"belly dance" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-belly dance.wav Forms: belly dances [plural]
Etymology: Calque of French danse du ventre, equivalent to belly + dance. First attested in English in 1889, in an article about that year's Exposition Universelle in Paris in the November 22 edition of the Yorkshire Factory Times: "A café in the Rue du Caire attracted 2,000 spectators daily to see the ‘belly dance’, and realised a total of 400,000 francs." Early sources also used the French term danse du ventre as-is. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|danse du ventre}} Calque of French danse du ventre, {{af|en|belly|dance}} belly + dance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} belly dance (countable and uncountable, plural belly dances)
  1. A form of dance originating in the Middle East and characterized by movements of the torso. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dances Synonyms: oriental dance Translations (form of dance): maag dans (Afrikaans), kercim i belit (Albanian), የሆድ ዳንስ (yähod dans) (Amharic), رَقْص شَرْقِيّ (raqṣ šarqiyy) (english: oriental dance) [masculine] (Arabic), رَقْص بَلَدِيّ (raqṣ baladiyy) (english: national dance) [masculine] (Arabic), պորտապար (portapar) (Armenian), göbək rəqsi (Azerbaijani), sabel dantza (Basque), танец жывата (tanjec žyvata) (Belarusian), бели денс (english: beli dens) (Bulgarian), dansa oriental (Catalan), dansa del ventre (Catalan), 肚皮舞 (dùpíwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 東方舞 (Chinese Mandarin), 东方舞 (dōngfāngwǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), břišní tanec [masculine] (Czech), orientální tanec [masculine] (Czech), mavedans (Danish), orientalsk dans (Danish), buikdans [masculine] (Dutch), oriëntaalse dans [masculine] (Dutch), ventra danco (Esperanto), orienta danco (Esperanto), kõhutants (Estonian), vatsatanssi (Finnish), itämainen tanssi (Finnish), danse du ventre [feminine] (French), danse orientale [feminine] (French), danza do ventre (Galician), მუცლის ცეკვა (muclis ceḳva) (Georgian), Bauchtanz [masculine] (German), Orientalischer Tanz [masculine] (German), χορός οριεντάλ (chorós orientál) [masculine] (Greek), χορός της κοιλιάς (chorós tis koiliás) [masculine] (Greek), מחול מזרחי (makhól mizrakhí) (Hebrew), ריקוד בטן (makhól béten) (Hebrew), बेली डांस (belī ḍāns) (Hindi), hastánc (Hungarian), keleti tánc (Hungarian), magadans [masculine] (Icelandic), tari perut (Indonesian), dansa de ventre (Interlingua), danza del ventre [feminine] (Italian), danza dell'est [feminine] (Italian), ベリーダンス (berīdansu) (Japanese), オリエンタルダンス (orientarudansu) (Japanese), іш биі (ış biı) (Kazakh), 벨리댄스 (bellidaenseu) (Korean), 배꼽춤 (baekkopchum) (Korean), 오리엔탈댄스 (orientaldaenseu) (Korean), vēderdejas (Latvian), pilvo šokis (Lithuanian), стомачен танц (stomačen tanc) [masculine] (Macedonian), tarian gelek (Malay), бэлхүүсний бүжиг (belxüüsnii büžig) (Mongolian), magedans (Norwegian), orientalsk dans (Norwegian), magedans [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), mavedans [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), orientalsk dans [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), magedans [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), رقص عربی (raqs 'arabi) [Arabic] [dance, dancing, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Persian), taniec brzucha [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), taniec orientalny [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), dança do ventre [feminine] (Portuguese), dança oriental (Portuguese), dans din buric [neuter] (Romanian), dans oriental [neuter] (Romanian), та́нец живота́ (tánec životá) [masculine] (Russian), восто́чный та́нец (vostóčnyj tánec) [masculine] (Russian), беллидэ́нс (bellidɛ́ns) [masculine] (Russian), беллида́нс (bellidáns) [masculine] (Russian), трбушни плес [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), оријентални плес [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), trbušni ples [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), orijentalni ples [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), බඩ නැටුම (baḍa næṭuma) (Sinhalese), brušný tanec (Slovak), orientálny tanec (Slovak), trebušni ples (Slovene), orientalski ples (Slovene), danza del vientre [feminine] (Spanish), danza oriental [feminine] (Spanish), magdans [common-gender] (Swedish), orientalisk dans (Swedish), sayaw sa silangan (Tagalog), தொப்பை நடனம் (toppai naṭaṉam) (Tamil), ระบำหน้าท้อง (rá-bam-nâa-thong) (Thai), göbek dansı (Turkish), oryantal dans (Turkish), танець живота (tanecʹ žyvota) (Ukrainian), Східний танець (Sxidnyj tanecʹ) (Ukrainian), بیلی ڈانس (english: baili dance) (Urdu), qorin raqsi (Uzbek), қорин рақси (qorin raqsi) [Cyrillic] (Uzbek), múa bụng (Vietnamese), bälidadanüd (Volapük), bolddawns (Welsh)
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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-belly dance.wav Forms: belly dances [present, singular, third-person], belly dancing [participle, present], belly danced [participle, past], belly danced [past]
Etymology: Calque of French danse du ventre, equivalent to belly + dance. First attested in English in 1889, in an article about that year's Exposition Universelle in Paris in the November 22 edition of the Yorkshire Factory Times: "A café in the Rue du Caire attracted 2,000 spectators daily to see the ‘belly dance’, and realised a total of 400,000 francs." Early sources also used the French term danse du ventre as-is. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|fr|danse du ventre}} Calque of French danse du ventre, {{af|en|belly|dance}} belly + dance Head templates: {{en-verb}} belly dance (third-person singular simple present belly dances, present participle belly dancing, simple past and past participle belly danced)
  1. To perform a belly dance. Synonyms: bellydance, belly-dance Derived forms: belly dancer, belly dancing Translations (to perform a belly dance): buikdansen (Dutch), bauchtanzen (German)
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          "lang": "Amharic",
          "roman": "yähod dans",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "የሆድ ዳንስ"
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          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "raqṣ šarqiyy",
          "sense": "form of dance",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "رَقْص شَرْقِيّ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "english": "national dance",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "raqṣ baladiyy",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "رَقْص بَلَدِيّ"
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        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "portapar",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "պորտապար"
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        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "göbək rəqsi"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "sabel dantza"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "tanjec žyvata",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "танец жывата"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "form of dance",
