Meanings
nounballroom dancing (uncountable)
- uncountableFormal social dancing in couples, either as recreation or in competition, including dances like or developed from the waltz, minuet, tango, rumba, cha-cha, foxtrot, and the quickstep.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom
Similar
Broader
social dancing
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Translations
Bulgarian салонно танцуване
- салонно танцуване (salonno tancuvane)style of dancing
Chinese Mandarin 社交舞, 交誼舞 /交谊舞
- 社交舞style of dancing
- 交誼舞 /交谊舞 (jiāoyìwǔ)style of dancing
Finnish salitanssi
- salitanssistyle of dancing
French danse de salon
- danse de salonstyle of dancing
German Gesellschaftstanz
- Gesellschaftstanzstyle of dancing
Māori kanikani takirua ōkawa
- kanikani takirua ōkawastyle of dancing
Norwegian selskapsdans
- selskapsdansstyle of dancing
Polish taniec towarzyski
- taniec towarzyskistyle of dancing
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APA
ballroom dancing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballroom%20dancing
MLA
“ballroom dancing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballroom%20dancing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ballroom dancing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ballroom%20dancing.
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