"dalliance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdalɪəns/ [UK], /ˈdæli.əns/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dalliance.wav Forms: dalliances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English daliaunce et al., from dalien (“to exchange pleasantries, to chat; to flirt”), from Old French dalier, dailer. By surface analysis, dally + -ance. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|daliaunce}} Middle English daliaunce, {{der|en|fro|dalier}} Old French dalier, {{surf|en|dally|-ance}} By surface analysis, dally + -ance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dalliance (countable and uncountable, plural dalliances)
  1. Playful flirtation; amorous play. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: flirtation Translations (playful flirtation): флирт (flirt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), flirtování [neuter] (Czech), laškování [neuter] (Czech), koketování [neuter] (Czech), flirt (Dutch), flirtti (Finnish), flirttailu (Finnish), teerenpeli (Finnish), peli (Finnish), flirt (French), conter fleurette (French), coquetage (French), Liebesspiel [neuter] (German), Flirt [masculine] (German), Tändelei [feminine] (German), ερωτοτροπία (erototropía) [feminine] (Greek), χαριεντισμός (charientismós) [masculine] (Greek), flört (Hungarian), flörtölés (Hungarian), kacérkodás (Hungarian), kokettálás (Hungarian), flirt [masculine] (Polish), zaloty [nonvirile] (Polish), флирт (flirt) [masculine] (Russian), заи́грывание (zaígryvanije) [neuter] (Russian), коке́тство (kokétstvo) [neuter] (Russian), mànran [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), coqueteo [masculine] (Spanish), requiebro [masculine] (Spanish), flirteo [masculine] (Spanish), galanteo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dalliance-en-noun-xzru67hX Disambiguation of 'playful flirtation': 94 1 2 3
  2. An episode of dabbling. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-dalliance-en-noun-Vs2WmsCP
  3. A wasting of time in idleness or trifles. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: dawdling, idling, trifling Translations (a wasting of time in idleness or trifles): губене на време (gubene na vreme) (Bulgarian), verspilling (Dutch), tijdverlies (Dutch), gelanterfanter (Dutch), ajan tappaminen (Finnish), notkuminen (Finnish), hengailu (Finnish), lorvailu (Finnish), baguenaudage (French), perte de temps (French), glandouillage (French), Trödelei [feminine] (German), Zeitverschwendung [feminine] (German), χασομέρι (chasoméri) [neuter] (Greek), праздное времяпрепровожде́ние (prazdnoje vremjapreprovoždénije) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dalliance-en-noun-70YQd0PE Disambiguation of 'a wasting of time in idleness or trifles': 0 1 97 2
  4. A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: affair, affairette, fling, liaison Translations (A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit): aférka [feminine] (Czech), Seitensprung [masculine] (German), интрижка (intrižka) [feminine] (Russian), devaneo (Spanish), amorío (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dalliance-en-noun-Xq7ZUvox Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ance, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 5 17 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ance: 12 12 28 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 14 22 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 8 16 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 7 12 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 9 18 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 7 20 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 10 14 22 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 9 19 56 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 13 21 57 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 10 21 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 9 13 21 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 13 8 20 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 11 22 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 10 17 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 16 9 19 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 10 16 67 Disambiguation of 'A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit': 2 0 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dallier, dally, dallying

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Alternative forms

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          "word": "affair"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "flirt",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "флирт"
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      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "flirtování"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "flirt"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "flirtti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "flirttailu"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "teerenpeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "peli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "flirt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "conter fleurette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "coquetage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Liebesspiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Flirt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tändelei"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "erototropía",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ερωτοτροπία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "charientismós",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χαριεντισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "flört"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "flörtölés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "kacérkodás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "word": "kokettálás"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flirt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "nonvirile"
      ],
      "word": "zaloty"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "flirt",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "флирт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaígryvanije",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "заи́грывание"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kokétstvo",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "коке́тство"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mànran"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coqueteo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "requiebro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flirteo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "playful flirtation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galanteo"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gubene na vreme",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "губене на време"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "verspilling"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "tijdverlies"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "gelanterfanter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "ajan tappaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "notkuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "hengailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "lorvailu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "baguenaudage"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "perte de temps"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "glandouillage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Trödelei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zeitverschwendung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chasoméri",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "χασομέρι"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prazdnoje vremjapreprovoždénije",
      "sense": "a wasting of time in idleness or trifles",
      "word": "праздное времяпрепровожде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aférka"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Seitensprung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "intrižka",
      "sense": "A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "интрижка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit",
      "word": "devaneo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "A sexual relationship, not serious but often illicit",
      "word": "amorío"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dalliance"
}

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