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dùpíwǔ",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "肚皮舞"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "東方舞"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "dōngfāngwǔ",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "东方舞"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "břišní tanec"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "orientální tanec"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "mavedans"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "orientalsk dans"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "buikdans"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "oriëntaalse dans"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "ventra danco"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "kõhutants"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "vatsatanssi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "itämainen tanssi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "code": "fr",
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "danza do ventre"
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        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "muclis ceḳva",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "მუცლის ცეკვა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Bauchtanz"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "code": "el",
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        },
        {
          "code": "el",
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          "code": "he",
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          "code": "hi",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "code": "is",
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          "code": "id",
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          "word": "tari perut"
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        {
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "form of dance",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "form of dance",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "berīdansu",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "ベリーダンス"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "ış biı",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "іш биі"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bellidaenseu",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "벨리댄스"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "baekkopchum",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "배꼽춤"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "orientaldaenseu",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "오리엔탈댄스"
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        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "form of dance",
          "word": "vēderdejas"
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          "code": "lt",
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          "word": "pilvo šokis"
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          "code": "mk",
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          "code": "ms",
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          "code": "mn",
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          "roman": "belxüüsnii büžig",
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          "word": "бэлхүүсний бүжиг"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "dança do ventre"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "form of dance",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "code": "sk",
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          "word": "sayaw sa silangan"
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          "code": "ta",
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          "code": "th",
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          "code": "uk",
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          "code": "vi",
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          "word": "múa bụng"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "maag dans"
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "kercim i belit"
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      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "yähod dans",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "የሆድ ዳንስ"
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      "code": "ar",
      "english": "oriental dance",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raqṣ šarqiyy",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "رَقْص شَرْقِيّ"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "english": "national dance",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raqṣ baladiyy",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "رَقْص بَلَدِيّ"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "portapar",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "պորտապար"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "göbək rəqsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "sabel dantza"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tanjec žyvata",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "танец жывата"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "english": "beli dens",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "бели денс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "dansa oriental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "dansa del ventre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dùpíwǔ",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "肚皮舞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "東方舞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dōngfāngwǔ",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "东方舞"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "břišní tanec"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "orientální tanec"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "mavedans"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "orientalsk dans"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buikdans"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "oriëntaalse dans"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "ventra danco"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "orienta danco"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "kõhutants"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "vatsatanssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "itämainen tanssi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "danse du ventre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "danse orientale"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "danza do ventre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "muclis ceḳva",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "მუცლის ცეკვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Bauchtanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Orientalischer Tanz"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chorós orientál",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χορός οριεντάλ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chorós tis koiliás",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χορός της κοιλιάς"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "makhól mizrakhí",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "מחול מזרחי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "makhól béten",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "ריקוד בטן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "belī