polonaise
/ˌpɒləˈneɪz/
polonaise noun: a stately Polish dance in triple time and moderate tempo.
Noun
polonaise (plural polonaises)
- A stately Polish dance in triple time and moderate tempo.
- Music for this dance.
- A woman's dress having a tight bodice and a skirt divided to show a coloured underskirt.
- Synonyms:
- robe à la polonaise
- A short overcoat bordered with fur.
- A garnish made with melted butter, breadcrumbs, and herbs.
- Synonym of Polish bed.
- Synonyms:
- Polish bed
Verb
polonaise (third-person singular simple present polonaises, present participle polonaising, simple past and past participle polonaised)
- To dance the polonaise.
Adjective capitalized: Polonaise
Polonaise
- Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland.
Proper noun capitalized: Polonaise
Polonaise
- The Polish language.
polonaise meaning in Bengali and Persian
polonaise in Bengali
- পোল জাতি, পোল্যান্ড সম্পর্কিত
polonaise in Persian
- dance
- پولونز polonez
Synonyms of polonaise
Forms of polonaise
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | polonaises |
| alternative form | polonese |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | polonaises |
| present participle | polonaising |
| past participle | polonaised |
| past | polonaised |
| Adjective | |
| alternative form | Polonese |
Origin of polonaise
Borrowed from French polonaise (“Polish”).
Phrases with polonaise
Words that rhyme with polonaise
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- appraise
- craze
- fraise
- gaze
- phrase
- mayonnaise
- ablaze
- braise
- chaise
- lase
- liaise
- malaise
- maze
- peise
- baize
- bayes
- bolognese
- braize
- braze
- days
- daze
- emprise
- laze
- overglaze
- praise
- reyse
- ukase
- upraise
- abbes
- abrase
- acraze
- affrays
- arrays
- assays
- bays
- bayze
- blays
- bordelaise
- borrowing days
- brays
- cays
- chays
- clays
- conveys
- crays
- crème anglaise
- decays
- delays
Questions about polonaise
- What does polonaise mean?
- Polonaise means a stately Polish dance in triple time and moderate tempo.
- What is polonaise in Bengali?
- Polonaise in Bengali is পোল জাতি, পোল্যান্ড সম্পর্কিত. See Polonaise meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is polonaise?
- Polonaise can be a noun, a verb, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce polonaise?
- Polonaise is pronounced /ˌpɒləˈneɪz/.
- What is the plural of polonaise?
- The plural of polonaise is polonaises.
Words near polonaise in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: polonaise (page history and authors); Polonaise (page history and authors); Polonaise (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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