun
dancer (plural dancers)
- A person who dances or performs (a) dance(s), usually as a job or profession.
- (euphemistic) A stripper.
Derived terms
- ballet dancer
- gogo-dancer
- pole-dancer
Synonyms
- (euphemism for stripper): exotic dancer
Related terms
Translations
person who dances
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euphemism for stripper
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French dancer, from Frankish *dansōn.
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
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dancer | avoir dancé | |||||
| gerund | en dançant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | dançant | ||||||
| past participle | dancé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | dance | dances | dance | dançons | dancez | dancent |
| imperfect | dançois, dançoys | dançois, dançoys | dançoit, dançoyt | dancions, dançons | danciez, dancyez | dançoient, dançoyent | |
| past historic | dança | danças | dança | dançasmes | dançastes | dancerent | |
| future | dancerai, danceray | danceras | dancera | dancerons | dancerez | danceront | |
| conditional | dancerois, danceroys | dancerois, danceroys | danceroit, danceroyt | dancerions, danceryons | danceriez, danceryez | danceroient, danceroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | dance | dances | dance | dançons | dancez | dancent |
| imperfect | dançasse | dançasses | dançast | dançassions | dançassiez | dançassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | dance | — | dançons | dancez | — | ||
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *dansōn.
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.
Conjugation of dancer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dancer | avoir dancé | |||||
| gerund | en dançant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | dançant | ||||||
| past participle | dancé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | danz | dances | dance | dançons | dancez | dancent |
| imperfect | dançoie, danceie, dançoe, danceve | dançoies, danceies, dançoes, danceves | dançoit, danceit, dançot, danceve | danciiens, danciens | danciiez, danciez | dançoient, danceient, dançoent, dancevent | |
| preterite | dançai | danças | dança | dançames | dançastes | dancerent | |
| future | dancerai | danceras | dancera | dancerons | danceroiz, dancereiz, dancerez | danceront | |
| conditional | danceroie, dancereie | danceroies, dancereies | danceroit, dancereit | danceriiens, danceriens | danceriiez, danceriez | danceroient, dancereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | danz | danz | danzt | dançons | dancez | dancent |
| imperfect | dançasse | dançasses | dançast | dancissons, dancissiens | dancissoiz, dancissez, dancissiez | dançassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | dance | — | dançons | dancez | — | ||