dance floor

noun

A large floor, usually made of hardwood, used primarily for dancing.

Meanings

noundance floor (plural dance floors)

plural dance floors · alternative dance-floor · alternative dancefloor

  1. A large floor, usually made of hardwood, used primarily for dancing.

    I bet that you look good on the dancefloor / I don't know if you're looking for romance or / I don't know what you're looking for

    2005, “I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor”, in Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not, performed by Arctic Monkeys

Translations

Arabic صَالَةُ رَقْص
  • صَالَةُ رَقْص (ṣālatu raqṣ)an area for dancing
Bulgarian да́нсинг
  • да́нсинг (dánsing)an area for dancing
Chinese Mandarin 舞池, 池子
  • 舞池 (wǔchí)an area for dancing
  • 池子 (chízi)an area for dancing
  • 舞蹈場 /舞蹈场 (wǔdǎochǎng)an area for dancing
Czech taneční parket
  • taneční parketan area for dancing
Danish dansegulv
  • dansegulvan area for dancing
Dutch dansvloer
  • dansvloeran area for dancing
Estonian tantsupõrand
  • tantsupõrandan area for dancing
Finnish tanssilattia, parketti
  • tanssilattiaan area for dancing
  • parkettian area for dancing
French piste de danse
  • piste de dansean area for dancing
German Tanzfläche
  • Tanzflächean area for dancing
Greek πίστα
  • πίστα (písta)an area for dancing
Hebrew רְחָבָה
  • רְחָבָה (r'khavá)an area for dancing
Hungarian táncparkett
  • táncparkettan area for dancing
Icelandic dansgólf
  • dansgólfan area for dancing
Indonesian lantai dansa
  • lantai dansaan area for dancing
Irish urlár rince
  • urlár rincean area for dancing
Italian pista da ballo
  • pista da balloan area for dancing
Japanese ダンスフロア, 踊り場
  • ダンスフロア (dansu furoa)an area for dancing
  • 踊り場 (odoriba)an area for dancing
Korean 댄스 플로어, 무도장
  • 댄스 플로어 (daenseu peullo'eo)an area for dancing
  • 무도장 (mudojang)an area for dancing
Māori papa kanikani
  • papa kanikanian area for dancing
Norwegian Bokmål dansegulv, dansegolv
  • dansegulvan area for dancing
  • dansegolvan area for dancing
Polish parkiet taneczny, parkiet
  • parkiet tanecznyan area for dancing
  • parkietan area for dancing
  • parkiet do tańcaan area for dancing
  • dansingan area for dancing
Portuguese pista de dança
  • pista de dançaan area for dancing
Romanian ring de dans
  • ring de dansan area for dancing
Russian танцплоща́дка, танцева́льная площа́дка
  • танцплоща́дка (tancploščádka)an area for dancing
  • танцева́льная площа́дка (tanceválʹnaja ploščádka)an area for dancing
  • танцпол (tancpol)an area for dancing
Slovak tanečný parket
  • tanečný parketan area for dancing
Spanish pista de baile
  • pista de bailean area for dancing
Swedish dansgolv
  • dansgolvan area for dancing
Turkish dans pisti
  • dans pistian area for dancing
Ukrainian танцмайда́нчик, танцюва́льний майда́нчик
  • танцмайда́нчик (tancmajdánčyk)an area for dancing
  • танцюва́льний майда́нчик (tancjuválʹnyj majdánčyk)an area for dancing
Urdu رَقْص گاہ
  • رَقْص گاہ (raqs gāh)an area for dancing
Welsh dawnslawr
  • dawnslawran area for dancing
Cite this entry
APA

dance floor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dance%20floor

MLA

“dance floor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dance%20floor. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dance floor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dance%20floor.

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