"danse macabre" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɑns məˈkɑb(ɹə)/ [UK], /dɑns məˈkɑb(ɹə)/ [US] Forms: danses macabres [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French danse macabre. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|danse macabre}} French danse macabre Head templates: {{en-noun|danses macabres|nolinkhead=1}} danse macabre (plural danses macabres)
  1. (art) A conventional subject in art, literature and drama, or a particular work in that style, in which death (in the form of a putrid corpse, skeleton, the Grim Reaper, etc) is shown leading people to the grave. Wikipedia link: danse macabre Categories (topical): Art Synonyms: dance of death Related terms: vanitas Translations (a conventional subject of artistic painting or drawing): dañs bekabe (Breton), dansa de la mort (Catalan), danse macabre [common-gender] (Danish), dødsdans [common-gender] (Danish), dodendans (Dutch), surmatants (Estonian), kuolemantanssi (Finnish), danse macabre (French), Totentanz (German), haláltánc (Hungarian), dauðadans (Icelandic), damhsa an bháis [masculine] (Irish), danza macabra (Italian), 死の舞踏 (shinobutō) (alt: しのぶとう) (Japanese), ダンスマカブレ (Dansumakabure) (Japanese), 죽음의 무도 (jugeumui mudo) (Korean), chorea macchabæorum (Latin), dødsdans (Norwegian Bokmål), dança macabra (Occitan), taniec śmierci (Polish), dança macabra (Portuguese), dança da morte (Portuguese), dans macabru [neuter] (Romanian), пля́ска сме́рти (pljáska smérti) (Russian), mrtvaški ples (Slovene), danza de la muerte (Spanish), dödsdans (Swedish), iskeletlerin dansı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-danse_macabre-en-noun-wSuyaN~q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: art, arts

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