"ceilidh dance" meaning in English

See ceilidh dance in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: ceilidh dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ceilidh dance (plural ceilidh dances)
  1. (dance) A type of Scottish dance involving set-step routines, traditionally engaged in at a ceilidh. Categories (topical): Dances Synonyms: ceilidh
    Sense id: en-ceilidh_dance-en-noun-qbPApO8r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

Forms: ceilidh dances [present, singular, third-person], ceilidh dancing [participle, present], ceilidh danced [participle, past], ceilidh danced [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} ceilidh dance (third-person singular simple present ceilidh dances, present participle ceilidh dancing, simple past and past participle ceilidh danced)
  1. (intransitive, dance) To take part in a ceilidh dance (noun sense). Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Dances Synonyms: ceilidh Related terms: barn dance, highland dance, square dance
    Sense id: en-ceilidh_dance-en-verb-YAS5N4rZ Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ceilidh dance meaning in English (2.6kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ceilidh dances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ceilidh dance (plural ceilidh dances)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dances",
          "orig": "en:Dances",
          "parents": [
            "Dance",
            "Art",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of Scottish dance involving set-step routines, traditionally engaged in at a ceilidh."
      ],
      "id": "en-ceilidh_dance-en-noun-qbPApO8r",
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "type",
          "type#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Scottish",
          "Scottish#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "involving",
          "involve"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "step",
          "step#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "routines",
          "routine#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "traditionally",
          "traditionally"
        ],
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
          "ceilidh",
          "ceilidh#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dance) A type of Scottish dance involving set-step routines, traditionally engaged in at a ceilidh."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ceilidh"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceilidh dance"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ceilidh dances",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceilidh dancing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceilidh danced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceilidh danced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ceilidh dance (third-person singular simple present ceilidh dances, present participle ceilidh dancing, simple past and past participle ceilidh danced)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dances",
          "orig": "en:Dances",
          "parents": [
            "Dance",
            "Art",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take part in a ceilidh dance (noun sense)."
      ],
      "id": "en-ceilidh_dance-en-verb-YAS5N4rZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "take part",
          "take part"
        ],
        [
          "ceilidh dance",
          "ceilidh dance#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dance) To take part in a ceilidh dance (noun sense)."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "barn dance"
        },
        {
          "word": "highland dance"
        },
        {
          "word": "square dance"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ceilidh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceilidh dance"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ceilidh dances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ceilidh dance (plural ceilidh dances)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Dances"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of Scottish dance involving set-step routines, traditionally engaged in at a ceilidh."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "type",
          "type#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "Scottish",
          "Scottish#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "involving",
          "involve"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "step",
          "step#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "routines",
          "routine#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "traditionally",
          "traditionally"
        ],
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
          "ceilidh",
          "ceilidh#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dance) A type of Scottish dance involving set-step routines, traditionally engaged in at a ceilidh."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ceilidh"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceilidh dance"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ceilidh dances",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceilidh dancing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceilidh danced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceilidh danced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ceilidh dance (third-person singular simple present ceilidh dances, present participle ceilidh dancing, simple past and past participle ceilidh danced)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "barn dance"
    },
    {
      "word": "highland dance"
    },
    {
      "word": "square dance"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Dances"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take part in a ceilidh dance (noun sense)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dance",
          "dance#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "take part",
          "take part"
        ],
        [
          "ceilidh dance",
          "ceilidh dance#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, dance) To take part in a ceilidh dance (noun sense)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ceilidh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "dance",
        "dancing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceilidh dance"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.