"ballroom" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɔːlɹuːm/, /ˈbɔːlɹʊm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ballroom.wav Forms: ballrooms [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːlɹuːm, -ɔːlɹʊm Etymology: From ball + room. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ball|room}} ball + room Head templates: {{en-noun}} ballroom (plural ballrooms)
  1. A large room used for dancing and banquets. Translations (large room used for dancing): مَرْقَص (marqaṣ) [masculine] (Arabic), 舞廳 /舞厅 (wǔtīng) (Chinese Mandarin), balsal [common-gender] (Danish), dansesal [common-gender] (Danish), bala salono (Esperanto), tanssisali (Finnish), juhlasali (Finnish), salle de bal [feminine] (French), Ballsaal [masculine] (German), Tanzsaal [masculine] (German), Festsaal [masculine] (German), אולם נשפים (ulam neshafym) [masculine] (Hebrew), bálterem (Hungarian), sala da ballo [feminine] (Italian), balera [feminine] (Italian), ボールルーム (bōrurūmu) (Japanese), ダンスホール (dansuhōru) (Japanese), бий залы (biy zalı) [masculine] (Kyrgyz), ballsal [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ballsal [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sala balowa [feminine] (Polish), salão de baile [masculine] (Portuguese), salon de bal [neuter] (Romanian), sală de dans [feminine] (Romanian), танцева́льный зал (tanceválʹnyj zal) [masculine] (Russian), salón de baile [masculine] (Spanish), balsal (Swedish), danssalong (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ballroom-en-noun-YcaAfPrc Disambiguation of 'large room used for dancing': 95 5
  2. A type of elegant dance. Translations (type of elegant dance): 交際舞 /交际舞 (jiāojìwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), salitanssi (Finnish), danse de salon [feminine] (French), Standardtanz [masculine] (German), társasági tánc (Hungarian), 社交ダンス (shakō-dansu) (Japanese), ба́льный та́нец (bálʹnyj tánec) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-ballroom-en-noun-x7A51v1S Disambiguation of 'type of elegant dance': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ball-room [archaic] Hypernyms: room Derived forms: ballroom dance, ballroom dancing, ballroomy

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbɔːlɹuːm/, /ˈbɔːlɹʊm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ballroom.wav Forms: ballrooms [present, singular, third-person], ballrooming [participle, present], ballroomed [participle, past], ballroomed [past]
Rhymes: -ɔːlɹuːm, -ɔːlɹʊm Etymology: From ball + room. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ball|room}} ball + room Head templates: {{en-verb}} ballroom (third-person singular simple present ballrooms, present participle ballrooming, simple past and past participle ballroomed)
  1. (intransitive) To take part in ballroom dancing. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Dances, Rooms
    Sense id: en-ballroom-en-verb-gwv0j9dJ Disambiguation of Dances: 13 27 60 Disambiguation of Rooms: 20 3 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 96 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 2 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 2 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 5 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 6 3 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 7 86 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 3 89 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 5 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 6 3 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 6 3 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 9 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 9 9 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 3 3 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 11 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 8 8 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 6 3 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 2 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 8 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ball-room [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "舞廳 /舞厅"
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      "sense": "large room used for dancing",
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      "word": "ボールルーム"
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      "word": "ダンスホール"
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      "sense": "large room used for dancing",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sala balowa"
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      "word": "танцева́льный зал"
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      "sense": "large room used for dancing",
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      "word": "salón de baile"
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      "word": "交際舞 /交际舞"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "danse de salon"
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      "word": "társasági tánc"
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      "word": "社交ダンス"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ба́льный та́нец"
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