Etymology

beguine

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Today it means: A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance. Full definition →

French béguine
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beguine · noun1

  1. French · derived frombéguin
  2. French · derived frombéguine
  3. English todaybeguine

From American French béguine, from French béguin.

Beguine · noun2

  1. Old French · derived frombéguine
  2. English todayBeguine

From Old French béguine.

Words from the same roots

Frenchbéguin all →

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