ḍāns",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "बेली डांस"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "hastánc"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "keleti tánc"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "magadans"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "tari perut"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "dansa de ventre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "danza del ventre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "danza dell'est"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "berīdansu",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "ベリーダンス"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "orientarudansu",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "オリエンタルダンス"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "ış biı",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "іш биі"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bellidaenseu",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "벨리댄스"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baekkopchum",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "배꼽춤"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "orientaldaenseu",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "오리엔탈댄스"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "vēderdejas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "pilvo šokis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "stomačen tanc",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "стомачен танц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "tarian gelek"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "belxüüsnii büžig",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "бэлхүүсний бүжиг"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "magedans"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "orientalsk dans"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "magedans"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mavedans"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "orientalsk dans"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "magedans"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "raqs 'arabi",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "Arabic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "رقص عربی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taniec brzucha"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taniec orientalny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dança do ventre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "dança oriental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dans din buric"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dans oriental"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tánec životá",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "та́нец живота́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vostóčnyj tánec",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "восто́чный та́нец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bellidɛ́ns",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "беллидэ́нс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bellidáns",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "беллида́нс"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "трбушни плес"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "оријентални плес"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "form of dance",
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      "word": "orijentalni ples"
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    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "baḍa næṭuma",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "බඩ නැටුම"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "brušný tanec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "orientálny tanec"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "trebušni ples"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "orientalski ples"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "danza del vientre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "danza oriental"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "magdans"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "orientalisk dans"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "sayaw sa silangan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "toppai naṭaṉam",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "தொப்பை நடனம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rá-bam-nâa-thong",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "ระบำหน้าท้อง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "göbek dansı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "oryantal dans"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tanecʹ žyvota",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "танець живота"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Sxidnyj tanecʹ",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "Східний танець"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "english": "baili dance",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "بیلی ڈانس"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "qorin raqsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "qorin raqsi",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "қорин рақси"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "múa bụng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "bälidadanüd"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "form of dance",
      "word": "bolddawns"
    }
  ],
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    "belly dance"
  ],
  "word": "belly dance"
}

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    "en:Dances"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "belly dancer"
    },
    {
      "word": "belly dancing"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "danse du ventre"
      },
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      "name": "calque"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "belly",
        "3": "dance"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Calque of French danse du ventre, equivalent to belly + dance. First attested in English in 1889, in an article about that year's Exposition Universelle in Paris in the November 22 edition of the Yorkshire Factory Times: \"A café in the Rue du Caire attracted 2,000 spectators daily to see the ‘belly dance’, and realised a total of 400,000 francs.\" Early sources also used the French term danse du ventre as-is.",
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      "form": "belly dances",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "belly dancing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "belly danced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "belly danced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To perform a belly dance."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bellydance"
    },
    {
      "word": "belly-dance"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to perform a belly dance",
      "word": "buikdansen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to perform a belly dance",
      "word": "bauchtanzen"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "belly dance"
  ],
  "word": "belly dance"
}

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