"gigue" meaning in French

See gigue in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʒiɡ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Penegal-gigue.wav Forms: gigues [plural]
Etymology: From Old French gige, gigue (“a fiddle, kind of dance”), from Frankish *gīge (“dance, fiddle”), from Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ-, *gʰeygʰ- (“to yawn, gape, long for, desire”). More at gig, geg, jig. Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|fro|gige}} Old French gige, {{der|fr|frk|*gīge||dance, fiddle}} Frankish *gīge (“dance, fiddle”), {{uder|fr|gem-pro|*gīganą||to move, wish, desire}} Proto-Germanic *gīganą (“to move, wish, desire”), {{uder|fr|ine-pro|*gʰeyǵʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰeyǵʰ- Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} gigue f (plural gigues)
  1. (music) string instrument, roughly in the form of a mandoline (c. 1120–50) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-hSJjkHe8 Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 14 14 5 5 0 6 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 37 20 18 7 7 0 12 Disambiguation of French undefined derivations: 34 19 17 7 8 1 14 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (dance) lively and gay dance originary from the British Isles, gigue, jig Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Dance
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-NBVc98Gz Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 14 14 5 5 0 6 Topics: dance, dancing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. (music) musical melody, to be danced in the way of a gigue Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-cqH2ReAL Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 28 14 14 5 5 0 6 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (informal) long leg, tall and skinny girl, haunch of some animals especially venison (19th century) Tags: feminine, informal
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-dubSQ8cB
  5. (colloquial) disorderly way of dancing (danser la gigue), twerk of the hips (gigue des fesses; early 20th century) Tags: colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-h93QnoyA
  6. a small boat, gig Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-gigue-fr-noun-dgjAHMXY
  7. (telecommunications) jitter Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Telecommunications
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gigolette

Inflected forms

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