dancehall
/ˈdɑːnsˌhɔːl/
dancehall noun: a public hall for dancing.
Noun
dancehall (countable and uncountable, plural dancehalls)
- A public hall for dancing.
- Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs.2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 125
- A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae.
- It sounded Jamaican to me, a form of dancehall, and […] I wandered over and watched the dancing.2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 271
dancehall meaning in Tagalog and Arabic
dancehall in Tagalog
- public hall for dancing
- bahay-sayawan
dancehall in Arabic
- public hall for dancing
- قَاعَةُ رَقْص qāʕatu raqṣ
Forms of dancehall
| plural | dancehalls |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dance hall |
| alternative form | dance-hall |
Origin of dancehall
From dance + hall.
Words formed from dancehall
Questions about dancehall
- What does dancehall mean?
- Dancehall means a public hall for dancing.
- What is dancehall in Tagalog?
- Dancehall in Tagalog is bahay-sayawan. See Dancehall meaning in Tagalog.
- What part of speech is dancehall?
- Dancehall is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dancehall?
- Dancehall is pronounced /ˈdɑːnsˌhɔːl/.
- What is the plural of dancehall?
- The plural of dancehall is dancehalls.
Words near dancehall in the dictionary
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