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biguine

biguine noun: a style of music that originated in Martinique in the 19th century, combining the traditional bélé music with the polka.

Noun

biguine (countable and uncountable, plural biguines)

  1. (uncountable) A style of music that originated in Martinique in the 19th century, combining the traditional bélé music with the polka.
    • The band had three contrasting lead singers: Mr. Desvarieux, who was gruff and smoky; Mr. Marthely, a buoyant tenor; and Ms. Beroard, whose voice can be bright and poppy or sweetly affectionate. Mr. Naimro’s keyboards could sound like zinging dance-club synthesizers, an accordion, a steel drum or...2007 August 2, Jon Pareles, “A Wide Range of Sounds, From Antillean to Zouk”, in New York Times
  2. (countable) A musical composition in this style.
  3. (countable) A dance performed to this music.

Forms of biguine

pluralbiguines

Questions about biguine

What does biguine mean?
Biguine means a style of music that originated in Martinique in the 19th century, combining the traditional bélé music with the polka.
What part of speech is biguine?
Biguine is a noun.
What is the plural of biguine?
The plural of biguine is biguines.

Words near biguine in the dictionary

  1. bigu
  2. biguanide
  3. biguanides
  4. biguanidine
  5. biguanidines
  6. biguine
  7. biguines
  8. bigun
  9. biguns
  10. biguttate
  11. biguttulate

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