"gigue" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ʒiːɡ/ Forms: gigues [plural]
Rhymes: -iːɡ Etymology: From French gigue. Doublet of jig. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|gigue}} French gigue, {{doublet|en|jig}} Doublet of jig Head templates: {{en-noun}} gigue (plural gigues)
  1. an Irish dance, derived from the jig, used in the Partita form (Baroque Period). Categories (topical): Dances

Noun [French]

IPA: /ʒiɡ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Penegal-gigue.wav Forms: gigues [plural]
Etymology: From Old French gige, gigue (“a fiddle, kind of dance”), from Frankish *gīge (“dance, fiddle”), from Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”). More at gig, geg, jig. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|gige}} Old French gige, {{m|fro|gigue||a fiddle, kind of dance}} gigue (“a fiddle, kind of dance”), {{der|fr|frk|*gīge||dance, fiddle}} Frankish *gīge (“dance, fiddle”), {{uder|fr|gem-pro|*gīganą||to move, wish, desire}} Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”), {{uder|fr|ine-pro|*gʰeyǵʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, {{m|ine-pro|*gʰeygʰ-||to yawn, gape, long for, desire}} *gʰeygʰ- (“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”), {{m|en|gig}} gig, {{m|en|geg}} geg, {{m|en|jig}} jig Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} gigue f (plural gigues)
  1. (music) string instrument, roughly in the form of a mandoline (c. 1120–50) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-hSJjkHe8 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (dance) lively and gay dance originary from the British Isles, gigue, jig Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Dance
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-NBVc98Gz Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 28 39 13 5 5 0 10 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 27 35 13 5 7 1 13 Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (music) musical melody, to be danced in the way of a gigue Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-cqH2ReAL Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (informal) long leg, tall and skinny girl, haunch of some animals especially venison (19th century) Tags: feminine, informal
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-dubSQ8cB
  5. (colloquial) disorderly way of dancing (danser la gigue), twerk of the hips (gigue des fesses; early 20th century) Tags: colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-h93QnoyA
  6. a small boat, gig Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-dgjAHMXY
  7. (telecommunications) jitter Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Telecommunications
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gigolette

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gigue meaning in All languages combined (6.8kB)

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      ],
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      ],
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        ]
      ],
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      ],
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        "feminine"
      ],
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        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "telecommunications"
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      "ipa": "/ʒiɡ/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Penegal-gigue.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Penegal-gigue.wav.ogg",
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