Definition of Polonaise

1. Noun. A woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt.

Generic synonyms: Dress, Frock

Definition of Polonaise

1. a. Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland.

2. n. The Polish language.

Definition of Polonaise

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. ¹

2. Noun. The Polish language. ¹

3. Noun. A stately Polish dance in triple time and moderate tempo. ¹

4. Noun. Music for this dance. ¹

5. Noun. A woman's dress having a tight bodice and a skirt divided to show a coloured underskirt. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polonaise

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polonaise

polo pony
polo shirt
polo shirts
polo stick
polocrosse
polocyte
poloid
poloidal
poloidal divertor
poloidal field
poloidal field coil
poloidally
poloids
poloist
poloists
polonaise (current term)
polonaises
polonie
polonies
poloniferous
polonise
polonised
polonises
polonism
polonisms
polonium
polonium-210
poloniums
polonize
polonized

Literary usage of Polonaise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"The polonaise is a kind of stately march, or promenade; not a dance, strictly speaking. Although written in -J time, the movement is in eighths ; not, ..."

2. Grammar of the Art of Dancing, Theoretical and Practical: Lessons in the by Friedrich Albert Zorn, Alfonso Josephs Sheafe, Benjamin P. Coates (1905)
"Properly speaking, the polonaise is not really a dance, ... The usual step for the polonaise is the alternation of the feet in the 4th, 3d, ..."

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