"rain dance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: rain dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rain dance (plural rain dances)
  1. A ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain. Categories (topical): Dances Translations (ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain): sadetanssi (Finnish), danse de la pluie [feminine] (French), Regentanz [masculine] (German), esőtánc (Hungarian), dança da chuva [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-rain_dance-en-noun-Neon5bjG Disambiguation of Dances: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain': 99 1
  2. (by extension) Any sequence of arbitrary actions performed in order to achieve a goal. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-rain_dance-en-noun-HqgRmWQH Disambiguation of Dances: 49 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 85

Inflected forms

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